Our Office Rocks…But How Would You Know?
By Jeff Hilimire on Monday, July 23rd, 2007I was just in the middle of writing an email to our HR Director about how I keep seeing agencies post Youtube videos of their office space and that it might be time for us to do the same. We’ve got great space and I know that the work environment is very important to people - which is why we try to keep it that way. Then I thought, why not share the thought with the readers of this blog and see what they think. The email went like this:
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To: HR
Subject: recruiting / our office
Hey,
More and more people coming in to interview with us have researched us heavily on the web (or more and more people are admitting that, maybe they always have). And one of the things I have heard that impresses people the most about their first impression of Spun and subsequently one of the reasons they like being here is how cool our office space is.
Also, more and more agencies are doing things like this to show off their office space: (see the NY office of R/GA).
What do you think about us throwing something like this together? I think it might help people get a feel for what its like to work here before they even step in the door. We’d have to be careful not to create one of those extremely self-involved, “Look at me, look at me” videos that a lot of agencies create and make sure we do it for the right reason.
How about a flickr account? That way you can allow everyone in the office to upload some of their favorite photos and it keeps it fresh and fun.
I think this is a GREAT idea.
I’ve been posting company photos online for awhile via Facebook, and everyone I know is jealous of how cool Spunlogic is compared to their places of employment. It’s not hard to capture the coolness of our office and co-workers, we just need to get it out there.
Sherry has a great idea - and it’s easy enough for anyone to do!
Just saw this via Twitter
http://officesnapshots.com/
hello, just saw a clickthrough to my site from here. If you’d be interested in sending me some photos to post, shoot an email over and we can work things out. I love checking out new offices
steve
Also one other thought. My former employer http://www.eventstreams.com produces some great videos within interactive players. You can upload the video(s) to YouTube and anywhere else you feel is relevant as well as have the interactive player on the site and as a separate link. The player would have links to current job openings, benefits, the flickr pics, and a way to apply…
yeah
alright
back to my job now…