Branching Out and Keeping Trusted Contacts

In today’s Professional world the hire and fire mentality prevails. The era of working for the same company for a lifetime has disappeared. People change job, location and often continent. By connecting on Rate My Employer allows your address book never to go out of date. As your contacts update their profile it keeps you in the loop with their latest employers (their ratings) and their latest projects.

Who is Rate My Employer For?

Job Seekers

Your profile is your Online Professional Representation; it showcases your employment history and your achievements. When you rate your previous or current employer it provides others with an insight into what the company is like to work for, their ethos and their values. A constructive rating from you is just as or more valuable than their marketing material. It is the Company Ratings given by others that offer you the insight into prospective employers and give you a guide into which the best companies are in your industry to work for.

Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners

Rate My Employer is the site to leverage your online presence; it could be the difference from being unheard of to being the company people aspire to work for. Generate awareness and tell people what you do that’s different. Trusted users will connect with you, connections are endless possibilities from prospective employees to new business customers.  Separate yourself from the crowd and promote your business and tell others why you are head and shoulders above the rest. Remember, not only prospective employees will be looking for you, but suppliers and customers will want to see what people have to say about you.

Students and Graduates

Whether you are a recent graduate or an intern, Rate My Employer is an invaluable place to build your online profile.  See it as your online professional C.V, now is the time to start building your profile and choose strategically where you want to work. It’s this important decision of where you work that builds your employment history; this is what prospective employers look at.  Choose who you want to work for, check out who are the best companies in your industry. Connect with present employees and increase your chances of leveraging a foot in the door.

Companies

Rate My Employer is a site to help promote your online reputation and tell users what it is that makes your company the best in its class. Past and present employee ratings are powerful information, often more so than any marketing material.  Maximise the opportunity to communicate with your connections. Now that employees can rate you as an employer it’s your chance to say why you are the company they should be working for.  Inspiring thoughts are below:

• Whats your hiring process, tell prospective candidates what to expect
• What are your core strengths and values
• Why do people want to work for you
• Key positions are hard to fill, post vacancies on your Company’s page
• Reduce hiring fees
• Let those who want to work for you see your vacancies
• Applicants will have researched your company and singled out your organisation, having read your profile they will know why they want to work for you
• Target those users and hire the right person for the job