Instead of being afraid of transparency, see it as an opportunity - as a new way to hire and retain today’s social media-savvy talent. In fact, the genie is already out of the bottle. Take a deep breath and understand that information about what it’s like to work at your company will become known and won’t be hidden.
Today’s job seekers are already connected 24/7, seeking out information via social media (from sites like Facebook and Twitter to company blogs and job sites) to gain the insights they need to make the most informed career decision possible.įor employers, this marks a turning point. Related: Radical Transparency Can Re-Energize a Company's Culture and Deliver Resultsġ. Here are three points for any HR pro to consider: Employers can begin to embrace transparency, in turn, helping their company’s recruiting and retention efforts. On the heels of Glassdoor's debut yesterday of its OpenCompany program (recognizing employers who support and promote workplace transparency), it’s important to discuss how companies can take part in this conversation. In so doing, they'll be providing what candidates want: workplace transparency. If human resources professionals deliver on this, they will offer job candidates a clearer picture of what it’s really like to work at the firm. This includes providing information about the company’s strengths and weaknesses and how it plans to do better. It signifies that candidates are ending up at jobs that are not quite what they bargained for and that human resources leaders have room to improve when it comes to sharing information about the recruiting employer.
This data point, culled from a survey by my company Glassdoor, should concern everyone in human resources. Did you know that 3 in 5 (or 61 percent) of employees say realities on the job differ from the expectations set during the interview?
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