Most job seekers don’t get to meet potential colleagues before applying for a job, unless they already know someone at the company. But a new recruitment platform can show them exactly who they’ll be working with.
The Org — a professional community website that allows employers to publish free public organizational charts — announced the launch of a new recruitment platform called Jobs. Employers can publish job openings for free, and job seekers can utilize the site’s organizational charts to see who their supervisors and coworkers might be before applying for a role. Executives at The Org hope this extra insight will help both employers and job seekers find the right match.
“Great people want to work with great people,” said Christian Wylonis, CEO of The Org, in a release. “We’re giving companies the ability to use their existing talent to hire more talent, and granting job seekers the ability to meet their future colleagues before even applying for the job. It’s a win-win for all.”
Wylonis said Jobs was created to help declutter the recruitment process for both employers and job candidates.
“The hiring market hasn’t evolved in decades. Billions of dollars have been spent on tools to sort candidates or inundate personal inboxes with poaching emails,” Wylonis said. “It’s gotten so bad that quality applicants abhor well-meaning recruiters and work hard to circumvent the hiring platforms.”
Although the pandemic drove unemployment rates to record highs, 82% of U.S. employers are confident that they’ll be able to ramp up hiring this year, according to a study by
With more positions becoming available, job seekers will want to see all their options. A spokesperson from The Org said job seekers will be able to “discover thousands of fast-growing, mission-driven companies,” by using the Jobs platform.
This type of insight is especially important to job seekers in light of national calls for diversity in the workplace. Seventy-six percent of job seekers told Glassdoor that a
“Many companies have been making commitments around diversity and inclusion in recent months, but now job seekers and employees want to see action and real change from employers,” said Carina Cortez, chief people officer at Glassdoor, in a previous report.
