The last eight weeks have been nothing short of an emotional and economical roller coaster ride. While countries were closing their borders, companies were also laying off millions of the global workforce. Unlike most layoffs that we've seen in the past, the layoffs during the pandemic did not discriminate against any industry or field.

U.S. unemployment numbers alone have approached 15%, the highest jobless rate since the Great Depression.

Unfortunately, many skilled talent branders were casualties of the layoffs. As a community, TBA members chose to get together to find ways to help out those of us who have been impacted. Our board members, and several helping hands within the community came together. Lots of personal stories and private tips were shared. Here's some of what we discussed that we can share publicly:

Boolean Search Strings

Whether you're searching for jobs on LinkedIn, Indeed, or Google, here are some Boolean Search Strings to assist you along the way. If you’re unfamiliar with how to use them, you simply just need to drop them in the search box on each page, and hit enter!

Bonus points for adding location filters based on the search engine options, and/or key terms for city, state, and zip/postal code.

Optional “-recruiter” to filter out those results.

• Employer Branding

  • "recruiting branding" OR "talent marketing" OR "people marketing" OR "employer brand" OR "employment brand" OR "employer branding" OR "recruitment marketing" OR “recruitment branding” OR "talent branding" OR "talent brand" OR "talent attraction"

• Recruitment Marketing

  • “Recruitment marketing” OR “recruitment advertising” OR “people marketing” OR “talent marketing” OR “talent demand generation” OR “HR marketing”

• Internal Comms

  • "employee experience" OR “employee relations” OR “employee engagement” OR “internal communications” OR “HR communications”

Got additional search terms or your own search string to share? Please use the comments section. 👇

#EBJOBS

The #EBJOBS hashtag is the official employer brand jobs hashtag of the Talent Brand Alliance. All talent branding jobs that are shared with the community are pushed out on Twitter using this hashtag. If you’ve been impacted by the pandemic, simply hop on Twitter, and run a search with the hashtag to find the latest openings.

EB Jobs

As with the #EBJOBS hashtag, EB Jobs is the official sheet of all known talent brand jobs across the globe. Click here to check out the link. Once you’re there, you’ll find jobs listed by:

• City

• State/Province

• Country

• Date

• Company

• Job Title

• Source/Link

Members Who Are Hiring

• Andres Traslavina (Whole Foods) - Visit the Whole Foods Career Page

  • Multiple roles available across the greater organization

• Audra Knight (Foundation Medicine) - aknight@foundationmedicine.com

  • Social Media Specialist (Boston, MA)

• Jess Katz (MongoDB) - jess.katz@mongodb.com

  • Employer Brand Specialist (India)

  • VP of Talent Acquisition (North America)

  • Chief People Officer (North America)

• Lindsey Sanford (Palo Alto Networks) - Lsanford@paloaltonetworks.com

  • Internal Communications Manager (Santa Clara, open to remote)

• Alex Her (Informatica) - alexher@informatica.com

  • VP of Corporate Communications (Redwood City, CA)

Any additional members who are hiring on their team or know of an opening in recruitment marketing, employer branding, or a related job, please post in the comments below.

Alex Her leads the Global Employer Branding and Recruitment Marketing at Informatica across 26 countries. Along with that, he's also a member of the TBA Marketing Committee.