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  From left, Nadia Doyle, Leslie Soto, Anialys Gomes, and Michelle Martin, team members at Big Y’s St. James Avenue location in Springfield.
 Employment
What’s in a Job?
In a Tight Market, Employers Find Talent by Listening to What Workers Want
MBy Joseph Bednar
ichael Galat says Big Y has a story to tell, and its employees do, too. And sharing those stories goes a long way toward building and retaining work- ers in a job market slanted toward job
seekers to an unprecedented degree.
“It has been a challenge. Everyone is fighting for top
talent,” said Galat, Big Y’s vice president of Employee Services. “We’ve adapted by leveraging our existing work- force to share stories of why they work for Big Y. We’ve got a lot of long-tenured, dedicated people working here, and they’re our best recruiters. We focus on their testi-
monies, telling their stories about why they want to work atBigY.”
The supermarket chain has bolstered its workforce efforts in other ways, to be sure, from streamlining the application process to college internships that expose students to career opportunities to hosting a recent series of on-the-spot hiring events. “That’s been a home run for us. Recruitment is an ongoing effort,” Galat said.
But the stories are important, he added, noting that it’s important to build a culture where people want to work when they have other options.
“We’ve updated our career page and social platforms with people’s testimonials — why they like working for Big Y, what makes us different, the flexibility we provide.
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