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Corporate Reputation Watch 2008

To understand the role of reputation in the global War for Talent, Hill & Knowlton commissioned Penn, Schoen & Berland to conduct a survey of more than 500 students from some of the World’s leading business schools.

We wanted to understand the role of reputation in this war for talent. How important is corporate reputation in
attracting today’s brightest and best?
 
We interviewed MBA students at some of the World’s leading business schools and some very clear trends appear.

– Reputation matters, and the reputation of the company is based on far more than just its financial performance
and the quality of its products and services.

– The employee experience matters deeply. Talent is not prepared to sit and wait for the golden opportunity
of 20 years hence; they want it now.

– Values matter too - everything from ethics and corporate governance to environmental policy and social
responsibility. The reason it matters so much is that the leaders of the future have a clear understanding of the
link between reputation and financial performance. 

You can download the survey research results from our website -

http://www.hillandknowlton.com/crw.


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Published 16 January 2008 12:42 by Gaylene Ravenscroft

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About Gaylene Ravenscroft

Gaylene heads up the Digital practice in the UK. She is an Online PR and marketing specialist. She joined Hill & Knowlton in 2006 and since then has focused on Social Media & Web 2.0 as a core expertise for various clients. Gaylene has been involved in the launch of the LG Shine phone and Yahoo Panama in 2007. She established a Blogger Relations Programme between LG Shine and relevant bloggers to spread word of the Shine phone in the Blogosphere, including Social Networking sites across UK and Europe. The Digital team implemented a similar program for LG Chocolate in 2006 which received a commendation for the 2007 Revolution Awards. Her other clients include Yahoo!, HSBC, Intel & Qualcomm who require strategic consultation and integrated online communications. Her skills include strategic and tactical consultation when developing workable concepts for clients’ online needs to support offline PR objectives. They include Social Media, Online Media, SEO, Web Design and Viral & WOM marketing. Gaylene comes from South Africa where she owned an Internet Development and Online Marketing agency. Her business background has always been in the Digital Marketing arena working alongside clients such as NEC, South African Airways, Alstom UK, Nikon SA & Ellis Park Stadium. Moving to the UK she worked with Halpern Cowan, a Digital agency on clients such as Norwich Union, Supernanny (Channel 4) and e-Booker.