Passing the culture test

 

SITUATION

Questions about internal culture ranked #2 (after compensation) among top MBA candidates, but Citi’s recruitment team was not aligned around the answer.

MANDATE FOR CHANGE

Develop fact-based inputs to the recruitment process that would produce more wins in its most competitive market.

  • Open-source research
  • Recruitment campaign
  • Train-the-trainer workshop

OUTCOMES

1st

fact-based initiative to define the intangibles of Citi’s unique employee culture worldwide


Deployed

across all key markets through a standardized toolkit and train-the-trainer protocol


Informed

subsequent global B2B and employment branding efforts

Agency: Publicis BOS Group

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