If you’re frustrated with the mostly mediocre results produced by your current corporate employee referral program, it is important to realize that with only a handful of action steps you can dramatically improve both the quality and the volume of referrals.

1. Employee Referrals
5-Pointer Roadmap for 2014

2. If you’re frustrated with the mostly mediocre results produced by
your current corporate employee referral program, it is important to
realize that with only a handful of action steps you can dramatically
improve both the quality and the volume of referrals.
It’s that time of the year, where budgeting and strategic road mapping
for the next year takes place.
Let’s look at 5 action steps to consider as you build your employee
referral recruiting strategy for 2014 .

3. Keep it Simple!
Remember that simplicity and clarity encourage more qualified referrals
A good Employee Referral Program is clear
and precise about the rules
(who is eligible, who isn’t, the terms of the
program,
bonus
payouts
for
different
positions, minimum qualifications needed for a
referral to be considered “qualified,”etc.)

4. Set expectations
The employees need to realize that these referral programs not only help hire good talent
but will help play a key role in building a great team
An Employee Referral Program is a company
based initiative and not an HR project and hence
expectations from the program should be
communicated to the employees.
The organization should make sure that the
employees understand the benefits, track the
result of referred candidates, reward successful
referrals and discourage referrals spams.

5. Use Social Media
Employees can now take open jobs in front of a large pool of qualified candidates
using social media integrated tools available today
Social recruiting is an efficient and costeffective way to find qualified candidates
and thus boost your employee referral
program results.
Social networks are free, practically everyone
uses them already, and they’re a good means
to showcase your brand.

6. Make it easy for them
Educate your employees on “Best Practices” to find and identify top talent
Referral Program-specific emails can be sent to
employees or creating a landing page/microsite
where they can learn more about ERP can help.
An automated referral portal which will
handle the entire process from posting jobs for
recruiters to making referrals for employees
can drastically help increase output.

7. Respond and Appreciate
A successful referral program depends on how proactive you are. It also means
thanking your employees and appreciating their contribution.
If your employees are working hard to give solid
referrals, those referrals should be processed in
a timely manner.
It is important to acknowledge every referral
received and is more important to keep the
employees’ updated on the status of their
referrals.
Reward your ERP’s early participants and
champions right away.

8. With these simple steps you are sure to see improved results in your referral
program. And if you need a tool that will help you seamlessly achieve all of this,
ZALP is just a click away
You may also opt for a free consultation on improving your referral program
results. Our employee referral specialists would be glad to help.

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