EROAD is an Auckland, New Zealand-based startup that was established to modernize road user charges in New Zealand. In 2007 the business began to … Read more
The Top 10 Actions for Dramatically Improving Employee Referral Program Results
As the economy improves and recruiting top talent becomes more difficult, focus on employee referrals. They routinely produce the highest volume and … Read more
Source of Hire: With Referrals Down, Direct Sourcing and Agency Hires Rise
Employee referrals waned again in 2013 as a source of hire, as talent acquisition leaders increasingly leaned on other recruiting methods to fill their … Read more
Rejected Candidate Referrals and the Candidate Experience
What are your RCR ratios? If you are not familiar with RCR, it stands for Rejected Candidate Referral. The metrics are simply the ratio of RCRs in your … Read more
15 Ultra-bold Recruiting Practices — Are You Falling Behind Your Competitors?
by Trena Luong and John Sullivan In case you haven’t noticed, the world of corporate recruiting has become so intense that formerly rare aggressive 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
Steps for Increasing Your Speed of Hire in Order to Improve Your Quality of Hire, Part 2 of 2
This continuation of the two-part article covers specific actions that corporate recruiters can implement to speed up their hiring during each individual … Read more
How “Friends of the Firm” Referrals Can Widen Your Talent Network
There is a story in The Wall Street Journal recently about an emerging recruiting trend where traditional employee referral programs are being expanded to … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Getting (and Giving) References Made Easy
Most of us have simply given up on trying to get meaningful references on job applicants. From frustrating experiences calling applicants’ former employers … 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