The Value Dimension of the Employer Brand: Influencing the Staff Engagement

Abstract

The article is aimed at examining the impact of the employer brand on the choice of a job seeker. After studying and analyzing the works of many foreign and domestic scholars, the main approaches to the definition of the concept of «employer brand» are considered and the authors’ definition of this concept is proposed. As result of the carried out research, both the external and the internal elements of the employer brand are systematized; the employer value proposition (EVP), constituting an integral part of the employer brand, is substantiated; a survey of LinkedIn users was conducted in order to identify the influence of the employer brand on the choice of job seekers; the main priority elements of branding are defined. The carried out research allows to conclude that employer branding and the current EVP are among the most priority directions of the company’s activity in attracting the best specialists and preserving talents in the company. The value proposition of the employer should be the strategy of the company, oriented to employees, being consistent with them. To develop a strong brand and increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of the organization, the value proposition of the employer must be unique. The EVP should be a real embodiment of the benefits offered by the company to employee, otherwise it will be impossible to retain the employees involved and form loyalty to the company in them. Prospects for further research in this direction are to determine the degree of influence of digitalization of business on the development of the employer brand, and, at the theoretical level, – a study and closer definition of some components of the employer brand.

Keywords

• employer brand
• company image
• value offer of the employer
• attractiveness of the employer
• strategy