3 Tips for Creating a Memorable Candidate Experience

During a crisis, the employee experience is often one of the first things to be overlooked, with businesses instead focusing on how to minimize disruption and maintain a sense of ‘business as usual.’ Over the last few weeks many companies have decided to pull back their engagement surveys, fearing it’s the wrong time to be seeking feedback from employees. In truth, the employee experience is one of the most important considerations during a crisis or times of uncertainty.

Are you struggling to understand what exactly your team wants or needs? You’re definitely not alone. HR strategy is constantly evolving, including how we get feedback from employees and keep a pulse on our organizations. But unfortunately, most of the advice and guidance for HR has struggled to keep up. In this program, LeAnne Lagasse will talk about all things employee listening. Gone are the days of simply conducting an annual employee survey and calling it a day. Today it’s all about an integrated, strategic approach to employee listening that’s woven throughout the entire employee experience.

People are at a premium today. The ‘war for talent’ might be a cliché but as skills gaps continue to increase and engagement remains a real challenge that HR has yet to solve, ‘employee development’, an emerging and increasingly important category in the talent management space, has become the central pillar in the employee lifecycle of every organisation. How do you help your people develop and grow in a way that truly motivates them and really increases their impact in the business.

Employee disengagement is at an epidemic level, and it can have a crushing effect on an organization’s bottom line. And, the data is only getting worse. For instance, most employees are “checked out” on a daily basis, and only a small portion of employees are putting forth their true maximum effort. The result: the majority of teams are in a state of dysfunction.