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GROWING THE DAVEY FAMILY
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
Our team is using all the tools within our repertoire to
recruit the best people. Pew Research found in recent
years, 35 percent of social media users have looked for
a job on social media, and that number climbs to 43
percent for millennials. Because of this shift, Davey has
begun implementing tactics and strategies to better use
social media to attract and hire candidates. In 2016, we
created a specific plan to recruit candidates and promote
the Davey culture on each of our social platforms. Now,
all Davey recruiters have an optimized and polished
LinkedIn profile along with guides on how to best use
the platform. Additionally, we revitalized our company
LinkedIn page to showcase opportunities to grow at
Davey. By posting consistent, targeted content, our posts
were seen by 4.5 times more individuals and received
10.5 times more engagement.
DAVEY NAMED 13TH LARGEST
EMPLOYEE-OWNED COMPANY
The Davey Tree Expert Company is the 13th largest
employee-owned company in the U.S., according
to data from the National Center for Employee
Ownership (NCEO). The NCEO's 2016 Employee
Ownership 100 list includes the nation's largest
companies that are at least 50 percent owned by
an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or other
broad-based employee ownership plan. Davey
leadership feels employee ownership has been a
driving force behind our past and present successes.
Encouraging and supporting employee ownership,
and the culture it fosters, will remain a key to strong
performances by the Davey Company in the future.
EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM
At Davey, our employees are one of our greatest strengths. As
we continue to grow our business, we are looking to recruit
additional dedicated, passionate individuals to help us get the job
done right. Because our employees already know what it takes
to succeed at Davey, we want to better utilize them as a source
to refer and recommend candidates. This year, we revamped our
employee referral bonus program, which is now called Davey's
Send-a-Friend program. With this updated program, employees
can refer friends by simply passing along their name and contact
info. Our recruiting team does the rest, and if we hire their referral,
the employee earns a $1,000 bonus. By streamlining the program,
employees can refer a friend in under a minute, which has resulted
in an increased number of submissions to the program.
