iCIMS Hire Expectations™

Get Social! (And, you won’t even have to use Twitter or Facebook to do so.)

When I talk to my friends, more often than not I find that they do not look forward to heading into work on a daily basis. Granted, this could have a lot to do with the fact that they are not doing what they love, but I firmly believe a huge part of it is due to the lack of extra-curricular activities available to them as well. These activities can come in a variety of formats and can really be started by anyone, but having a strong foundation and support from the corporate level is a huge help.

iCIMS provides that strong foundation with events such as monthly corporate luncheons, Friday morning gatherings for free bagels, and two corporate-sponsored environmental clean-up events per-year. There is a strong culture around being social with colleagues here, which really makes it easy to look forward to coming into work. These get-togethers are something to look forward to, and the social bond created with my colleagues makes me look forward to come in on Monday to find out how their weekend plans went.

The corporate sponsored and organized events aren’t all though. These events tend to attract a large number of our in-house employees, and when I was a new hire, this was a bit intimidating. Nevertheless, the spirit of these events inspired me to arrange my own event. I started a fitness challenge to lead into Memorial Day weekend to inspire my co-workers to get fit for the summer. This was also a great opportunity for me to meet other employees, which up until then, I had relatively small amounts of face-time with. Every Monday for 8 weeks the participants would weigh-in and measure body fat percentage to track progress. As the challenge went on, there was quite a bit of competition and even side bets between participants. It really gave us something to look forward to on Mondays when we arrived back in the office.

Point being, it’s particularly important to have small activities to keep employees interested in their workplace, beyond their work. Holding events that lead to lasting friendships is just one example to give employees an incentive to come in every day. It helps make the workforce feel like a big family, and helps make daily tasks and projects go a lot smoother.