Employee referral programs are the most
powerful corporate recruiting tool, bar none.
Dr John Sullivan,
internationally renowned HR thought-leader
Well-designed referral programs not only identify
top prospects that may not even be in job-search
mode yet but they also require employees to
assess candidates for skills and fit, and sell them
on the company and the job. Taken together, this
identification, assessment and selling feature
makes referrals superior to any other talent
source.
Your company might already have an employee
referral program BUT:
• Are you tapping into the potential – and
speaking the language of – your Millennial
workforce?
• Do you expect referrals to simply happen
because you have referral incentives?
• Are you relying on too many manual processes,
and aren’t entirely aware of how many referrals
might be slipping through the cracks?
While you’re still managing to recruit from
referrals, you could be missing out on those
very special ‘golden’ candidates, creating more
administration chores than you need to, or failing
to tap into the full potential of what is already at
your disposal i.e. your current employees.
If overhauling your employee referral program
keeps getting pushed down on the priority list,
here are some simple steps to get you going and
take your employee referral program from good
to awesome.