Hi, everyone! Welcome back to Glovebox Moments here with HR in the Car at Alaant. I'm Tom Schin and I'm here with Miriam Dushane and we're going to talk to you about some other things. We read a lot of information, a lot of articles, and we see a lot, certainly from businesses trying to do different things. One of the biggest things is how you brand yourself to candidates that are in the marketplace, and Miriam is going to talk a little about a couple of pieces that she read recently.
So recently there's been some articles talking about how managers and recruiters might not be exactly completely honest with candidates when they are hiring for their organizations. And, as a proponent of transparency and someone that wants to make sure that culture is highlighted, benefits are highlighted, don't do that. Don't sugarcoat or skip over the things that you may or may not think are appealing for your organization. Oftentimes companies have cultures and industries have cultures. So if you are in the finance industry, for example, there is a certain culture that kind of comes with that industry. So people who are applying for those jobs should know that. But what you can do is talk about why you work at that company in that industry, what brought you to that organization, what were the perks, what were the things about the culture that were a little bit different and the cells that really brought you to the organization and why someone else should come to the organization.
And what about things that might not be going perfectly?
Listen, no company is perfect and in terms of that culture and that organization, if it comes up in conversation, don't forget, you've got online reviews, you've got Glassdoor, you've got reputation, that stuff that is just out there on the web. So the public persona is probably going to come up. So, if there were things in the past that were challenging, address them up front. Listen, you may have seen this, we're aware of it, we're fixing it, this is what we're doing, or we want to bring in great talent like you to be able to help us solve this problem together. I would say don't shy away from it, certainly don't lie about it or cover it up or happily omit it. I would say it's better to be transparent, it's better to be honest, and I think that goes a long way with building that relationship and that credibility with a potential employee that might come into your organization.
Easier to remember the truth than it is to cover something up. Absolutely, definitely.
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