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Connec@ngyoutothemediaaroundyou
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MONTHLY ACTIVE GLOBAL USERS 100+M
600M CUMULATIVE DOWNLOADS
15 BILLION SHAZAMS
AND COUNTING
20M SHAZAMS EVERY DAY
NEW SHAZAM’ERS EVERY MONTH
14M
Whoisbehindallofthat?230humansacross7loca?onsaroundtheworld,110basedinLondon,
110basedintheUS,10ROW
30PEOPLEINPRODUCT
75PEOPLEINSALES/
MARKETING
70PEOPLEINENGINEERING
55PEOPLEINOURCORPORATEFUNCTIONS
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Step1.Buildinternalreputa@on.• Gettoknoweveryone.
• Doyourresearch,mapouttheorganisa?on.
• Conductanaudit.
• Dealwithlowhangingfruit.• Buildyourstrategy.
• BEYOURSELF.
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Step2.Buildrecruitmentcapabili@es.• GettheWHOLEteaminvestedinhiring.
• RollouttrainingforEVERYONE,notjusthiringmanagers.
• Bringtheprocessbacktohumanity.
• Presentthemwithideas,don’tprescribeanapproach.
• Createanbulletproofhiringprocess.
• Letthebusinessspendtheir?medoingwhattheydobest.
• BEYOURSELF.
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• YournextEmployeeisprobablynotlookingforajobatthemoment.
• Everyoneshouldwanttoworkwithyou.
• Recruitmentrela?onshipbeginsLONGbeforeapplica?on.
• Makesurethatthemessagespeoplehearaboutyouaregoodones.
• BEYOURSELF.
Step3.Viewrecruitmentasamarke@ngplaLorm.
Step4.Getreal.• Starttoworkoutwhoyoureallyare.• Keepitreal.REALLYreal.
• Getsomeexternalpeopletocomeandstudyyou.
• Bepreparedtoexploreprosandcons.
• Presentthetruestmostauthen@cversionofyourselvestotheworld.
• Find,aUractandretainyourtribe.
Inemphasizingourphilosophysopersistently,weinevitablydissuadedsometalentedpoten@alhiresforwhomitdidnotresonate.ButwealsoaUractedindividualswhodidconnectwithit,andthusensuredourongoingcohesivenessevenaswestartedtoexpandbeyondourcoreteam.
ReidHoffman,LinkedIn
Whatdidwediscover?
Pride,passionandbeliefintheproduct,brandandourleadership
Nota9-5,Shazamersworkveryhardtodeliveroutstandingwork
Peopleareveryempoweredandautonomous,hugeglobalreachinroles,o^enfirstofitskind
Lackthestructureoflargercompaniesandsomepeoplefindthatdifficult,fallingdownoninternalcommunica@ons
US/UKsplitcanbechallengingforpeople–intermsof@mezoneprac@calityandconnec@vity
Agileandinnova@ve,collabora@veandrespecLul,ourbestideascomefromourpeople
Fastpacedandcon@nuallyevolving,changeistheonlyconstant
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• Brandingdoesn’thavetocostatonofmoney.
• Ali]lecrea?vitygoesalongway.
• Makethemostof‘free’pla_orms–Instagram,Twi]er,Facebook.
• Getthewiderbusinessinvestedinthebrand.• Writeyourowncontent.
• BEYOURSELF.
Step5.CreatebuzzaroundEmployerBrand.
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• Gotoasmanymeetups/eventsaspossible.
• Buildastrongnetworkofrecruitmentpeersthatyoucanshareinforma?onandideaswith.
• Sponsor/exhibitatevents.
• Createyourownevents–perhapsinpartnershipwithotherlikemindedcompanies.
• Staytruetoyourtoneofvoiceacrossallmarke?ngmaterial.
• BEYOURSELF.
Step6.Getcrea@vewithsourcingstrategies.
Step7.Create‘BrandAmbassadors’.• Remindyourpeoplethattheyarethebiggestadver?sement.
• Askpeopletoconsidertheirownpersonalbranding.
• Encouragethemtodoanauditoftheironlinepresence.
• Encourageyourpeopletotelltheworldaboutthegreatworktheyaredoing.
• Runworkshopson;speakingatevents,bloggingetc.
• BEYOURSELF.
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