On this episode of The Traveling Introvert, I discusses the importance of transparency in job postings, pricing, and service offerings. It all started when I came across a private post from someone looking for guests on their podcast without disclosing that it was a paid opportunity. I believe transparency shows respect for people's time and leads to better client and job-seeking experiences. I also dive into the issue of complicated job application processes and the lack of information disclosed to job seekers.
Topic: Posting Salaries on Job Listings and Costs on Service Provider Websites
- Job seekers want salaries to be listed on job postings; service seekers want costs to be listed on a service provider's website
- This shows respect for people's time and helps them make decisions
- Making the process easy helps waste nobody's time, giving a good overall client experience
- The aim of the game is to give a good client or potential job seeker experience
- Lack of transparency wastes time and causes frustration
Topic: Hiring Process Efficiency and Transparency
- The hiring process should be efficient and respectful
- Complicated interview processes and lack of important information can be seen as abuse towards job seekers
- Posting salary with job description and posting shows respect for potential candidates' time and is a valuable resource
- Transparency in pricing and salary establishes trust and eliminates ambiguity, leading to efficient decision making
- Transparent pricing can lead to better fit between job seekers and employers/clients
Transcripts
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Um, hello and welcome to
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another episode of The Traveling Introvert. Today I
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want to talk about a situation that happened and
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why I believe that service provider providers should
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have their prices listed on their website and even if they don't
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have a set, it's 1099 or whatever it is,
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price have something that says prices from Ekisaman.
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And this seems to be common across all service providers,
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not just, for example, coaches. I am
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part of a lot of groups and this is a private international
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women's group. And someone posted and they said that they're looking for guests
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on their podcast and also they're looking for people
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to give webinars or host events to their
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particular group of humans that was outside
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of this women's networking group. And so they made this
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post very public and asked for people to contact them.
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If people are interested on being on the podcast, they gave the name of the
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podcast and what they talk about along with the kind of
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topics that would be good for their particular demographic group.
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So I was like, hey, I'd love to be on your podcast. It's for creatives.
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I do a lot of work with AIGA. It's a creative organization.
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I think this would be a good fit. Yada yada yada. They send
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me an email back and they're very much like, well, we have this group,
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the group is 200 people. We have this many thousands
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of Instagram followers and this many thousands of Facebook followers and this many thousands
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of LinkedIn followers. And for you to be on
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the podcast, you need to pay Eck his amount. I'm not going to say how
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much as
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a contributor to be
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able to be on the podcast and
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not just be on the podcast. You would then as part of your contributor membership
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payment, you would then also be able
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to go ahead and do the event that we asked you to do.
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And I have no problem with you getting your money. But if
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you were up front on the original posting that says, hey, we're looking for
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people to do this and this as part of our community, as part of
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our membership. And it is this much that is perfectly
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valid and up to you, but it puts things up front instead of me.
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And you wasting time by sending emails back and forth to then discover,
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oh, I didn't realize it was a pay to play situation,
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please be upfront about this. And right now job seekers
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feel the same way. They are looking for jobs and
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a lot of places are not. Posting the salary with the job description and the
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job postings, people want to know their
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time is valuable, it's a valuable resource and you have a responsibility
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to respect potential candidates time, just as me
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as a service provider has a responsibility to respect a potential
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client's time. Transparency is great. When we display our prices
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upfront or salary up front, we establish a foundation of trust with potential humans.
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Transparent pricing eliminates any ambiguity,
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ambiguity or uncertainty and helps people make informed
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decisions from the start. And because of this decision
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making, it is efficient decision making. People don't have time and people are
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going through some stuff. So being efficient and having that
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taken out is really, really important.
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Also means you're going to get better client, provider, or sort
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of person who's looking for a job and job seeker fit
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because of this. And it's time efficiency on both
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sides. It is all about respect. It's mind
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boggling. How many organizers. And I do know that there might be some
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legal ramifications for some organizations. But if that's
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the case and it's not on the job posting, at least it should be discussed
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in the first conversation that somebody has with a recruiter or
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an agency having this back and forth and people jumping through. Hoops to
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go through jobs and then maybe
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go through two or three interviews or screening
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process and then not get the job or do get the job, but then find
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out it's actually paying less than they can afford or
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want or deserve for that role in that location,
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et cetera, et cetera. It's a form of abuse,
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to be fair. And so my message
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to you is job seekers want salaries on their job postings,
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and that is good. And service seekers want costs
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to be on a service provider's website because time is a valuable resource
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and service respect. And you have a responsibility to respect
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people and their time and make lives easy for them to make decisions
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that work for them. It helps waste nobody's time
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if you do that. And that should be the aim of the game, giving a
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good overall client or potential job seeker experience.
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Thank you for listening. This is Janice at the Creative, helping you build your brand
