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 our customer support team. 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

Adding custom survey content — statements, demographics, and open-ended questions — will empower you to collect valuable data and insights tailored to your organization's needs. Custom data enables you to quickly take informed action and create measurable change. After adding content, you can include additional languages.

Resources

• Adding Custom Content

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
• 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

Review your results

At the Analyze level you will be able to see the complete Results and Analytics module. 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.

Certification decision

Within 48 hours of completing both your survey and Culture Brief, we will notify you of your Certification status.

Join the community

No matter your Certification status, you’ll be invited to participate with learning and community activities alongside other Great Place To Work community members as you work to grow your brand and enhance your company’s culture.

After earning the Certification, as a part of your subscription you can Book a Culture Coaching Session with One of our Culture Experts and can also schedule an Executive Presentation that helps your leaders move beyond the data to, help them understand how the data informs employee experience impact on business performance. Click here to book the sessions now.