In the middle of 2020, we were honored to be included as one of the Top 20 Recruitment Marketing Agencies in the United States by ONGIG. We made the list just one year after founding Change State, sharing the spotlight
Raising Expectations of a Recruitment Marketing Agency
When we set out to launch Change State 18 months ago, we did so after spending more than a decade listening to frustrated clients share what they were missing from their current recruitment marketing agency relationships. Again and again, we heard the
How to Create Authentic Employee Testimonial Videos That Support Your Employer Brand
With the unexpected acceleration of remote work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, talent acquisition teams are rightly focused on new ways of using technology to promote their employer brands and enhance the candidate experience. Employee testimonial video tools
Diversity & Inclusion is Not an Employer Brand Strategy
For many good reasons, diversity and inclusion (D&I) has become one of the hottest topics in human resources in recent months, and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Much has been written on the subject, and most
Employer Branding for Entry Level Positions: How Your Most Satisfied Employees Should Guide Your Strategy
In an earlier post, we covered the power of generating an Employer Brand Perceptual Map as a strong foundation upon which to build your employer brand value proposition. By combining what’s important to employees when choosing an employer (also called
Candidate Experience & The Hidden Costs of Cheap Job Traffic
Since the introduction of Google for Jobs and programmatic advertising engines, the way job postings are distributed across the Internet has changed fundamentally. Gone are the days when a few prominent job boards were “destination” sites from which the vast
Our Key Learnings From Year One As A Bootstrapped Company
Last week we hit the twelve month mark at Change State. We’d be lying if we told you the first year was all smooth sailing. I accidentally deleted our website the night before our first article came out on ERE
Employer Branding During Crisis: Our Early Thoughts About the Road Ahead
“Adversity doesn’t build character – it reveals it.” -James Lane Allen In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are rightly consumed by the pressing work at hand – how to survive the worst economic crisis since the Great
An Easy Starting Point When Defining Your Employer Brand Value Prop
For organizations serious about investing in their employer brands, defining your “value prop” – a.k.a. EVP or EBVP – is an important first step, yet it’s not always easy to know where to begin. Definitions and approaches vary, but at
Virtual Coffee with Hannah Fleishman: How HubSpot Built a Successful Employer Branding Function From the Ground Up
Introducing Our Virtual Coffee Mini Feature This week we’re excited to debut a new mini feature on the Change State blog — a series of “Virtual Coffees” with leaders from around the talent acquisition universe. These are informal discussions we