Updating Your Employee Referral Program
Practical Tips Than Can Dramatically Improve Your Program's Performance
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Join HR executives and other technology-decision makers for a one-of-a-kind webinar, "Updating Your Employee Referral Program: Practical Tips Than Can Dramatically Improve Your Program's Performance."
There is no cost to attend this event. The event is free, thanks to the support of our sponsor, Monster. Simply complete the registration form in full* and you'll be provided with the call-in details and URL for this online presentation.
This program has been approved for one (1) recertification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification and recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
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Is your employee referral program producing 40, 50, 60 percent or more of your organizations annual hires? If not, chances are that your program is plagued by several common design flaws and missed opportunities that when addressed will dramatically improve your programs performance. Best of breed referral programs are routinely touted in their organizations by senior management as truly strategic programs that deliver a competitive advantage to the organization and positively impact business performance. No matter how you look at the metrics, the best of breed programs deliver.
Recent studies demonstrate that the average employee referral program produces only 26% of hires, most of which perform on the job only marginally better than hires from other sources. Not surprisingly, that research also reveals that the vast majority of referrals that make their way through the process of the typical run-of-the-mill referral program are not initiated by an employee scouting top talent, but rather by an active job seeker trying to circumvent the black hole of death that is the corporate career site.
During this interactive webinar you will learn about many of the design principles that distinguish the best practice programs from the standard as uncovered by more than eight years of research into program design by Dr. John Sullivan. Specifically, you will hear about:
- Benchmark firms and their success stories
- Critical program design features
- Common design mistakes
- Guidance on how to tie the referral program to your staffing strategy and make it proactive
- Tips to improve the quality of referral
- How to reenergize your reward structure to drive program effectiveness
If you have an underperforming program or if you are looking to implement a program for the first time, this is a webinar you should not miss. If you have a well performing program then you have already learned that even the best can be improved.
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ERE webinars are particularly suited for the following individuals:
- Staffing directors and VPs
- Recruitment managers
- Corporate recruiters
- Third-party recruiters
- CEOs and top HR executives in talent-driven industries
- Other HR professionals who are tasked with evaluating the recruiting process
Dr. John Sullivan is renowned the world over as a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management. For more than 30 years he has offered his critique and insight to professionals seeking to develop a true competitive advantage for their organization through strategic talent management planning and practices. As an author, corporate advisor, public speaker, and educator, Dr. Sullivan has established a body of work including numerous books and more than 700 articles that serve as a key resource for functional leaders and line managers when developing and implementing best practices. In addition, his thought leadership has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Fast Company Magazine, Business 2.0, The Economist, The New York Times, HR Magazine, and Workforce Management Magazine.
Dr. Sullivan's work is driven by a relentless dedication to do away with the status quo and drive the development of world-class practices that demonstrate the impact of talent management on an organizations financial performance. His approach, while thought-provoking and somewhat controversial, has been engineered to force practitioners to think about why they do things the way they do, and how their work could be elevated to that of world-class.
John, who started his role as an educator more than 25 years ago, continues to advise future generations of leaders as a Professor of Management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University. While not in front of the classroom, Dr. Sullivan travels throughout the world speaking to and working with the leadership of some of the world's most respected and admired organizations.
Master Burnett is the Managing Director of Dr. John Sullivan. Mr. Burnett directs the global advisory services of thought leader Dr. John Sullivan. In this capacity he is responsible for assisting organizations implementing tools or strategies proposed by Dr. John Sullivan and managing ongoing initiatives aimed at identifying best practice firms and approaches. Prior to joining Dr. John Sullivan, Mr. Burnett served as the Director of Client Services and Corporate Marketing for the Silicon Talent Corporation, an aggressive boutique staffing firm headquartered in the Silicon Valley, providing early stage high-technology ventures with staffing and HR advisory services. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco State University. His expertise covers such topics as the implementation of technology, staffing and recruiting systems, organizational effectiveness coaching, and process engineering.