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A strong employer brand allows companies to explain their employee value propositions to potential hires. The right tools can help you do everything from content creation to amplification.
If you’re looking to attract and convert more applicants into your hiring funnel, then you've come to the right place. In this guide we’ll help you understand the benefits of employer branding software, along with what your options are.
In this guide you’ll find: Best EB solutions, common pitfalls, ROI calculator, key metrics to track, and more!
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Top Employer Branding Technologies
We track thousands of HRTech solutions, these are the best employer branding tools per our research and expert council as of 2022.
Why we love it
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Essentially a job search portal, TheMuse helps connect employers and employees who are aligned in terms of values. But that's not all. Employers can also discover key employee insights in order to improve their work culture.
TheMuse
Review:
TheMuse was one of the first companies to pioneer the employer branding space with their in depth company profiles and content first talent attraction strategy. They’ll help you create interesting information about your company, and then distribute this content onto their site.
The skeptic in us want to call TheMuse nothing more than a job board that was founded in 2014, and therefore is a lot more consumer friendly and content heavy than old school job boards. It’s also worth noting that their distribution is very strong with millennials in New York, SF and other “Tier 1” markets, but drops off when you get beyond the top 10 cities, let alone outside the US.
TheMuse
Customers:
84.51°, Facebook, BounceX, Knot Standard.
TheMuse
Stats:
- 7,000,000 monthly users
- 130,000+ jobs posted
TheMuse
Pricing:
The pricing of The Muse’s plans and services isn’t disclosed on their site. Contact their sales team for a price quote according to the size and needs of your business.
Best For:
Companies of all sizes looking to strengthen their employer brand.
Why we love it
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Good design can make or break a brand. Nextwave Hire understands this and solves the branding problem for recruiting teams so that you can attract top-notch candidates. Use their service for building, designing, writing, and getting leads for your career site.
NextWave Hire
Review:
NextWave allows even the smallest HR teams to get a new career site, talent communities and employee testimonials up and running fast - with a strong focus on driving trackable ROI. It’s simply the best tool to take your employer brand from zero to sixty and leverage all the best practices your marketing team uses to drive new revenues.
Make sure your marketing team isn’t going to get in the way of HR controlling the career site, or else it will take months instead of days to get this solution live. Also be aware that the functionality is limited vs a more robust (and expensive) offering such as Avature if you’re looking for a CRM. **Please note, NextWave’s Ownership overlaps with SelectSoftware Reviews.
NextWave Hire
Customers:
Indigo, Guild, Toast, EverQuote, CarGurus, MeUndies
NextWave Hire
Stats:
NextWave Hire
Pricing:
NextWave Hire’s pricing is based on each customer’s needs and starts at $9,500 annually.
Best For:
Companies of all sizes looking for a career site building tool/service.
Why we love it
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Built In is a platform for tech companies to showcase their values and attract suitable candidates. Employers can make a profile for their company to list jobs and their benefits. What's interesting is that employees can filter jobs based on culture and value.
BuiltIn
Review:
Built In is a hub for information on the tech industry, from news to HR resources to jobs. Its numerous branch sites dedicated to specific localities, such as Built In Boston or Built In Los Angeles, make it stand out as a unique solution for tech recruiting and employer branding.
Built In provides employers the opportunity to reach a network of diverse, qualified candidates, with the end goal of attracting the best candidates to your open roles. Built In offers branded content, employer profiles, and high visibility job placement as part of their recruitment tools.
BuiltIn
Customers:
Cisco, ADP, PayPal, TikTok, Chewy.com
BuiltIn
Stats:
- 2,500,000+ monthly users
- 65% of users are mid- to senior level
- 360,000 average monthly views of remote jobs
BuiltIn
Pricing:
The pricing of Built In’s plans and services isn’t disclosed on their site. Contact their sales team for a price quote according to the size and needs of your business.
Best For:
Companies looking to recruit as well as build their employer brand in the tech space.
Why we love it
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Glassdoor enables you to display your job listings and showcase your employer brand. While you can’t post jobs directly on Glassdoor, you can do so on Indeed, i.e. Glassdoor’s sister company, and they’ll be aggregated over to Glassdoor.
- Their website is intuitive, user-friendly, and accessible on desktop and mobile devices.
- Glassdoor lets you maintain brand consistency with integrated support for employer branding.
- Employers can respond to user reviews directly on their profile.
- The platform’s integrated analytics can provide key business insight and actionable data.
- The pricing for Glassdoor’s premium offering isn't transparent and according to users we spoke to, is expensive compared to some of their competitors.
- Employers can’t post jobs directly to the Glassdoor platform. They’ll have to first post them on Indeed, then Glassdoor will aggregate them from there,
- According to users, the Glassdoor mobile app is rather clunky and difficult to use.
- Since user reviews can be anonymous, employers aren’t able to identify legit reviews from fake ones posted by users who may not have even worked for their company.
Glassdoor
Review:
Glassdoor’s employer branding services are best experienced through their enhanced employer profiles. Not only can you personalize it with photos and videos, but you can read and respond to reviews, monitor analytics, view industry benchmarks, and more.
According to their reports, job seekers are twice as likely to apply to your job listing if it’s backed by company branding. It’s a great way to give potential candidates a feel for your company before your first meeting, and it can help narrow down the pool of candidates to ones that are not only interested in the role, but also in being a part of your company.
Glassdoor
Customers:
Some of Glassdoor’s customers include Amazon, Dell, Capgemini, Icertis, Ring Central, and Sprout Social.
Glassdoor
Stats:
- More than 50 million job seekers use Glassdoor every month.
- 75% of users are more likely to apply to open jobs if the employer is currently active on Glassdoor.
- Job seekers are twice as likely to apply to a job listing that contains appropriate employer branding.
- 80% of Glassdoor’s job seekers are actively looking for jobs.
Glassdoor
Pricing:
Glassdoor currently has three pricing plans: Free, Standard, and Select. While customers can sign up for their Free plan at any time, pricing for their Standard and Select plans isn’t advertised on their website. For more information, please contact Glassdoor’s support team.
Best For:
Glassdoor is best for employers and recruiters posting jobs across a wide variety of industries or roles. It’s also a great option for current users of Indeed.com, as it aggregates job listings directly from the site.
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Our Advice
Pick one area that your talent acquisition efforts are really struggling with, and focus on that. Maybe it’s engineering hiring, being more proactive with talent communities, or getting more awareness about your tiny company that no one’s ever heard of. Pick one area of pain, design an experiment, and track the results religiously. If it works, double down. If not, go back to the drawing board.
The good news is that most HR teams have been slow enough to adopt employer branding tactics to the point where there is still so much low hanging fruit when it comes to differentiating yourself versus your talent competition. Good luck!
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