Par Didier Pitelet. Le concept de Marque Employeur fêtera ses 20 ans en septembre de cette année et jouit d’une popularité sans précédent. Lorsque je l’ai créé et déposé, les plus virulents adversaires étaient précisément les professionnels RH qui "ne voulaient pas mélanger torchons et serviettes" pour reprendre des propos de l’époque. Plus...
Beyond the Brand: The Marketing Department of the Future
Higher education marketing departments should be able to bring data, insight, and an intimate understanding of the consumer to enable their institutions to identify future opportunities and forge new directions. More...
Last-Minute Checklist for Final Days of Yield Period
It’s here. The end of yield season. After years of hard (and smart) work and relationship building by your admissions and marketing-communications colleagues, it’s finally time for your admitted students to make their decision. More...
Marque employeur : changeons de perspectives
Par Stanislas Haquet. Longtemps, les entreprises ont considéré la marque employeur dans une logique de séduction. L’objectif : développer leur notoriété auprès des talents externes et générer un grand nombre de candidatures.
Leur principal moyen d’action : des campagnes de recrutement envisagées comme des campagnes publicitaires. Avec un produit, l’entreprise, à magnifier à tous prix, quitte à en gommer les aspérités. Plus...
Construire ou revoir sa marque employeur, un projet humain avant tout
Par Maud Bruzy. La marque employeur n’a de sens que si elle s’inscrit dans la lignée directe du projet de l’entreprise et de son identité. Elle représente le volet humain de ce projet, comme la marque représente son volet commercial. Elle exprime le sens que donnent les collaborateurs au fait de travailler ensemble, dans la même entreprise. Elle rend explicite ce qui les réunit autour de valeurs et d’engagements communs. Plus...
Sightlines introduces integrated facilities program for small campuses
Sightlines, a Gordian company and leader in facilities planning, benchmarking and analysis for higher education institutions, announced today its addition of the Integrated Facilities Program to support small colleges and universities with comprehensive facilities intelligence. More...
Intercollegiate Athletics: Some Revenue, Reputation and Moral Questions
To calculate the true costs of intercollegiate athletics, we have to account for positive -- and negative -- impact on revenue as well as reputation. And then there's the moral aspect of football to consider. More...
The Strongest Case for Institutional Brand-Building: a President’s-Eye View
Higher ed has come a long way toward understanding the value of an inspiring institutional brand, but some senior leaders still need convincing. Here’s a compelling, authentic tool you can use to build a strong case for investing in brand marketing. More...
Marketing the Why in Higher Education
Prospective students have options. Lots and lots of options. There are more than 5,000 colleges and universities offering a staggering number of majors, minors and degree types. More...
A deep dive into college data: The state of higher ed marketing analytics 2018
Techno-News Blog. Why is digital marketing—so easily measurable—not measured in higher education at the level it is in other industries? Since this project was conducted around an assessment—and not a mere survey—of the gap between best and current practices, the study participants all received a final grade computed on a 100-point scale to illustrate the distance completed on the road to digital marketing analytics, the HEDMAR score. More...