Getting the best candidates for your job openings is of the utmost importance. If you’re not using employee referrals as a tool, you’re missing out on an ideal source of candidates. Here’s more on how to get more employee referrals for your company’s job openings.
A Better Job Candidate Experience
Part of hiring the best means that the job candidate is pleased with their experience in the interviewing phase. If you have an employee referral who applies, they already have an idea of what your company’s motto and culture is. They can more easily communicate that along sharing an idea of the working environment. This gives you a leg up on those who are genuinely interested. Look at it this way, if an employee shares with a friend that you’re hiring, they’ve probably filled them in on what the job is like. So that potential hire is interested after knowing more about your business. It’s a win/win situation.
Start an Employee Referral Program
One good way to get started with more employee referrals is by implementing an employee referral program. You may provide some kind of incentive to the employee for referrals who are successfully hired. You will want to be sure the incentive is after the hiring is done and perhaps the employee works for a certain time period before you take care of the employee’s incentive.
This helps minimize those who may take advantage by sending someone they know is not a good fit. You don’t always have to make it monetary either. A bonus is good, but if your budget doesn’t have room for that, consider some kind of special incentive. Examples might be a paid day off. You’re still paying in some form, but if the workload can be handled without that employee for a day, you’re not losing out or changing your payroll.
How To Get More Employee Referrals
Start by letting your current employees know about the program. Be precise with what is offered as an incentive so there are no issues later. You will also want to be sure there is a way of tracking these referrals. Be sure job candidates who come in are easily found to be a referral or not.
Remember, employee referrals can become one of your best ways of getting the type of employee you’d like to work with and fits in with your company.
If you are still not finding enough top candidates, contact Synergy for an evaluation on how to improve your ability to hire the candidates that will help your company succeed.
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