Are you using Glassdoor Company Updates to share real-time social messages with job seekers who follow you on Glassdoor? If not, now is the time to start.
Company updates is a feature available to any employer with a Glassdoor Free Employer Account, which allows employers to share the kinds of social media updates candidates want to see, in the place candidates are already researching them.
Companies such as Salesforce, Groupon, Nestle Purina PetCare, Progressive Insurance and The Home Depot are already using this feature to share the latest and greatest employment information to the very candidates they're trying to recruit. If you're stuck on where to start or what to say, check out the below list of 10 great Glassdoor Company Updates in August. We hope they inspire you to share fresh Company Updates on your own profile, but don't stop there! You can also update your Glassdoor profile with awards, company perks and diversity initiatives while you're there.
Now, in no particular order, check out some great company updates we noticed in August:
1. Adobe
Adobe is using Glassdoor Company Updates to announce company benefits updates, including the company's enhanced family leave benefit. Glassdoor Company Updates is a great way to share these kinds of benefit updates with job seekers who are deciding whether or not they should apply to work for your company.
2. Allstate
Allstate uses Glassdoor Company Updates to communicate key initiatives from the top-down, like this blurb from CEO, Tom Wilson, about leadership advice and how "Allstaters" are leading from every position in the company with passion and purpose. Company Updates can be a great way to inspire both job seekers and current employees!
3. Amazon
Amazon is extremely active with its Glassdoor Company Updates, sometimes posting multiple times per day. Most recently, Amazon has highlighted some behind-the-scenes looks at how the organization's distribution works. These types of behind-the-scenes looks are fun ways to engage your Glassdoor followers and share more about the inter-workings of your company.
4. AT&T
AT&T has chosen Glassdoor Company Updates as a place to advertise its diversity initiatives, including its Women Who Inspire series. Amazon talks to influential women who are making a difference in their communities and at large and then features them within its Glassdoor Company Updates, like this employee, Helen, who's changing the way people think of women in STEM.
Glassdoor Company Updates are a great place to share awards and accolades your company has received, and Constant Contact does just that. Recently, Constant Contact shared an award its company won -- "Coolest Companies in the Boston Area" and publicized information on an event where it will be accepting its award so job seekers and employees can join.
6. Denny's
Job seekers care about what you're doing to give back, and Denny's has done an inspiring job this month highlighting its service to their community. Most recently, Denny's featured this Glassdoor Company Update that publicized its No Kid Hungry program to teach job seekers about the many ways Denny's is giving back.
7. Ford
Innovative technologies excite everyone, especially job seekers, and Ford has mastered communicating exciting company updates in technology via Glassdoor Company Updates. For example, this product, an "innovative spider screen," that keeps insects from nesting inside vehicles, entices job seekers to come work at Ford on products like this. Ford does a great job advertising products to build awareness and candidate pipeline.
Looking to hire employees with a unique background, like Millennials or Veterans? Kaiser Permanente uses Glassdoor Company Updates to target these unique groups with campaigns like this Veteran Success Story.
Sometimes, job seekers just want to hear about how much fun they'll have working for you by highlighting unique benefits at your organization. Nestle Purina PetCare gets it, and use Glassdoor Company Updates to feature its great perks, like dogs in the office!
10. Oracle
Looking to welcome new employees to your team in a new and innovative way? Oracle uses Glassdoor Company Updates to welcome new employees, like Vinny, and congratulate them on a job well done in the first 30 days on the job.
Looking to inspire both job seekers and your current employees with Company Updates? Claim your profile on Glassdoor with a Free Employer Account to get started posting Company Updates today!