Ep 438: The Power Of Storytelling

Recruiting Future with Matt Alder

Effective storytelling is a crucial part of hiring, flowing through recruitment marketing, employer branding, assessment and onboarding but does your organisation have a strategy that sits behind it? Knowing what kind of stories to tell and how and where to tell them is something that brings a considerable competitive advantage. So how can we all get better at telling our stories compellingly and effectively?

My go-to storytelling expert is journalist, writer and tech entrepreneur Shane Snow. I'm delighted to welcome him back to the show to do a deep dive into storytelling strategy. In a world of challenging talent markets and virtual hiring processes, this interview is a must listen for everyone.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Why business storytelling is important and what it can achieve

• The four elements of a great story

• Storytelling in employer branding and recruiting

• The three different types of business story

• Why should people care?

• How and where do you tell a story?

• Weaving storytelling into every piece of communication •

A full transcript will appear here shortly.

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