Employee Referrals: Make Great People Find Great People
Spin up shareable referral links, set rewards, and keep score. Your team knows great talent— give them a smooth way to introduce you.
Auto‑generated links tie candidates to referrers for transparent credit.
Configure rewards by role or stage—motivation without chaos.
Friendly competition that spotlights champions and drives participation.
Why employee referrals matter (probably more than sourcing)
Referrals are warm leads from people you trust. Higher fit, faster cycles, lower risk. When referrals flow into a structured system, you get signal without the guesswork—who referred, how to reward, where the candidate is, all in one timeline.
- Speed: referred candidates move faster through stages.
- Quality: employees filter for culture and skill fit before you do.
- Retention: stronger alignment tends to stay longer.
- Cost: fewer agency fees, fewer cold outreach loops.
Referral Process: Then vs Now
Referrals live in forms and DMs; matching to candidates is manual and messy.
All submissions in one place with status. Time saved: ~20–30 mins/referral cycle.
Ambiguous attribution causes friction and discourages referrals.
Every candidate added via referrals is tagged as "referred". Time saved: ~5 mins/record; disputes ↓.
Unstructured fields = missing info; reviewers can’t evaluate fast.
Collect the right details up front. Time saved: ~10–15 mins/review; fairness ↑.
Resumes arrive everywhere; adding to ATS is a chore.
Accept resumes on the referral page and route to pipeline. Time saved: ~10–20 mins/candidate.
Benefits of a structured referral program
- Higher response and conversion rates than cold sourcing
- Simple, fair attribution encourages ongoing participation
- Clear visibility reduces coordinator overhead
- Configurable rewards drive engagement without chaos
FAQs
1) How can I enable the referral form?
Go to Settings and click on the "Referral" section. You easily enable the Referral Management feature from there.
2) How can I identify if a candidate is referred?
If a candidate is added to the pool by referral form, then we tag them as "referred" and it can be seen easily on the candidate detials.
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