{"id":6943,"date":"2015-06-05T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viasto.com\/en\/?post_type=post&#038;p=6943"},"modified":"2020-07-13T16:52:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:52:19","slug":"what-company-perks-candidates-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viasto.com\/en\/blog\/what-company-perks-candidates-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Perks&#8230; What&#8217;s offered and what Candidates want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">In today\u2019s market, where the candidate has all the power, company perks are offered as a way to draw talents in and bring them on board. Employers are using these perks to <strong>shape their brand<\/strong> and position themselves as <strong>innovative<\/strong>, <strong>forward thinking<\/strong> and <strong>flexible<\/strong>. But what are companies offering and <strong>what do candidates actually want?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\"><em>What are the most common perks offered?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input tinymce_input_focus tinymce_structure_focus\">Common perks include casual dress code, flex time, team events and company parties, ping pong and foosball tables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">Other perks that are commonly negotiated include vacation days, gym memberships, dry cleaning costs, child care, transportation expenses, education expense reimbursements and parking spots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\"><em>What are some noteworthy perks the big players are offering?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook: outdoor movies, bank, artist in residence, woodworking studio, free train passes and a shuttle to take employees to work, paying female employees to freeze their eggs (also offered by Apple)<\/li>\n<li>Google: bikes to ride between buildings, electric cars for checkout, laundromat, allow pets, has a climbing wall, offers gardening<\/li>\n<li>Yahoo: yoga, kickboxing and golf classes in the office<\/li>\n<li>GoDaddy: go-kart track<\/li>\n<li>Fab: weekly raffles with the possibility of winning $500 cash<\/li>\n<li>Evernote: pays employees $1000 to use their vacation days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\"><em>But how important are perks anyway, and what do candidates want?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">In a <a href=\"http:\/\/technologyadvice.com\/human-resources-software\/blog\/employee-retention-and-perks-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent survey<\/a> done by TechnologyAdvice Research, it was found that 56.4% respondents believe <strong>perks are very or moderately important when evaluating a job<\/strong>. 56% also answered that they were <strong>willing to trade a salary increase for certain perks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">Unsurprisingly, the most desired perk is a <strong>flexible schedule<\/strong> or possibility of <strong>remote work<\/strong> (31.8%), followed by a gym membership or reimbursement (24.1%) and free food\/catered lunch (19.4%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">So you don\u2019t actually need all these extravagant and expensive perks to attract candidates. Considering that it doesn\u2019t cost your company anything extra, if it\u2019s feasible, it would be wise to offer your employees a flexible working schedule. Which makes sense, seeing as a healthy work\/life balance is what is important to most employees. They want to have <strong>a job that works around their life<\/strong>, not the other way around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tinymce_structure tinymce_input\">You can use your recruiting process to show your candidates straight away how flexible you are. How? Simply switching to video interviewing as your preselection method provides your candidates with a time and location flexible way to present themselves to you, while positioning yourself as an innovative and accommodating employer. Read here to discover why you shouldn\u2019t miss out on video interviewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In today\u2019s market, where the candidate has all the power, company perks are offered as a way to draw talents in and bring them on board. Employers are using these perks to shape their brand and position themselves as innovative, forward thinking and flexible. But what are companies offering and what do candidates actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Company perks... what&#039;s offered and what candidates want<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this war for talent, company perks are being used to shape employer branding. 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