Johnson Johnsons new hiring platform promises not to leave job applicants in the dark

Johnson Johnsons new hiring platform promises not to leave job applicants in the darkJohnson Johnsons new hiring platform promises not to leave job applicants in the darkHow many times have you spent hours sifting through job postings, and mustered up the stamina to send off not one, not two, but three applications into the dark technological abyss, only to hear nothing back from even one of the companies?Knowingthis is all too common,Johnson Johnson rolled out a new candidate experience platform in the U.S. this week- called Shine - that the company says will bring people who apply for jobs there greater transparency by letting them see what stage their application is in at every step of the hiring process.Johnson Johnson haspledgedto get users out of the dark.Sjoerd Gehring, Global VP of Talent Acquisition and Millennial ERG leader at Johnson Johnson, talkedLadders through the ins and outs of how the new platform will work.Heres what job seekers should know.How it worksAs fo r the name, Shine,were really trying to shine a light on a black kasten experience, Gehring told Ladders.After applying to a position at Johnson Johnson, applicants are invited to the Shine platformwhere they can see how their application is faring behind the scenes. Theyll find out the expectations up front, Gehring said.Since the tracking system updates in real time, applicants can see where their application is at any given moment, plus get a feel for how long it takes to move between points.But say someone applies to multiple jobs at the company? They can monitor each ones individual progress on Shine.Job seekers can also follow Johnson Johnsons newTwitter handle for the platform,JNJShine,for information and to direct message recruiters with questions related to their job applications.It still may not be quickWe never rush into hiring decisions, but what were able to do is be much more transparent with job seekers in terms of what they can expect, Gehring told Ladders.Once you submit an application, it isnt necessarily all go, go, go on the companys side.Depending on where you are in the process and when the process ends, you could get a call from a recruiter, definitely a call from Johnson Johnson, he said.What happens if you dont get the job?It may not necessarily be the end of the line - you may still have a future at the company. Shine provides job recommendations for other positions at the company to those who dont make the cut, according to Gehring.The need for transparency in hiringGehring said that when they approached job seekers about how Johnson Johnson could improve, transparencywas their top concern.Shine wasnt modeled after any other organization, he said, since hiring hasnt seen much disruption in decades.Referencing companies like Amazon, which lets customers track their packages and Netflix, which recommends content to consumers, Gehring saidthat they want to be able to bring those relevant expectations into the hiring process.Gehring told Ladders that Johnson Johnson receives about one million resumes each year worldwide. But while Shine was unveiled this week in U.S. - the companys biggest hiring market - the platform is expected to launch in other areas of the world in 2018.The extent to which other othercompanies will follow suit remains to be seen. Job seekers and recruiters will be watching.