Recruitment Marketing

Market Research & Tracking

Regular research and tracking to monitor your employer brand health, competitive positioning, and candidate perceptions over time. Make data-driven decisions about your talent attraction investments.

Discuss Your Needs

Why Track Your Employer Brand?

Your employer brand exists in the minds of your target talent, whether you manage it or not. Without regular measurement, you are making talent attraction decisions based on assumptions rather than data.

Employer brand tracking gives you early warning of perception shifts, competitive threats, and emerging opportunities. It helps you demonstrate ROI on employer brand investments and make the case for continued or increased investment.

Organisations that track their employer brand can course-correct quickly when initiatives are not working. They can prove what is driving results and eliminate wasteful spending on channels and content that do not resonate.

Research Approaches

Candidate Perception Research

Quantitative surveys of your target talent audiences measuring awareness, consideration, preference, and EVP attribute perception. Provides statistically significant data for tracking over time.

  • Online panel surveys
  • Segmented by role, level, geography
  • Competitive comparison
  • EVP attribute importance and performance

Social Listening & Sentiment

Ongoing monitoring of online conversations about your organisation as an employer, tracking sentiment, themes, and share of voice against competitors.

  • Social media monitoring
  • Glassdoor and Indeed tracking
  • Employer review sentiment analysis
  • Competitive share of voice

Talent Market Intelligence

Analysis of talent supply and demand dynamics, salary benchmarking, competitor hiring activity, and emerging skill trends in your target markets.

  • Talent pool sizing
  • Competitor hiring patterns
  • Salary and benefits benchmarking
  • Skills trend analysis

Candidate Experience Research

Feedback collection from candidates at key journey stages to understand experience quality and identify improvement opportunities.

  • Application experience surveys
  • Interview feedback collection
  • Offer stage research
  • Declined offer analysis

Tracking Programme Options

Quarterly Tracking

Best for organisations actively investing in employer brand and needing regular feedback loops.

  • Four waves per year
  • Consistent methodology
  • Trend analysis
  • Quarterly insights reports
  • Competitive benchmarking

Biannual Tracking

Suitable for organisations with stable employer brands seeking regular but less frequent measurement.

  • Two waves per year
  • Deep-dive analysis
  • Strategic recommendations
  • Executive presentations
  • Annual comparison

Annual Assessment

Appropriate for organisations establishing baseline measurement or with limited research budgets.

  • Comprehensive annual study
  • Full competitive analysis
  • Strategic roadmap
  • Year-over-year tracking
  • Leadership briefing

What You Receive

Tracking Dashboard

Interactive dashboard showing key metrics, trends, and competitive positioning over time.

Insights Reports

Regular analysis reports highlighting key findings, emerging trends, and recommended actions.

Competitive Intelligence

Ongoing monitoring of competitor employer brand activity and positioning.

Strategic Recommendations

Actionable recommendations based on research findings to optimise your talent attraction.

Executive Briefings

Quarterly or annual presentations to leadership on employer brand health and progress.

Alerts and Updates

Real-time notifications of significant sentiment shifts or competitive developments.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is employer brand tracking?

Employer brand tracking is regular research to monitor how your organisation is perceived as an employer over time. It measures awareness, consideration, preference, and sentiment among target talent audiences, enabling you to track progress and identify emerging issues.

How often should we track our employer brand?

Most organisations benefit from quarterly or biannual tracking. Annual tracking is suitable for organisations with stable employer brands and consistent hiring patterns. More frequent tracking may be needed during major brand initiatives, crises, or significant market changes.

What metrics should employer brand tracking include?

Key metrics include: employer brand awareness, consideration rates, preference versus competitors, EVP attribute perception, application intent, employee advocacy likelihood, sentiment analysis, and employer Net Promoter Score (eNPS) among external audiences.

How does employer brand tracking differ from an audit?

An audit is a point-in-time comprehensive assessment, while tracking is ongoing measurement over time. Audits examine processes and touchpoints; tracking measures perception and sentiment. Organisations typically start with an audit to establish a baseline, then implement tracking to monitor progress.

What is the ROI of employer brand tracking?

Tracking enables data-driven decisions that improve recruitment marketing ROI. Organisations with tracking programmes can identify underperforming initiatives early, optimise channel spend, and demonstrate the impact of employer brand investments to leadership.

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