HR Latte: Martin Burns of PwC, Branding with a Twist of Tech

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Martin Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

HR Latte, episode 74

Series: Today’s Employer Branding into Tomorrow’s Employee Engagement 

Martin Burns, US recruiting Technology Leader at PwC  joins Rayanne Thorn to continue this series covering employer branding and employee engagement – this particular episode include s a twist of technology, given Martin’s expertise. Mr. Burns earned this new title in December 2015 – he gives us an overview of the benefit of employer branding.

“Branding is a whole collection of a firm’s attributes – like a Lego set, all these little pieces all fit together – sometimes, you step on an edge – causing a bit of pain.”

Martin explains why employer branding is different for different verticals in different organizations, PwC has embraced the changes new comms and updated technology brings to the world of work today.

“If you aren’t who you say you are, people will find out pretty quickly.” – Martin Burns

Discussion Points for Employer Branding with a Twist of Tech:

• Branding is a whole collection of a firm’s attributes – their true reputation.
• How PwC has shifted to match the times – 40,000 employees in the U.S.
• Don’t make up a “song and dance” to cover-up gaping wounds – heal the wounds.
• Glassdoor, LinkedIn Corporate page, revising job descriptions, and other new tools will shift perception of brand.
• PwC’s “Grow Your Own Way” campaign, how to tap into the strengths of employees.
• Embracing cutting edge technology and new, interesting work that will impact the future of an organization.
• How can recruiting and marketing work together.
• Transparency, Authenticity, Culture, into Employer Branding…

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Rayanne Thorn

VP - Marketing, Strategist, Writer, and Radio Host at Dovetail Software and intrepidHR Editor

Rayanne Thorn works in hiring, strategy, marketing, and business development with technology companies and has held several high-level positions in the HR and recruiting technology space. She is the VP of Marketing at Dovetail Software and has been responsible for employment branding, hiring, employee engagement, employee retention, branding, marketing, sales, and partnership strategies in the past with TalentBrowser, Technomedia, Evenbase, Jobsite.com, Broadbean Technology, and Select University Technologies, Inc. Earlier in her career, Thorn served as a business and search consultant, as well as an executive third-party and corporate recruiter. She has a Bachelor’s in Business – Organizational Development and Strategic Marketing from Vanguard University of Southern California.

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