Great Starts Here

As you get ready to apply for Certification, consider who to involve, timing, and learn about the helpful resources available.

Resources

• Certification Process Overview
• Avoid Disqualification from Certification and Lists
• The Great Place To Work Model
• Onboarding Checklist

Look for your welcome email from support@greatplacetowork.com. Set up your account password and then log into the portal. If you’d like to add more users, now is a great time to do that as well. 

Resources

• Account Set Up
• Customer Portal Guide
• Managing Portal Users

Now it's time to set up your Trust Index™ Employee Survey. Learn how to schedule the survey launch date and choose your survey languages.

Please Note: If you want to be considered for specific Best Workplaces™ Lists, make sure to complete the Certification process prior to the list deadline dates.

Resources

• Set Survey Dates
• Survey Contact: Who They Are and What They Do
• Your Employee Survey

It’s time to add your employee contact info. There are two options for adding data depending on whether your employees have work email addresses or not. 
 
The platform helps you double check all your data and send a test survey invitation to yourself to ensure your survey setup is correct. Once tested, schedule for launch and you’re done.

Resources

• Who to Survey
• IT Checklist and Email Test

Approximately two weeks prior to the survey start date, it’s important to ensure your employees know all about the survey, when to expect it, and why they should participate. It’s easy with our posters and messaging templates.

Resources

• Tell Your Organization the Survey Is Coming
• Pre-survey Communication Tools
• Avoid Disqualification from Certification and Lists

The Culture Brief is the second part of your Certification application. It is a short questionnaire about your company, people, and programs.

Resources

• Culture Brief Overview
• Culture Brief FAQs

Once your survey goes live, it is open for a minimum of two weeks. The survey platform proactively monitors participation and will automatically extend your survey window if you have not met yet met Certification or List eligibility thresholds.

Reminder: Complete your Culture Brief and submit it by the time your survey closes.

Resources

• How to Monitor Participation
• Maximizing Survey Participation

Discover the next steps to take when your survey closes: Complete your Culture Brief, review survey feedback, reflect and share results, make an action plan, and communicate to your team.
 
Certification decision: Within 48 hours of completing both your survey and Culture Brief, we will notify you of your Certification status. You’ll also be invited to schedule a call with a Customer Success Manager to guide you through your results and how to maximize the value of your partnership.