Comments on: Operating Referral Programs on a Limited Budget http://www.ere.net/2007/05/28/operating-referral-programs-on-a-limited-budget/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:17:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Updating Your Employee Referral Program – ERE Community Q&A : ERE.net http://www.ere.net/2007/05/28/operating-referral-programs-on-a-limited-budget/#comment-8899 Updating Your Employee Referral Program – ERE Community Q&A : ERE.net Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:10 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/05/28/operating-referral-programs-on-a-limited-budget/#comment-8899 [...] in truly developing a world-class program may also want to check out these past ERE articles: Operating Referral Programs on a Limited Budget Upgrading or Reenergizing Your Employee Referral Program Employee Referral Program Killers [...] [...] in truly developing a world-class program may also want to check out these past ERE articles: Operating Referral Programs on a Limited Budget Upgrading or Reenergizing Your Employee Referral Program Employee Referral Program Killers [...]

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]]> By: Shea Putnam http://www.ere.net/2007/05/28/operating-referral-programs-on-a-limited-budget/#comment-2810 Shea Putnam Wed, 30 May 2007 12:19:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/05/28/operating-referral-programs-on-a-limited-budget/#comment-2810 Dr. John -- I like the idea of continuing the education regarding referral programs. You bring a lot of ideas to the table regarding increasing the number of total referrals. With a few simple processes, companies can make huge progress with their internal referral program. But.... The majority of the problems don't exist at the top of the recruiting funnel. They typically exist within the recruiting process. The reason why we have to do all these creative things to get more referrals is most employees don't trust that the recruiting process will treat their referral in the right way. How many companies contact 100% of their referrals? How many companies keep the referring party updated while their referral is in the interview process? How many companies keep referrals in a recruiting pipeline? The way I see it is why fill the top of the funnel if their are all sorts of holes in the funnel? Sometimes the problems don't exist with getting more referrals, the problem is how we treat each referral. Dr. John –

I like the idea of continuing the education regarding referral programs. You bring a lot of ideas to the table regarding increasing the number of total referrals. With a few simple processes, companies can make huge progress with their internal referral program. But….

The majority of the problems don’t exist at the top of the recruiting funnel. They typically exist within the recruiting process. The reason why we have to do all these creative things to get more referrals is most employees don’t trust that the recruiting process will treat their referral in the right way.

How many companies contact 100% of their referrals?

How many companies keep the referring party updated while their referral is in the interview process?

How many companies keep referrals in a recruiting pipeline?

The way I see it is why fill the top of the funnel if their are all sorts of holes in the funnel?

Sometimes the problems don’t exist with getting more referrals, the problem is how we treat each referral.

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