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There are tons of reasons for a business to want to give back in some way. In the past, businesses have chosen charities for tax breaks, credibility, or to be recognized as a “good corporate citizen.” While all these reasons are valid, and you may want to consider them when choosing a charity, the best option is a strategic choice. This can be an opportunity to do more than just give money or write checks: it can be an opportunity to get closer with your audience while making an impact on something that matters greatly to you.
Consider your mission and values. When selecting a cause to support, consider what you stand for as a company—or personally, as the founder. What is the mission of your organization? Who are your customers? Is there an issue or cause that speaks to one of those two components? If it feels authentic, it will resonate with your audience. Think about your company’s founding story? Was it born out of a frustration or heartfelt need to make something better? Looking closely at why your company does what it does will help you see what causes your brand could work with strategically.
Close examination aligns your brand’s giving efforts with your mission and values. If there isn’t a connection between the cause you’ve chosen and what you stand for as a company—or what you stand for personally—it won’t feel authentic when communicating about the partnership on social media or in other promotional channels. The public is very good at sniffing out insincere efforts, so authenticity is key. Your audience will see right through any attempt at “cause marketing” that doesn’t come from genuine passion on behalf of its founders or leadership team.
Some examples of strategically aligned giving could be a woman-owned tech company giving to the nonprofit Girls Who Code. Being a successful woman in a male-dominated industry aligns perfectly with wanting to help close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what it is to be a woman in tech. Another example is a bottled water company helping to bring clean water to developing countries by supporting the building of wells. The connection does not always have to be as direct as these examples but it does need to be authentic.
As part of this process, also think about what issues are important to both you and your audience. Do they love animals? Are they concerned with environmental issues? Is education important? Which causes are the most innovative right now and receiving funding from other sources? To find a strategically aligned charity, spend most of your time selecting a cause. The organization you choose will be driven by the cause in which it believes, so if you’re not passionate about that cause, it’s unlikely to be a good fit for your business.
Once you’ve identified an issue or a specific charity that aligns with your brand values and mission, decide if there is any potential risk associated with supporting this particular cause. Does the cause or organization have any bad press surrounding it or anything that might negatively affect your marketing efforts? This does not mean you should only give to nonprofits that lack controversy, but rather do some research into the charity before committing to make sure there aren’t any major pitfalls associated with giving time, resources, or money to them.
For example, supporting Planned Parenthood could be considered controversial by those who are pro-life. This could alienate customers who believe in pro-life values and may choose not to support a business that supports Planned Parenthood simply because they hold different beliefs on women’s reproductive rights than the company owner does, even though they might love everything else about the product.
In controversial cases, you must decide if you are willing to forgo possible profit for this cause. Lots of companies have taken a stand on an issue and come out stronger for it but you should certainly weigh the pros and cons beforehand.
Different organizations have different needs. The best way to see how you can help is to talk with the charity about any specific needs they have or gaps that you can fill for them by becoming involved as a corporate supporter. Make sure the charity has room for more support from businesses like yours. Not all charities and nonprofits are created equal, so be sure that your chosen charity is a bona fide 501(c)(3) organization to qualify for deductions; consult your tax professional for specifics. Working with the charity to provide the help they need most, while still ensuring that your company can maximize any tax incentives is still important to the bottom line.
The only thing left to do once you have completed the three steps above is to bring your audience into your giving story through your social channels and marketing efforts. Show your customers how supporting you supports others. Show them that they can feel good about buying from you. When customers know that your giving efforts are authentic and driven from a place of generosity they find a connection with your brand.
You may have heard people say to you, “It’s always easier to get a job when you are already employed.” But have you ever asked why this is?
There’s absolutely no evidence to prove that anyone going for a job, who is already in full-time employment, stands any better chance of being offered a position than someone who is currently out of work. So, if we are to believe this is just the way the system works, then it could be worth looking at what the reasons might be.
Here are some possible explanations as to why those in work are deemed as more employable than those who aren’t.
Having to explain why you left your last job or why you were told to leave your last job is never easy, but it’s still something potential employers love to ask you about. If you are employed, then your options are much greater in terms of what you can say in an interview. You could say, “I’m looking for a new challenge” or “My current job just doesn’t offer me the challenges I want.” So, you can take your pick of reasons for wanting to find a new employer if you’re already on the payroll. If you’re not absolutely sure how to explain why you quit your job (or why you’re not currently employed), that could cause problems for you in the job interview.
You can’t underestimate the power of good networking, and there is more chance of you networking when you are working and not sitting at home. The people you work with could mention companies looking to hire people, or you may meet someone that has just left a firm—meaning a new vacancy has been created. Also, when you’re employed, you’re better able to add value to your professional network on LinkedIn by posting content about what you’re currently working on in your job, proving to your connections you’re a valuable person in your industry. If you’re unhappy at work and looking for a new job, keep your ear to the ground and prioritize online networking!
Regardless of how much you hate your current job, the fact that you are working and still earning means you have the time to look elsewhere. You know the rent will be paid at the end of the month. So, use your time constructively.
Confidence is everything when looking for a job. If you are already in full-time employment, it’s a pretty good bet that you’ll exude more self-confidence than someone who isn’t. This might not be a conscious act, but the fact that the “pressure is off” might have something to do with it. However, don’t be cocky, because there is nothing more off-putting to an employer than arrogance—no matter confident you may be.
The fact that you have been chosen by your current employer suggests that you have enough relevant experience to hold down your position, right? This is experience that other candidates you are up against may not have (assuming you are going for a job in a similar field). So, it’s well worth highlighting any strengths that you have when going for a new job and mentioning all the experience you have gained in your present role when starting your new job search. Quantify your work experience on your resume and use the “Experience + Learn = Grow” model to answer behavioral interview questions in your next interview to stand out from the competition!
If you’re thinking about quitting your current job before looking for a new one, think again. The above reasons are why it’s easier to find a job when you already have one. Staying employed (if you can help it) is the best way to ensure you have a quick, easy, and successful job search.
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To say that 2020 was a big year for Zoom would be an understatement. The company sees more opportunities and challenges ahead and is adding to its team. Would a job at Zoom right for you?
There’s a good chance that many people reading this have used Zoom at least once, or hundreds of times, in their lifetime. But if you’re not familiar, Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing and online meetings service. Zoom’s mission is to help businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done.
Zoom’s platform provides video meetings, voice, webinars, and chat across desktops, phones, mobile devices, and conference room systems. Zoom was established in 2011, but very much became a household name in 2020 when it proved to be a lifeline for businesses, schools, and everyday people to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Zoom is headquartered in San Jose, California, and has 16 other offices in the U.S. and internationally. Like many global companies, Zoom also has a large number of remote work opportunities. Job seekers should review all openings carefully to see if there are any location requirements.
Zoom has job openings in sales, engineering, security, finance, product, marketing, customer service, information technology, engineering operations, legal, customer services, and project management.
2020 was a banner year for Zoom and the growth continues.
As the COVID-19 pandemic started to take hold in March 2020, Zoom was the most downloaded app in the Apple App Store. The company when from a peak of 10 million daily meeting participants in December 2019 to an average of 200 million daily meeting participants in March 2020, and by April 2020 Zoom was averaging 300 million daily meeting participants—a 30x growth in three months, according to Zoom’s blog.
In that time, Zoom went from 2,500 to 4,400 global employees and the company is still growing as more companies commit to remote work for the long term.
Zoom loves to give back.
In addition to major company growth, 2020 was also a year for giving back as Zoom launched its philanthropic entity Zoom Cares. The Zoom Cares initiatives are focused on three core areas: education, social equity, and climate change.
Education was at the forefront of Zoom’s charitable efforts in 2020, especially as COVID-19 forced many schools to operate through Zoom. Zoom provided its education service to over 125,000 schools in 25 countries for free during the pandemic, and also provided training and resources to help more than 35,000 educators teach remotely on Zoom as part of its Zoom Summer Academy. The company also donated $1.5 million to organizations helping students disproportionately affected by school closures.
Zoom also donated $250,000 to the Association for the Study of African American Life & History, Equal Justice Initiative, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Zoom offers employees charitable gift matching through the Zoom Cares program so employees can support their favorite causes.
Zoom is proud of its company culture.
Despite rapid growth and working remotely, Zoom has been able to maintain a unique company culture that employees still appreciate. The company made Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work in 2021” list (it also made the list in 2018 and 2019) and has a culture of 4.9/5 on Comparably. Comparably also recognized Zoom for company leadership, compensation, company culture, perks and benefits, diversity, work-life balance, and best company for women.
Zoom’s culture is based around a single value: care.
“We encourage Zoomies to care for their community, customers, company, teammates, and themselves,” according to the company’s blog.
Benefits and perks at Zoom include:
To apply or learn more about working at Zoom, check out the company’s careers page.
Zapier is a top-ranked company that aims to simplify the work process for businesses of all sizes. As a 100% remote company, Zapier could be an appealing job for a job seeker looking for a remote position at an incredible company.
Zapier is a productivity tool that connects over 1,300 business apps, such as Gmail, Dropbox, Slack, and MailChimp. Zapier helps to automate routine processes and repetitive tasks without the need for coding or technical resources.
“Zapier is on a mission to make automation incredibly easy and accessible to everyone at work,” according to the company’s mission statement. Quite simply, Zapier eliminates busy work.
Zapier was founded in 2011 and has over 3 million registered users around the world. Some well-known companies that use Zapier include BuzzFeed, Invision, Spotify, and Adobe.
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While Zapier is based in Sunnyvale, California, the company’s workforce is 100% remote and employees can work from anywhere in the world! The company’s workforce is currently spread across 17 time zones in 30 countries.
Zapier has job openings in accounting & finance, business operation, decision science & analytics, design, engineering, marketing, product, research & development, recruiting, and support.
Zapier’s interview process varies by job position but it typically starts with a phone screen with a recruiter. Applicants who are deemed a good fit will then get a 45-minute to 1-hour interview with the hiring manager. The next step in the interview process includes a skills interview or a take-home skills test.
Throughout the interview process, Zapier makes it a point to get back to applicants quickly, and then commits to being in touch with applicants once per week while they’re going through the hiring process.
Zapier is a leader in building a remote workforce.
At Zapier, remote work isn’t just meant to be a perk. Rather, it has been the company’s reality from the start. As such, Zapier considers itself a leader in running a remote workforce and often shares information and insights about remote work best practices on the company’s blog.
Those who work at Zapier are given a remote equipment budget and allowed to choose the equipment they need for their home offices. Zapier employees are also encouraged to take advantage of the freedom and flexibility that comes with remote work (as long as they’re in communication with their teams about tasks and deadlines).
Zapier is also committed to building one of the strongest company cultures for a remote company.
“100% distributed doesn’t hold us back from building bonds—daily conversation in chat includes non-work topics like #fun-cooking and #fun-scifi, weekly posts to our company blog show off pictures of pets and hobbies, and twice-annually, we come together for an all-team retreat that includes activities like crafting, basketball, karaoke, and rock climbing. We make space for whatever your flavor of fun,” the company states on its website.
Past all-team retreats have been held in Vancouver, Minneapolis, and New Orleans. In addition to the twice-annual all-team retreats, departments and teams within Zapier sometimes get together to work on projects and have fun.
Employees like working at Zapier.
Zapier has a ranking of 4.9/5 on job review site Glassdoor and is gaining recognition throughout the tech industry. Zapier ranked #1 for mid-stage companies on Wing Venture Capital’s “Enterprise Tech 30” list that recognizes startups “poised to transform enterprises at all stages of maturity” and the company is also featured on Forbes’ “The Cloud 100” list.
Zapier prides itself on being a global workforce that lends itself to diverse backgrounds and experiences. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a major area of focus at Zapier and all employees that are hired agree to the company’s code of conduct.
“We’re building a global community—one that’s safe for people of all backgrounds. We have regular open discussions on topics like gender equality, unconscious bias, and celebrating our differences,” the company states on its website.
Benefits and perks at Zapier include:
If you’re interested in working at Zapier, visit the company’s careers page to learn more.
TikTok has become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon and has given everyone (everyday people, celebrities, and even politicians) a platform to get creative and build their brands. But creating videos isn’t the only way to get creative at TikTok. The company has a number of job opportunities available for creative types who are interested in moving the platform forward.
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video.
TikTok is used by regular people, celebrities, politicians, businesses, sports organizations & leagues, and other brands as a way to entertain and get out messages in a creative way. While there are big names that use TikTok, the platform prides itself on giving lesser-known content creators equal footing to get discovered.
“On TikTok, anyone has a chance to reach an audience, without needing to be a celebrity or social influencer with a large following,” the company states on its website.
Many turned to TikTok when the COVID-19 pandemic kept people home in 2020, making it the most downloaded mobile application of the year. The company faced some cybersecurity concerns along the way but has since made investments in technology and people to improve security on the platform and the company has become certified by the International Organization for Standardization.
TikTok is currently available in over 150 markets and in 75 languages.
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TikTok has offices around the globe, located in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. TikTok also offers some remote work positions, but job seekers should review all job postings carefully to see if remote work is available for specific positions.
TikTok is looking to fill positions in the following departments: operations, research & development, corporate functions, marketing, sales, design, and product.
TikTok also offers a number of job opportunities for new college graduates and internships for students. TikTok has an MBA internship program that it offers for 12-13 weeks during the summer and a PhD internship program.
Those who apply for jobs at TikTok are expected to complete an initial assessment followed by three to five interviews depending on the requirements of the role.
TikTok is committed to having a diverse workforce.
TikTok is on a mission to become the most diverse and inclusive company in tech and is trying to accomplish this by championing diversity and inclusion both in the workplace and on the platform.
The company established a Diversity & Inclusion Council in North America which serves as a strong advocate for the company’s diverse community by highlighting important issues for employees and the business, including supporting employee resource groups and ensuring accountability across the organization.
In June 2020, the company engaged the black community in important conversations about racism and discrimination by inviting black creators to share their concerns and experiences with TikTok leaders. The company also held a roundtable to hear the perspectives of TikTok student ambassadors from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
“In these discussions, our community has emphasized the need for TikTok to take more proactive steps against harassment, better understand cultural sensitivities, and broaden our own team’s perspectives. Internally, forums with our Black employees are facilitating ongoing conversations to make sure we’re aligning our on-platform and community initiatives off the platform as well,” the company says on its website.
TikTok has also made an effort to recognize different cultures throughout the year while donating to organizations that fight for equality.
TikTok is a “Great Place to Work.”
TikTok’s U.S. and U.K. offices were certified by the Great Place to Work Institute for 2021. Company leadership said the certification was a major accomplishment in a year where TikTok saw major growth and had to work remotely during the pandemic.
“While this past year has been anything but ordinary (and led many of us to work from home), we’ve continued to support our employees through initiatives like our Inclusion Summit, community townhalls, virtual concerts, wellbeing workshops, training sessions, and more. As we grow, we’re also working to realize our goal to become the most diverse and inclusive company in tech — with an incredible culture built on trust,” the company said in response to certification.
TikTok has an overall score of 3.9/5 on employee review site Glassdoor and earned a score of 4.5/5 for its employee benefits.
Benefits and perks at TikTok include:
TikTok wants to make a positive impact on the world.
TikTok has occasional “TikTok for Good” campaigns where they encourage content creators to make a positive impact with promoted hashtag campaigns. Successful campaigns have included:
#EduTok – The company’s most popular challenge encouraged users to create educational and motivational content around a variety of themes. In addition to this in-app challenge, TikTok launched a mentorship program with leading social enterprises Josh Talks and The/Nudge Foundation which will reach 5000 young individuals across 6 Indian states with lower literacy rates.
#PetBff – The company worked with animal shelters and animal welfare organizations worldwide in a global campaign to celebrate International Homeless Animals’ Day 2019. For every video posted, TikTok donated $1 to its animal protection partners (up to a maximum of $175,000 USD).
To apply or learn more about working at TikTok, check out the company’s careers page.
Spotify considers its workforce a giant band, and like any band that consistently produces hits, everyone needs to play a role. Are you interested in making some beautiful music at Spotify? Here’s some insight into what it takes to work at Spotify.
If you’re listening to music or podcasts on the go, at the gym, or at work, then chances are you probably already know what Spotify is and are an avid user of the platform.
But for those who are not familiar, Spotify is the world’s largest audio streaming platform. Whether it’s on a smartphone, tablet, or computer, Spotify gives its users access to millions of songs, podcasts, and video streaming content.
Spotify has 345 million users, including 155 million subscribers, across 178 markets.
Spotify was launched in 2006 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 50 office locations across 25 countries.
1. It’s an opportunity to be part of a band
You’re not literally making music or going on tour, but Spotify considers its business “a band” and its employees “band members.” This isn’t just meant to be a cool play on words, but rather a reminder to band members that their mission to create the best audio experience possible helps bring music to millions—which in many ways is what a band does.
A band also needs all of its members to be working together at a high level to produce the hits, or in the case of Spotify, a great product and customer service. So, if you missed out on your chance to be in a garage band, a career at Spotify could be your chance to make up for it.
2. It’s an opportunity to embrace chaos
“Welcome to controlled chaos” is a phrase often said to new members of the Spotify band. It’s not said to scare them off but rather to encourage them to throw themselves into the workforce and not be afraid to show off their creative side. Things can change fast at Spotify and band members need to be willing to adapt and bring ideas to the table.
Spotify is willing to give band members all the support and autonomy they need, but band members must be willing to bring their best selves to work.
Band members who make the best music at Spotify typically meet the company’s five values:
3. It’s an opportunity to work from anywhere
Given Spotify’s worldwide presence, job seekers already had many options but remote work has brought that flexibility to another level. Spotify launched its Work From Anywhere program in February 2021 which allows employees to work from the office, work from home, or a combination of the two. (Employees need to consult with their immediate supervisors.)
“We believe we’re happier and more productive when we have the freedom to choose where we work. It helps us find better ways to communicate and collaborate with one another. It means we can work with the very best people for the job, regardless of what city or country they call home. It helps us to become a more diverse place to work – a place that can flex with our people as their lives and ambitions change. And perhaps best of all, it supports a better work-life balance. A life-work balance,” the company states on its website.
Spotify is treating this policy as a workplace remix and is always exploring other ways to make the workplace more flexible.
4. It’s an opportunity to experience great entertainment
Prior to COVID-19, it was very common for band members to bond at trips to concerts, industry festivals, and other events. These experiences are a big part of Spotify’s business and culture and they will be again. You can’t stop the music forever!
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Spotify is hiring in the following departments: Engineering, Data, Research & Insights, Design, Product, Content, Finance, Sales, Business Support & Operations, Global Affairs, Marketing, and Human Resources.
Spotify also offers multiple internship programs throughout the academic year and summer, so students are urged to check the company’s website frequently.
Spotify’s interview process usually begins with a video or phone interview with a recruiter, and those who make it past the screen are invited to a second interview with one or two Spotify band members. The final round of interviews usually involves meeting multiple band members across the business. Job seekers are told in advance of all interviews who they’ll be meeting with at each step of the process.
Here are some of the benefits and perks that come with a job at Spotify:
If you’re interested in working at Spotify, visit the company’s careers page to learn more.
Many professionals can easily recall the days of multiple out-of-control email chains and loose papers of correspondence, and then Slack came along and helped to bring organization to the workplace. As the modern workplace evolves, Slack’s mission will likely take on even greater importance.
Slack is the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. Slack offers a secure, enterprise-grade environment that can scale with the largest companies in the world.
Slack came along at a time when large organizations were struggling to coordinate with teams to get them moving in the same direction, and gave these companies a place to connect their conversations, information, and software.
With remote workforces expanding and becoming more prominent, Slack has become an essential tool for many businesses. Some well-known companies that use Slack include Oracle, E-Trade, SAP, and The New York Times.
Slack by the numbers:
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Slack is headquartered in San Francisco and has other American offices in New York, Chicago, and Denver, along with international offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Dublin, London, Paris, Munich, Melbourne, Sydney, Osaka, Tokyo, and Pune.
In addition to its offices, Slack offers remote roles and remote work flexibility. Job seekers interested in remote work positions should review all postings carefully.
Slack has job openings in analytics, business development, business technology, communications, customer experience, customer success, design, engineering, legal, marketing, product management, program management, recruiting, sales, and solutions engineering.
Slack also has a great 12-16 week summer internship program where interns are given real projects that make an impact.
Slack is embracing the future of work.
As a company that has developed a platform that makes working and collaborating remotely easier, it only makes sense that Slack would also embrace remote work flexibility.
While COVID-19 sent Slack’s workforce remote, the company’s leadership quickly realized that a remote-first work environment would likely persist long after the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the company opened up remote work positions and has given most employees the option to work remotely on a permanent basis.
The company is working hard to reimagine the workforce as things continue to evolve.
“Slack is committed to shaping the future of distributed work. Whether that means working out of one of our offices, having the flexibility to work from home a few days a week, or working remotely on a permanent basis, we’re providing more choices to employees on where they can do their best work,” the company states.
Slack is for everyone.
Slack has a diversity, engagement, and belonging (DEB) program that encourages a diverse workforce on multiple levels. The company realizes that sometimes the best talent falls through the cracks because they don’t always have the easiest access to certain career opportunities. To address this, Slack has a few different initiatives going.
Employee happiness is important at Slack.
Slack employees are focused on doing their part to make other people’s work lives easier, and Slack leadership strives to do its part in returning the favor for its own employees.
While at work, Slack wants its employees to be creative, collaborative, and supportive of each other while having fun. Outside of work, Slack encourages its employees to unplug and leave work behind. So far the company seems to be doing something right as it earned a culture score of 4.2/5 on Comparably and was named one of the “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor in 2020 and 2021. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield earned a high score of 92/100 on Comparably.
Some of the employee benefits and perks at Slack include:
To apply or learn more about working at Slack, check out the company’s careers page.
Quantifying your accomplishments on a resume is very important since employers do not make important hiring decisions based on qualifications only. Recent college graduates often struggle with how to quantify their accomplishments. However, accomplishments aren’t only about big numbers—anything that contributes to the company’s goals is an achievement.
Even as an intern or recent college graduate, changing a process to improve the ease or speed of a task is an accomplishment. You should be able to find some achievements from your course or work experience. It is easy to impress the interviewer with examples of increasing profits, decreasing costs, or streamlining processes.
When asked about accomplishments, don’t say clichés answers like: I got 2:1 or I got a driver’s license. Having a degree is hardly going to make you stand out from the crowd. Ideally, you would want to mention something tangible that you can measure (e.g. if you raised money for charity, how much did you raise in the end?).
As with competency-based interviews that usually focus on behavioral questions, you should aim to use the STAR technique when quantifying your accomplishments.
If you’re still struggling to come up with something, think about whether you’ve done any of these:
Here are some examples of quantified accomplishments for recent college grads:
You can choose a professional accomplishment that’s related to the role, such as exceeding sales targets in your part-time job, but you don’t have to—it’s more important that it’s an achievement you’re genuinely proud of.
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Cloud platforms that keep the workforce connected have always served an important role. But in the post-COVID-19 world, where working remotely is more common, these companies will serve an even greater purpose. RingCentral realizes this and is growing its team accordingly.
RingCentral is a global cloud communication and collaboration platform that allows individuals and businesses to communicate through its contact center, which features voice, video conferencing, and team messaging and collaboration.
RingCentral has always been a popular platform for companies that have offices around the world attempting to bring their international teams together with ease. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, RingCentral’s platform served a major role in helping workplaces adapt to remote, or hybrid, work arrangements.
RingCentral touts itself as being “built for every industry” and has multiple customers in healthcare, retail, education, high tech, and sports. Some RingCentral customers include Columbia University, Insureon, New Relic, SoFi, Carvana, Oakland Athletics, and Detroit Pistons.
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RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, California, and has other U.S. offices in Boulder & Denver, Colorado, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and New York City. RingCentral also has international offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
In addition to all these office locations, RingCentral offers hundreds of remote work positions.
RingCentral is currently hiring in sales, engineering, customer success, product, marketing, IT, human resources, and finance. The company also offers multiple internship programs for students and recent college graduates.
RingCentral is poised for continued growth.
RingCentral has grown by an average of 30% every year, according to the company’s website, and this growth will likely continue as the company meets the demands of a virtual world.
The company has already made moves to enhance its platform in anticipation of the expansion of remote work. For example, in early 2021 RingCentral acquired the technology and engineering team at Kindite, a developer of leading cryptographic technologies that mitigate and reduce security and privacy risks to information and applications in the cloud.
The move was made to make the RingCentral platform more secure for all of its users.
“Security and reliability are paramount in enabling employees to work from anywhere,” RingCentral’s Chief Information Security Officer Heather Hinton said at the time of the acquisition. “With this team’s leading-edge security technology, we will accelerate our ability to deliver end-to-end encryption and continue to enhance our commitment to deliver the highest level of security capabilities for our global communications platform, benefiting customers everywhere.”
This enhanced focus on making the platform safer will undoubtedly open up more job opportunities down the road. In addition, RingCentral is always looking for ways to improve its platform and welcomes people who have big ideas and love innovation.
RingCentral has a global and diverse workforce.
One of the benefits of having offices around the world, and remote work, is that it gives RingCentral access to talent from all kinds of backgrounds. The company believes that its workforce should reflect the diversity of its customers.
“We’re creators and problem solvers. We’re not all the same, and that’s our biggest strength. Together, we’re building an inclusive culture that embraces what makes us human,” the company states on its website.
The company currently has employee resource groups (ERGs) that help professionals with similar backgrounds connect and plays a role in contributing to professional development. RingCentral’s current ERGs are Rainbow Room, U.S. Veterans, Women & Allies, Black Employees at Ring Central, and HUGS.
Some of RingCentral’s continued goals for diversity and inclusion include:
RingCentral’s company culture is getting noticed.
RingCentral landed on Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” list for the first time in 2021, and the company was also recognized by employee review website Comparably for the best global workforce and for having the best company outlook for 2021. RingCentral earned an A+ grade on Comparably for compensation.
Benefits and perks at RingCentral:
To apply or learn more about working at RingCentral, check out the company’s careers page.
Reddit goes by the slogan “the front page of the internet,” and, in many ways, it’s true as millions turn to the website on a daily basis to talk about events that unfold online and in real life. But there is one way to be even more active on Reddit: working at Reddit!
Reddit is growing quickly and has plenty of opportunities available for those looking for remote work positions.
Reddit is a social website where individuals with accounts can join networks of communities to talk about shared interests, hobbies, and passions, and comment on content and other relevant topics. Content on the site is either upvoted or downvoted, meaning the most interesting content rises to the top of each community.
Some of the most popular Reddit communities are built around breaking news, sports, movies, and TV fan theories, just to name a few categories.
Reddit was founded in 2005 and has 55M+ daily uses, 100K communities, and 50B+ monthly views.
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Reddit is hiring remote workers around the world and this could be a great opportunity for job seekers that are creative, enjoy bringing people together, and love problem-solving.
Reddit has career opportunities available in the following departments:
*Growth Alert: Reddit started 2021 with around 700 employees and company officials announced on the company blog in February 2021 that they planned to double their number of employees to around 1,400 after raising $250 million in new funding.
Incredible Fact: Reddit Is Evolving Its Workforce
As Reddit aims to grow its workforce, the experience of working at Reddit will likely be different for each employee.
Like most large companies, Reddit transformed to a remote workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic and realized that there’s no going back now as employees demand this type of flexibility. While there are still some positions that will be tied to an office, most employees will have the option to work wherever they want.
“Reddit will be able to find and hire more amazing talent wherever they live, opening up more meaningful opportunities for diversity,” the company states on its blog.
As a result of this shift, Reddit also committed to eliminating geographic compensation zones in the U.S., meaning that compensation will be tied to pay ranges of high-cost areas such as San Franciso and New York, regardless of where an employee lives in the U.S.
For those employees who do return to the office, they’ll be greeted with casual and coffee-shop-style seating, private space for heads-down focusing, larger bookable resources and collaboration spaces for teams to strategically meet, and no fixed desks. Instead, there will be neighborhoods for teams to gather and bookable desks for employees working in the office, according to the company blog.
What Employees Have To Say About Reddit
Reddit has a culture score of 4.2/5 on employer review website Glassdoor, and company leadership received a 94% approval rate.
“The culture at Reddit is incredible. Even virtually! We learn from our mistakes and actually take action. Leadership is transparent and humble,” one employee wrote in a Glassdoor review.
Popular benefits and perks at Reddit include:
Employee Resource Groups At Reddit
In an effort to create a culture and work environment that attracts different voices and enables them to be heard and flourish, Reddit is home to several employee resource groups (ERGs) that are helping the company work towards its goal of building belonging and community. These groups include:
There’s so much more to learn about working at Reddit. To learn more, or to apply to a job, view Reddit’s careers page.
There’s a good chance that you recognize Salesforce from stories about its company culture, or maybe you have even used its product. But did you know that with greater workplace flexibility and new job opportunities now may be the perfect time to explore a career at Salesforce?
Salesforce is the world’s top cloud-based customer relationship management platform. In addition to helping companies connect with their customers, Salesforce is a major organization and tracking tool for businesses of all sizes as the platform helps companies with marketing, sales, commerce, service, and IT.
Salesforce has over 150,000 customers, including well-known businesses like T-Mobile and BBVA. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco. But, with 63 offices in 28 countries and remote work opportunities, those interested in working at Salesforce aren’t limited by borders.
Salesforce has built a strong reputation for its product and company culture and is frequently featured on Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” list.
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Like many companies, Salesforce is adding to its remote workforce globally.
A career at Salesforce may be particularly appealing to you if you’re looking for a job in sales, products and technology, customer success, finance and operations, marketing, or project management, to name a few departments.
Salesforce’s robust internship program also makes the company a great opportunity for college students or those looking to break into the software and technology industry.
“Our interns and new graduates work on real projects that affect how our business runs, giving them the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of our company. With offices all over the world, our recruits have the chance to collaborate and connect with fellow employees on a global scale,” the company states on its website.
1. Salesforce is committed to building a workforce that reflects society.
Currently, 47.7% of Salesforce’s U.S. workforce is made up of underrepresented groups (Women, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Multiracial, LGBTQ+ employees, People with Disabilities, and Veterans). The company is focused on meeting the following diversity goals by 2023:
2. Salesforce is ready and willing to adapt to the changing workforce.
Salesforce has a lot of offices around the globe but the company recognized early during the COVID-19 pandemic that the 9-to-5 office climate was never going to be the same. The company decided to survey employees about what they wanted the return to work to look like and the majority of employees wanted a flex option with a few days in the office and a few days remote.
A large number of employees wanted to stay fully remote, and only a small number of employees wanted to return to the office full time. As a result, Salesforce has developed a strategy where all options are on the table for employees and those who do return to the office will notice a more welcoming space that fosters collaboration rather than a sea of desks.
If you’re interested in working at Salesforce, visit the company’s careers page to learn more.