Like seemingly so many side effects of the COVID pandemic (still itself a major problem as this is being written), flex schedules are an undeniably welcome idea for many that might never have been adopted in earnest if not for the terrifying situation we’ve all faced for much more than a single year now. So … Read full-story
As the tides shift throughout the talent acquisition landscape, a new opportunity has emerged in the form of employer branding strategy. As the pandemic has caused a myriad of challenges and changes to organizational processes, attracting and retaining top talent has never been more important. However, this has become increasingly more difficult to do during … Read full-story
A solid brand, or organizational reputation, is essential to a company’s survival. As online reviews and similar peer review sites have inundated the web browsing experience, consumers have entrusted these types of platforms with providing the necessary information to make purchasing decisions. As a result, traditional advertising has taken a back seat and companies worldwide are focusing heavily on managing and maintaining a dependable reputation. In the following article, we will look closely at the top 3 reasons why this reputation management is so important, and what impact it has on the bottom line. … Read full-story
Many entrepreneurs want to understand the keys to getting funding and growing small businesses into multi-million-dollar global brands. For the newest Leadership Lessons episode, Comparably CEO/Co-founder Jason Nazar enlisted an expert with experience working for GoldmanSachs on Wall Street and as a former investor for L Catterton, the world’s largest private equity firm for consumer brands. She … Read full-story
Today Comparably announced a new partnership with ZipRecruiter, a leading online employment marketplace that actively connects people to their next great opportunity, integrating company reviews, salary information, and more into ZipRecruiter’s company pages … Read full-story
Here's what 9 companies say are the reasons for the massive growth they've been seeing and will continue to see through the end of this year … Read full-story
Internships grow more and more respected as interns pass through them and rave about the experience. Here are the offerings from 7 major companies that have made major names for their internship programs … Read full-story
Businesses need compelling employer branding efforts to attract and retain great talent. Those efforts can’t succeed unless the organization’s entire leadership team buys in. Unfortunately, it’s those very same executives who often fail to see why employee branding is worthwhile at all. That’s frustrating because leaders are the one group of people who should be … Read full-story
Gen Z, the newest and post-millennial generation, are those born between 1997 and 2012. With nearly 68 million Gen Z residents in the United States, the labor market is seeing a surge in these young adults applying for and starting careers. Recruiters and other HR professionals are constantly evolving their methods and finding new channels … Read full-story
Attracting and retaining talented individuals has never been more difficult or important for organizations. Not only is the job market ultra-competitive, but the new challenges of recruiting, onboarding, and training new hires that the pandemic has brought about are making it more important than ever to provide a compelling employee value proposition to all potential … Read full-story
Like almost everything else surrounding life in business, internships have also had to evolve or at least temporarily transform into sometimes virtual internships. Those looking ahead to 2022 internships can start here with these 7 companies, which have all responded thoughtfully when we asked about what their internship programs offered and how they may have … Read full-story
Mary Good, Chief People Officer for leading all-in-one website building and e-commerce platform company Squarespace, recalls a recent moment when she was reminded of the power of the company’s culture … Read full-story
Siva Gurumurthy, SVP of Engineering for artificial intelligence-powered hardware and software company KeepTruckin, says it’s the mass disruption the company promised and offered that attracted him, after careers with Twitter, Yahoo, and IBM … Read full-story
In October, Comparably will unveil our next set of Best Places to Work Awards in these categories: Happiest Employees, Best Compensation, Best Work-Life Balance, and Best Perks Benefits … Read full-story
The growing pains go on as the post-pandemic landscape continues to settle and firm up at its own pace, never quite jelling into that New Normal that we all keep expecting to be signing up for soon. The reasons for this stop-and-start process are only human: we’ve never been here before, in this spot, with so … Read full-story
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, many organizations are faced with a variety of operational challenges. Some physical office locations are still shut down while others are opening back up to a hybrid model. In this piece, we explore how leaders can successfully onboard employees in this new paradigm. Pre-COVID, most businesses had a … Read full-story
When it comes to talent acquisition, organizations have a number of avenues to pursue. In this article, we explore the top methods used for attracting and retaining the best talent that is available in the marketplace. … Read full-story
In the ever-evolving business landscape, it’s important to embrace change in order to grow and thrive. In the newest episode of our Leadership Lessons series, Comparably CEO/Co-founder Jason Nazar had the chance to speak to a leader who has changed the businesses he touched for the better in this constantly-changing global marketplace: Momentive (NASDAQ: MNTV) CEO Zander Lurie. A leader in agile experience management, … Read full-story
EARLY CAREER “In every job that I had early on in my career, I was typically either the youngest or the only person of color. This was back in the late 90s and the early 2000s,” says Brandi Riggins, Global Head of DE&I at Guidewire Software. “You didn’t hear the word diversity a lot in … Read full-story
Lisa Atherton, President & CEO at Textron Systems tells us “it’s been a crazy career” since she graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and she really means it. Her goal was to become a prosecutor once she left the Armed Forces and make sure bad guys got punished. However, life took a turn, she … Read full-story
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has been listed in the number one spot of Compararbly’s recently unveiled list of the Best CEOs for Women. Narayen previously won the top slot in this category in 2018. Ratings from Adobe’s own female employees vaunted Narayen to the top spot, just beating out chief executives from Farmers Insurance and … Read full-story
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has taken the top slot in Comparably’s Best CEO’s for Diversity award, a rundown of the 50 best chief executives of large companies that have been rated exceptionally well in anonymous sentiment ratings by the company’s own employees of color (non-Caucasian) on Comparably.com over a period of the previous 12 months. The … Read full-story
Comparably just released its set of annual awards highlighting the best CEOs and companies, including its annual Best CEOs for Women, Best CEOs for Diversity, Best Leadership, and Best Companies for Career Growth honors. These lists showcase the leaders who are helping to drive positive culture change across companies large and small. Check out our full coverage of each category here: Best CEOs for Diversity 2021 … Read full-story
Comparably’s annual Best Companies for Career Growth is derived from millions of ratings from employees who anonymously rated their professional development opportunities on Comparably.com over a 12-month period (June 23, 2020 through June 23, 2021). The Top 50 ranked list is segmented by Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Small/Mid-size companies (fewer than 500 employees). Best Companies for Career Growth: Large … Read full-story
Comparably’s annual Best Leadership Teams is derived from millions of anonymous employee ratings on executive leadership teams and direct managers on Comparably.com over a 12-month period. … Read full-story
Comparably’s annual Best CEOs for Diversity represents the top-ranked CEOs, based solely on anonymous sentiment ratings from employees of color (non-Caucasian) on Comparably.com in the previous 12 months (June 23, 2020-June 23, 2021). Derived from 10 million ratings across 60,000 companies, the list is segmented by Top 50 CEOs of Large companies (more than 500 … Read full-story
Comparably’s Best CEOs for Women 2021 represents the top-ranked CEOs, as rated by female employees on Comparably.com in the previous 12 months. … Read full-story
We’ll never really know what our pets thought of our response to the COVID pandemic. Suddenly, most of us were there all of the time, with them at home. Before, we’d been gone for 10 or so hours a day. Most of our pets were thrilled about this, especially the dogs. The cats, always harder … Read full-story
The Bay Area-based software company, KeepTruckin, has a holistic philosophy regarding the wellbeing of its staff, providing benefits and programs intended to help with a broad and thoughtful swath of their employees’ needs. We spoke to VP of People Operations Shane McCauley as well as Total Rewards Manager Brittany Thorson about KeepTruckin’s approach to taking … Read full-story
Since food industry innovator and leader Brian Niccol joined Chipotle Mexican Grill (Nasdaq: CMG) as its CEO in 2018, the company has been virtually unstoppable. Within two years of his tenure, nearly all 2,500 Chipotle locations had been retrofitted for the future with digital ordering capabilities and the business had rolled out approximately 100 “Chipotlanes,” … Read full-story
