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6 Ways Grant Thornton Strengthened Their Employer Brand

July 22, 2013 / / 1 Comment

Part of recruiting Gen Y means developing a solid employer branding strategy that is both unique and memorable.

Paul Peterson took the stage at the 2013 TalentEgg Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference and delivered a presentation that demonstrated just how effective a strong branding strategy can be.

Paul is the Senior Manager of National Talent Resourcing at Grant Thornton LLP, and his presentation stood out in part by offering some unexpected advice, including:

“Don’t eat yellow snow.”

“Never wear socks with sandals.”

Standing out was exactly what Paul wanted to do when it came to recruiting Gen Y’s top talent for the Accounting industry. Continue reading

Conference recap: Getting internal buy-in for Gen Y-focused recruiting at Freedom 55 Financial

July 5, 2013 / / 0 Comments

When Freedom 55 Financial noticed that only 1% of their new recruits were from Gen Y, they realized that something had to change.

Chris Baker, now Director of Business Development at Freedom 55 Financial, admitted in the opening to his presentation at the 2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference that there was a prevailing feeling that younger people didn’t bring anything to the hiring table simply because they didn’t have as much life experience. Continue reading

Conference recap: How Bayer CropScience created an internship program with a 99% satisfaction rate

June 19, 2013 / / 0 Comments

On first glance, it may seem like Canada’s agriculture industry and the businesses operating within it are facing some impossible talent attraction challenges.

As Bayer CropScience HR Business Partner Tara Fowlie explained in the opening for her presentation at the 2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference, the world’s population (and its demand for food) continues to grow exponentially while, at the same time, the amount of farmland is decreasing. Continue reading

Photos from the 2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference

May 30, 2013 / / 0 Comments

If you attended the 2013 TalentEgg National Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference on May 14th, you may have noticed a photographer snapping photos throughout the day, capturing presentations, networking breaks, award winners and much more on camera.

The photos from the entire day are embedded in a slideshow below. Looks like everyone had an egg-cellent day! Continue reading

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