Every company should have a set of CORE rules. These rules will define a company. Breaking one of these core rules is grounds for mocking heckling and jeering, as well as immediate dismissal. Companies should give prospective job seekers these rules in the interview process as a kind of introduction to the company.
Rule 1 should define relationship:
1. You are not an employee. You are a partner.
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1. You will be an employee of this company reporting to higher management.
Rule 2 should define the working environment:
2. We do not care when or where you do your work as long as the work is completed on-time and meets or exceeds the projects needs.
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2. You must be in the office Monday through Friday 9 to 5.
Rule 3 should define meetings:
3. Meetings are to last no longer than 1 hour at most. We prefer 30 minute meetings.
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3. Meetings are in integral part of this company and as such can last for many hours at a time.
Rule 4 should define who you can work with:
4. We encourage you to work with a wide variety of people from diverse backgrounds & skill sets on your projects.
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4. Working within your department is the optimal way we function here at xyz.
Rule 5 is about the customer:
5. The Customer is NOT always right. Educate them!
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5. Listen to what your customer is telling you and adapt to their needs.
Now that a job seeker has seen your company’s CORE rules they have a better idea about the culture of the company and if your company is following those rules. So for me the ideal set of CORE rules look like this:
- You are not an employee. You are a partner.
- We do not care when or where you do your work as long as the work is completed on-time and meets or exceeds the projects needs.
- Meetings are to last no longer than 1 hour at most. We prefer 30 minute meetings.
- We encourage you to work with a wide variety of people from diverse backgrounds & skill sets on your projects.
- The Customer is NOT always right. Educate them!
- If you’re showing me static images for a project the project better be a PRINT Project! Web project should be shown in the web browser.
- Do not come to me with only the social media aspect of a project! Come to me with the whole communication plan and how each component fits into the plan.
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