// Glossary · Employer Branding
EVP (Employee Value Proposition)
The EVP is the essence of what a company offers its people — pay and benefits, career, culture, work and purpose — the organisation's answer to "why should I work here?".
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The Employee Value Proposition is the core of the employer brand. It is usually defined across five dimensions: rewards (pay, benefits), opportunity (career, development), organisation (reputation, purpose), people (managers, team, culture) and work (the job itself, flexibility). A good EVP is both true and distinctive: it avoids claims any competitor could make.
Why it matters
Without an EVP, employer brand communication stays at slogan level and every channel makes a different promise. A clear EVP aligns everything from job ads to leadership messages and helps candidates self-select.
How it is built
- Employee research: reasons to stay, sources of pride, gaps.
- Candidate and market research: target audience expectations, competitor promises.
- Synthesis: 3-5 value pillars, each backed by proof.
- Validation with leaders and employees, then roll-out across touchpoints.
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