What is employer branding: promotion channels and metrics

Employer Branding is the process of building, promoting, and maintaining a company’s image as an attractive place to work in the eyes of potential candidates, current employees, and the labor market as a whole.

A strong employer brand sets a company apart from competitors, allows it to attract top talent at a lower cost, and increases the loyalty of the internal team.

Internal vs. External Employer Brand

Employer branding works in two directions that should complement each other harmoniously:

Why Is Employer Branding Critically Important for Business?

• Lower Cost per Hire: well-known companies with a good reputation need to spend less on paid job advertising — candidates apply on their own.
• Reduced Time to Hire: professionals are more likely to accept offers from companies they trust.
• Access to passive candidates: even specialists who are not actively looking for a job are more willing to consider offers from recognizable employer brands.
• Lower employee turnover: when internal culture matches external messaging, employees are less likely to move to competitors.

Key Channels for Promoting an Employer Brand

• Company career site: the company’s “showcase,” where its EVP (Employee Value Proposition) is presented, office/team photos are displayed, and real employee success stories are shared.
• Social Media (Social Recruiting): managing pages on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Telegram with a focus on company life (Life at Company).
• Review sites and professional communities: monitoring and managing reviews on platforms such as DOU, Glassdoor, and others.
• Brand Ambassadors: involving current employees in writing expert articles or speaking at conferences on behalf of the company.

How to Measure Employer Brand Effectiveness?

To assess the success of an Employer Branding strategy, HR professionals track the following metrics:

• Offer Acceptance Rate (OAR): the percentage of candidates who accept job offers.
• eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score): the level of employees’ willingness to recommend the company as an employer to people they know.
• Inbound Application Rate: the share of organic (unpaid) applications for job openings.
• Retention Rate / Turnover Rate: employee retention and turnover rates.

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