Employee referral programs should be producing 50 percent of all of your hires because they are the most powerful corporate recruiting tool by far. Over … Read more
This Is What People Who Provide Employee Referrals Are Thinking
To hire exceptional talent through referrals, you have to develop empathy with referrers. Referrals are known to be the No. 1 source for hiring. Companies … Read more
New Sites Offer Employee Referrals and Job Screening Tools
Believe it or not, not everyone’s been at the Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard, or running around getting the kids’ school supplies this … Read more
ERE Webinar: Employee Referrals – Motivating Employees So They Produce More and Higher Quality Referrals
Please join well-known HR thought leader and ERE.net author Dr. John Sullivan as he unveils and shares some of the industry’s best kept secrets and … Read more
Startup Ups the Ante for Employee Referrals
That $2,000 bonus you’re offering for every referral hire you make is going to seem like chump change this morning for anyone who caught last … Read more
Try Using Employee Referrals for Filling Internal Openings
Everyone knows that employee referrals produce high-quality external hires, but what most don’t know is that employee referrals can also be used to improve … Read more
Why “Name-only” Employee Referrals Produce Dramatic Results
Employee referrals provide the highest quality and the highest volume of hires, but you won’t receive as high a level of results if you don’t minimize … Read more
10 Compelling Numbers That Reveal the Power of Employee Referrals
I strive to be the world’s most prominent advocate of employee referrals simply because there is no more powerful tool in recruiting. Well-designed … Read more
Employee Referrals May Be Even More Effective Than We Think
Employee referral programs may produce more hires — perhaps many more — than surveys would suggest. Over the years it has come to be accepted … Read more
Mining Social Networks for Greater Employee Referrals
We were joined this week by John Zappe to discuss how to narrow the funnel and mine the wealth of talent available on social networks. Learn how to attract … Read more
Bad Employee Referrals, Internet Checks and Being Yourself
We have some great hits from the community so let’s get started! Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: The dreaded … Read more
10 Secrets to Success of Employee Referrals in India
“Better late than never.” Even though ERE Expo ’09 (Spring) ended more than a month ago, I thought of writing this piece connected to … Read more
New Tool Leverages Facebook Friends For Employee Referrals
There’s a cool new app from a young startup making its first foray into the recruiting sector. Released by San Mateo-Calif. Appirio, the Referral … Read more
Using Messaging Campaigns to Spur Employee Referrals
By Dr. John Sullivan & Master Burnett Employee referral programs are a lot like bottles of wine. Most companies have at least one, the vast majority of … Read more
The Key to Gathering Employee Referrals: Changing Employee Perceptions
From the outside looking in, most people see the human resources function as a necessary corporate evil that slows down the business. Still referred to as … Read more
Employee Referrals or Recruiting Interrupted?
As recently as ten years ago, you were considered to be a forward-thinking, “with it” company if you offered your employees a gift certificate … Read more
Employee Referrals and Diversity: Legal Issue or Opportunity?
Article by Dr. John Sullivan, Susan Wong, and Master Burnett Few things set us off more than uninformed people making assumptions without facts. And our … Read more
Let’s Make a Deal: Upping the Ante on Employee Referrals
“Joe’s great. You’ll really like Joe.” So said your star employee and?voila!?Joe came in for an interview and you did, you really … Read more
‘Friends of the Firm Referrals’ — Expand Referrals to Non-Employees
There is an emerging recruiting trend where traditional employee referral programs are being expanded to allow non-employees to submit referrals. I call … Read more
Motivating Employees to Make Referrals — Determining the Most Effective Rewards
Well-designed corporate referral programs can produce amazing results. Unfortunately, those results are often reduced by failing to maximize the number and … Read more