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How to build a strong employer brand and attract candidates

Would you blindly apply for a job without doing your homework on the company first?Most candidates wouldn’t. In fact, 77% of job seekers consider a company’s employer brand before submitting an...

Employer branding

Should you cut CVs out of your recruitment process?

The CV has been around since Leonardo Da Vinci wrote a letter to the Duke of Milan in 1482, requesting a work placement. But does this mean CVs are still as relevant today as they were 500 years ago...

What can employee advocacy on social media do for your brand?

What drives your brand? While an optimised website, email marketing strategy and social media are clear starting points, what about your employees? They know your business by heart and can add a...

Candidate Experience, Employer branding

What's new in Alva – automate admin tasks

How many tabs do you have open now? I'll go first, I’ve got 23 tabs open as I type this 😶

Product Updates

Hiring velocity: the talent acquisition metric that matters

When people talk about metrics in the talent acquisition (TA) space, they usually talk about time to hire. But hiring velocity is just as important a metric to pay attention to – arguably more so...

Talent Acquisition

'Good candidates have so many options right now:' Alva Labs' Lisa Sindsjö Grahn on today's recruitment challenges

For the first-ever "Meet an Alvatar" series, we sat down with Talent Acquisition Manager Lisa Sindsjö Grahn. The Åmål, Sweden native joined Alva Labs in March 2022 and has an extensive background...

Candidate Experience, Talent Acquisition