The Secret to Finding Your Ideal Workplace | Marion Campan | TED

What's the most important thing to look for when applying for a new job? Entrepreneur Marion Campan advocates for a focus on company culture above all else. She offers practical strategies for evaluating companies before accepting a new position — including how to ask the right questions about values, feedback and expectations — to help job seekers find positions where they can thrive.

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[MindfulMaverick]

1. Observe the recruiting process - how do they treat you, promptness of responses, how engaged are other interviewers etc.
2. Ask questions - what kind of people get promoted here? What are your core values? How is feedback delivered?

[AnnaSzabo]

Company culture is ever-changing and is a very unstable thing to chase. Speaking from experience, I assure you: company culture is the first thing to be sacrificed when shareholders’ value is a priority. Don’t deceive yourself!

[zenmode]

I think TedX is not rigorous enough! With all due respect to the speaker, the key assessment that one needs to do is of the boss that they will immediately work with! In large organisations culture is like an island. Each team has their own rules and culture. And it will change.. coming to values never ask them, they are for lip service for most enterprise.. I like the question about feedback but most hiring managers will lie. Just like the job description and actual job has a difference. Ask your interviewer and hiring manager about failure and how they react to it! When was the last time they failed and how they managed. It will tell you almost everything there is to know!

[justbeegreen]

I have a feeling, after being in the work force for many years - I would prefer a hybrid work culture - and working more from home more. But this isn’t doable in the education industry 😢

[letsgocnote]

This was a perfect reminder as I get caught in the social media vortex out of panic. Thank you!

[vintagesquare]

While what she is saying does make sense- but truly what a company's culture is like is something you cannot fully tell without being there. Culture evolves. It is not stagnant. You get to know it by getting to know the people there which can't be pre-assessed.

[Laralinda]

For higher educated people in smaller companies I would agree. For middle and low income workers in bigger companies I would rather disagree. You can have the most eloquent interviewer with all the nice wording and talking about all the core values but who has no idea about the team at all, and the team is very good at making the numbers look better than they are. Or the HR department is the harshest and most controlling but your future team does a wonderful job, friendly with each other and other teams in the company, with only the occasional gripe about the unspeakable lady from HR.

[ingridparra]

Amazing!! It’s exactly what I needed hear

[Mastermindyoung]

I used to work for Markforged when it was a tech startup. We had beanbag chairs in the break room, kegs with beer on tap, nerf gun wars, racing simulator competitions etc etc.

Corporate brought some sensitive people on who were "offended" by it all. They wanted professionalism and structure...

The writing was on the wall. It became another factory job. I quit shortly after that.

[ensin]

I am really impressed by your recommendations. We should not be passive during the interview, instead, we should be take some active actions to see the response of employers. Thanks.

[Nancy-gi]

Watching this captivating video stirs up painful memories of the recent end of my 4 year relationship. My beloved partner chose to depart, leaving me with an unyielding ache. Despite my relentless efforts to reconcile, I find myself grappling with frustration and an inability to envision a future without him. Despite attempts to purge him from my mind, I remain haunted by his absence, feeling compelled to express my longing here.

[EnkoZhuo]

Ask your potential employer these 3 questions:
1. What kind of people get promoted here ?
2. What is your core value ?
3. When is the last time you received feedback ?

[john]

I completely disagree with everything that was said in this talk. This is only personal criteria, not a methodology.
Company values are BS created by HR for recrutment, like Great Place to Work (paid) results. The people you have during interviews do not represent your daily job nor the company « culture » and even if all your colleagues are amazing to work with, if your manager (or its hierarchy) is inhuman, you will not like your job.
My methology is more: take the salary first, because the rest of what you see during an interview can be faked because it’s only words… Then inside the company, choose if you want to stay and have the courage to leave (there is less rush when the money is there, it is work after all, not a hobby) 😉

[Chuchyly]

Thank you for the tips, however, I really don't think anyone will show a real company ''face'' when asking such questions. Usually, you hear we are very open, and modern, we share feedback etc, nobody will tell you in the interview smb got promoted because of being a friend with a boss :D

[tj_enju]

ask questions... but some companies expect you to already know some of this stuff before you apply for the jod... mission, vision, goals, company core values...

[Bharat_Powerful]

Hmm, great video, but the example that you have taken earlier of East Asia it is not applicable there in most of the job cases.
Reasons - High unemployment, less skills, tough competitions. Asking these questions will definitely pester the interviewer. It looks like we are the interviewer not interviewee (Anyway, the video is absolutely no doubt legendary)
May be in our time we will ask questions after 2030.
Thank you.

[michaelnelson]

I just wanted to hear more about Tahiti 🏖️🙁

[alexhigginbotham]

The secret to finding the ideal workplace is pretty simple. Stop looking for a paycheck. Research the places that offer jobs that you are interested in doing and that are preferably trained to do. Research the company... look for public comment sections about the job... maybe even interview people that already work there if possible. Do your homework. If everything sounds good... apply there and hope for the best.

[NextBridgeAS]

I just got 150 inbound job offers (long story...). How did I choose? I used the Japanese Ikigai model. Check it out. Far more substance than what this talk presented, which was very thin IMHO.

[uexwzki]

Hi, im currently in army, in Ukraine. My workplace a little bit stressful, any advice?