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Turning  your  Employees  into  Effective  Talent  Ambassadors

Jennifer  Trendler  – Director,  Talent  at Nitro#GrowNitro

•San  Francisco

•Dublin •Nitra

• St.  Petersburg

•Melbourne

Who  is  Nitro?

Founded  in  AustraliaWith  our  Global  HQ  in  San  Francisco.

Hired  80+  people  in  2014Have  Hired  50+  in  2015

200 Employees  across  5 Locations  

What  do  we  do?

The  first  and  now  leading  replacement  for  Adobe  Acrobat

Nitro  ProThe  easiest  and  most  powerful  way  to  

share  documents   for  eSigning,  approvals,   collaboration  and  workflow

Nitro  Cloud

Our  culture:  Use  technology  to  work  more  efficiently  and  effectively

1. Talent  at  Nitro

2. Hiring  Climate  

3.  Employment  Brand

4.  Talent  Ambassador  Program

What’s  on  Tap

• Talent  is  the  best  determinant  of  a  company’s  long  term  success• Working  at  Nitro  is  a  career  defining  opportunity  

Talent  Philosophy

Nitronaut Core  Values

High Performance Be GoodNo Bullshit

The  Talent  Team

Hiring  Climate• Hiring  Plan:  Ambitious;  Global • Highly  Competitive  Job  Market

Employment  Brand• Social:

Glassdoor,  LinkedIn,  The  Muse,  Talent-­‐focused  Blog  posts

• Employee  Engagement:  GaggleAmp,  Referral  Programs

• Branding  Campaign:  Wombat  Nation  

• End  Goal:  Reaching,  then  hiring,  great  people

Nitronauts as  Talent  Ambassadors

Talent  Ambassador  Program  1.0• Enthusiastic  team  =    Lots  of  Referrals  • Pain  points:  Response   time;  Quality  of  referrals  

Vive  la  Revolution!

Leverage  Technology,  Implement  Training,  Reinforce

Goals:

• Keep  it  simple

• More  qualified  referrals

• Excellent  employee  experience  

• Phenomenal  candidate  experience  

Talent  Ambassador  Program  2.0

Our  goal  was  to  have  80%  of  every  office  participating…  

…Mission  accomplished!  

Talent  Ambassador  Program  2.0Onboarding:• Tools• Terms• Do’s  and  Don’ts  

Ongoing:

• Contests• Acknowledgements  – Team  Meetings• Quarterly  Celebration

2015

45%  of  our  hires-­‐to-­‐date  came  from  the  

Talent  Ambassador  Program

2014

35%  of  our  hires  came  from  

the  Talent  Ambassador  Program  

Thanks!Q &  A

@Jtrendler@NitroCareers Jennifer.Trendler@GoNitro.com