Video Marketing for Talent Teams

Randstad are invested in transforming and redefining the way they connect with clients and candidates. Becoming a trusted human partner in the technology-driven world of work is their ultimate goal and video is now an integral part of their ‘human forward’ toolkit. We caught up with Jeannou van Ogtrop-Stijns, General Manager of Education, to discuss how her division has embraced video and some of the results.

Visionary Managing Director, Mark Smith shares his experience of introducing video job advertising to his recruitment firm and discusses the challenges of implementation, the benefits of creating a video-first culture and the success people2people has seen in the 2 years since investing in VideoMyJob. 

If you're a serial user of the 'start over' button, have we got a Christmas gift for you! You can now build your video in segments, scroll your teleprompter script between takes and we've added easy trim and transitions between segments. 

I’ve recently been presenting to various audiences around the country on the importance of an employee value proposition as the core of strategic talent acquisition. One of the topics that comes up again and again is our relationship with Marketing and how important it is. Not getting this right is a major friction point for many Talent Acquisition and Recruitment teams (and I am sure for many Marketing teams too).

Looking for some vid-spiration for your end of year videos? Let us help you spice up your out of office messages, inject some life into your office party invitations and thank your customers for a great year! You might even get inspired to enter our festive video competition 🏆

What is 'native' video? A lot of people are confused by this term, so let’s clear that up straight away. Native video is video that is uploaded to or created on social networks and played in-feed, as opposed to links to videos hosted on external sites. Native video formats are specific to each social platform and are designed to maximise video engagement (i.e. number of views), discovery and distribution.

Our super reporter, Bill Boorman, took some time out of his busy presenting schedule to interview key speakers from this year's HR Innovation & Tech Fest. We've pulled together the highlights for anyone who missed out.

On-camera inertia, aka wooden-face syndrome, petrifies us all at some time 😆! Some skills are innate but more often than not new skills need practice, time, energy and effort.

To most of us, employee storytelling and employee testimonial might sound like the same thing. We all want to put our company’s best foot forward, don’t we? Well, the answer is yes, to a degree. If we are truly looking to attract employees who will thrive in our organisation we need to be honest, we need to be prepared to show the downsides as well as all the wonderful things about working at our company.