This session will delve into the science behind the two key elements of content that will really engage your audience -- Humor and Heart. You’ll walk away with an understanding of what works and what doesn’t work, as well as lots of data, psychological research and examples to show you how to truly engage with the candidates and audience you want. If you’re looking to not suck at your online content and stand out in a meaningful way to candidates, this session is for you
7. Holy Shnikeys!
• Over 76% of candidates
surveyed said the would like
to know more about a
recruiter before they decide
to apply for an open position
*WorkItDaily survey of over 1,000,000 candidates 2016
8. Why? (And what do they want to know about you?)
• Track record as a recruiter
• Age, Nationality
• Recruiter career history
• Gender
• Education
• Get a leg-up on the hiring process
• Get an “inside view” of the
company
• Determine a way to “stand out”
• See if the recruiter is qualified to
recruit for their skillset
• Background with the company
9. But Recruiters are Salespeople, damnit!
• with more than 5000 LinkedIn
connections meet or surpass
quota (Sales Benchmark
Index)
• using social media perform
better than their peers (Forbes)
• Cold calling only has a 2.5%
success rate (Keller Research
Center)
98%Of Sales People
78%Of Sales People
2.5%Cold Calls
13. • fMRI neuro-imagery shows that when evaluating brands, consumers primarily use
emotions (personal feelings and experiences) rather than information (brand attributes,
features, and facts).
• Advertising research reveals that emotional response to an ad has far greater influence
on a consumer’s reported intent to buy a product than does the ad’s content – by a
factor of 3-to-1 for television commercials and 2-to-1 for print ads.
• Research conducted by the Advertising Research Foundation concluded that the
emotion of “likeability” is the measure most predictive of whether an advertisement will
increase a brand’s sales.
• Studies show that positive emotions toward a brand have far greater influence on
consumer loyalty than trust and other judgments which are based on a brand’s
attributes.
Source: “Inside the Consumer Mind” by Peter Noel Murray, PhD. c/o Psychology Today
Photo credit: DARPA
37. “If you understand your audience and know
how to engage them with content they will
actually give a crap about, you will not suck”
E D N AT H A N S O N , R I G H T N O W
We live in a sea of spam messaging from our industry – stale old ways that do not engage nor build or audiences but instead scare them off or even worse incite anger or disgust with our profession
Tourist Moroccan Market analogy – also ravenous, faceless indistinguishable zombies clamoring for the same piece of flesh
What gets through the noise is people – feeling like you know the person, understanding or relating to them, and without an agenda. This works in sales and it works in content and recruiting
Develop a Vulcan mind meld with your audience. Talk about how giving them what they want, in a non “taker” fashion without clear agendas, will drive greater engagement with them and their companies. They are looking at you, and in an age of too much content, what stands out is one of two paths (within the context of knowing who and what you want to attract)
Looking at my content on Twitter this past year – this was one of my highest engaged tweets. Got me thinking and doing some research on this topic that I have since taken to my clients and seen great results.
Humor or Heart – been thinking about this for years now, an I always watch my analytics and performances on my content. Even before my business I started to notice patterns, not just with my content, but popular content in general. Humor or Heart is what engages us as humans – since the dawn of ancient times these emotions will always illicit greater reaction from us
Heart doesn’t mean sad – it means some sort of emotional connection – inspired, moving, happy, etc.
Science behind this
This video went viral because it touched both aspects – funny and somewhat inspirational too
No surprise, looking at this list – sense a theme?
Unfortunately, we as an industry are “takers” – agenda driven social posts and content that a)ignore our audiences and our goals in interacting with them and b) are just plain uninteresting, spammy or tone deaf
Candidate shaming is never a good look (especially when this is WHO you want to engage with – but look at how it blew up on this person!!!
A day in the feeds – all garbage and offering nothing to the consumer of your content – no compelling reasons to engage and devoid of any sense of humanity
I started to look at my own content – my most ngaged blog post was non-business – about my experience at summer camp. This was referenced by clients and prospective clients more than I can count
Clients doing it right – emotional and inspirational and NOTHING about “hiring!”
HUMOR
HUMOR
Heart – SAME COMPANY
Heart – SAME COMPANY
One of the most watched recruiting videos ever - HEART
One of the most watched recruiting videos ever - HEART