At the conclusion of his job search last summer, Customer Advocacy Supervisor Joseph Cox received offers at various salary points. But for Joseph, like so many other job seekers, salary was not the final factor in his decision. Instead, Clearcover's perks and benefits ultimately led him to accept his current role. Recently, after several months as a Clearcover-er, Joseph wrote a LinkedIn post about how Clearcover's perks led to his decision to join our team.
Read MoreSince Clearcover's Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Council (EIDC) launched Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) last year, Clearcover-ers across departments have created and joined spaces where they can interact with team members who share their common backgrounds or interests. The groups' Slack channels, which are open to anyone in the company, have quickly become sites of shared stories and photos, requests for advice, offers of support, and virtual large and small group meet-ups. Parents, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and women at Clearcover had all formed their own ERG's when Claims Manager Jerrell West recognized an opportunity for African American Clearcover-ers to have their own community.
Read MoreWhen Clearcover's CEO Kyle Nakatsuji challenged all team members to participate in our first Movember fundraiser last year, Clearcover-ers were quick to step up and raise money in a variety of ways including, of course, growing ever-more impressive moustaches. After exceeding our fundraising goal during our inaugural year, Clearcover once again participated in Movember to support a variety of men's health issues among them mental health, a subject at the center of Clearcover's culture, and men's cancer research which has an impactful meaning for several members of our team. During our month-long fundraising efforts, Clearcover-ers rallied together to give back at the onset of the holiday season and support one another along the way.
Read MoreMultiple times each week, Clearcover-ers post in the channel to celebrate work anniversaries, offer congratulations on the completion of projects, commend their teammates' better-er solutions to problems, and more. Each post highlights the Leadership Principle(s) that the recipient of the praise continues to embody. The multiple comments that inevitably follow every post reinforce the appreciation expressed by the writer.
Read MoreEveryday Clearcover-ers demonstrate the strength of our teamwork. We are known for completing projects on time and consistently meeting and surpassing our goals while praising and supporting one another. Outside of our work-related projects, we often ban together and direct our efforts to support causes like the annual Movember fundraiser. In October, we continued this tradition and challenged Clearcover-ers to collectively raise $5,000 for the American Cancer Society during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Read MoreWhen I began working at Clearcover the summer after my freshman year, I was a Business major at Indiana University. As an Operations Intern, I could easily see the connection between my studies and the work I was doing. The job was rewarding, and the people I worked with were wonderful. So, when I was lucky enough to be asked to stick around, I couldn’t have been more eager to accept. However, this meant that I would need to change positions and go where the company could use my help. My next position would be an intern for the Legal department.
Read MoreClearcover is lucky to have 20 hardworking interns across 16 departments. On the last Thursday of July, we celebrated National Intern Day by hosting a day full of fun that happened in person and remotely.
Read MoreDays after Chicago's 2022 Disability Pride Parade took place just blocks from our headquarters, Clearcover's Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Council (EIDC) hosted their first Disability Pride Month panel. The panel continued the EIDC's mission to frame initiatives that recognize and celebrate all types of individuals. By increasing everyone's knowledge about communities outside of their own, the EIDC aims to create a workplace where everyone feels comfortable to show up and contribute as their true selves.
Read MoreAs a company that prioritizes the mental health of all of our employees, Clearcover recognizes the importance of offering all team members ongoing opportunities to have fun outside of our day-to-day work. And Clearcover-ers who live near our Chicago headquarters know that the best way to have fun during the summer months is by maximizing their time spent outdoors. So what better way for Chicago-area team members to get outside, connect with each other, and have fun than by playing everyone's recess favorite - kickball!
Read MoreClearcover values the vast array of backgrounds and viewpoints that our team members bring to the workplace. We know that the greater the variety of ideas and opinions that Clearcover-ers contribute to their projects, the more opportunities our company has for innovation and future successes. We also recognize that the potential for the sharing of ideas is optimized only when every single team member feels comfortable showing up as their full selves. In order to create an environment where all employees feel heard and respected, Clearcover formed the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Council (EIDC). The mission of the EIDC is to ensure that all Clearcover-ers can be their complete selves at work and feel comfortable contributing to their greatest potential.
Read MoreThroughout Pride Month, Clearcover's Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Council (EIDC) presented initiatives to expand Clearcover-ers' knowledge about the LGBTQ+ community in order to create an ever more welcoming and inclusive work environment. Beginning on June 1st, the EIDC presented a flag or term associated with the LGBTQ+ community each working day. In addition, the EIDC launched a new Employee Resource Group in our company-wide Slack channels for members of the community and their allies to meet other members, talk about topics pertaining to the community, and ultimately feel accepted, welcomed and heard. Finally, the EIDC presented a Pride Video Educational Series on June 9th and wrapped up the month with a Pride Panel featuring several Clearcover-ers' coming out stories.
Read MoreClearcover's downtown Chicago headquarters has officially reopened! For the first time in over two years, many Clearcover-ers are returning to the Loop, dusting off our ping pong table, and collaborating face-to-face. While all team members have the option to reserve a desk at the office, Clearcover will remain a remote-first company and returning to the office is completely optional for all employees.
Read MoreAt Clearcover, our people-first culture is focused on promoting employee happiness, which begins with ensuring that all employees are mentally healthy. To support and promote the mental health of all Clearcover-ers, we offer a series of virtual meditation and yoga sessions, ensure flexibility through Focus Fridays and Summer Flex schedules, have a dedicated Slack channel to discussions of all things #mental-health, and program a variety of monthly mental health workshops with the added availability of one-on-one sessions with licensed therapists.
Read MoreAt Clearcover, our security team constantly updates the software and protocols we have in place to ensure the safety of our systems and information. But for one week in May, we collectively cheered on hackers as we eagerly anticipated the results of our first ever hackathon event, Clearly Hacked. During the event, Clearcover engineers formed over 20 teams focused on finding solutions to perceived problems with our existing systems and processes. After an intensive 24 hours of work from initial coding to find demo preparation, we met on Friday afternoon to watch each team's demo, celebrate the successes and dedication of everyone involved, and to vote for the most impressive solutions and greatest epic fails!
Read MoreAs the nationwide baby formula shortage makes the top story of every news outlet and subject of so many social media posts, Clearcover-ers have come together to support our team members who are parents of infants.
Read MoreAs we email, instant message, and meet over Zoom with our fellow Clearcover-ers across the country, we started to wonder… where, exactly, are we all working? How have we put our stipends to use to create workspaces that promote productivity and where we comfortably spend several hours each day? To answer these questions and more we turned to the location of many of our day-to-day conversations, Slack! In a company-wide channel devoted to our "cribs," we joined the "April Remote Office Challenge" to decide whose home offices would stand out in the categories for "Best Vibe," "Comfiest," and "Best Office Gadget."
Read MoreThis April, Clearcover presented our first speaker sessions to honor World Autism Month. We followed the lead of organizations like Autism Speaks which celebrates the month by "sharing stories and providing opportunities to increase understanding and acceptance of people with autism, fostering worldwide support."
Read MoreOver the past two years, Clearcover's team has more than doubled in size. As a remote-first company, we've had the great fortune of hiring top talent from across the country and, as a result, over 60% of our team members live outside of the Chicago area where our headquarters are located, and Clearcover-ers now reside in 30 states.
In this third and final blog post from Clearcover's recruiting team, Senior Technical Recruiter Deshanna Richter and Technical Recruiter Claire Davis offer job seekers tips on optimizing your resumes and LinkedIn pages, preparing for Zoom interviews, following up, standing out among applicants for an open position, and the top attributes they look for in a candidate.
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