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10 Ways In Which Top Management Can Encourage Employee Referrals

Posted On : Nov-25-2014 | seen (859) times | Article Word Count : 536 |

Having announced an employee referral scheme, it is imperative that a positive culture that allows the scheme to perform to its full potential be fostered.
Having announced an employee referral scheme, it is imperative that a positive culture that allows the scheme to perform to its full potential be fostered. The leadership of the organization can play a crucial role in ensuring that the employees tap into their networks and make quality hires:



 Fostering a culture of trust and bonding- If there is one single factor that can encourage employee referrals, it is inculcating a culture that is valued by the employees. In such a work culture, employee referrals take place organically, as employees display a sense of belonging about their workplace and quality referrals are made to improve productivity and get worthy colleagues.


 Employee Satisfaction- A natural corollary of this culture is Employee Satisfaction. Management can play a crucial role in ensure job satisfaction of employees- be it by offering competitive pay packages or making the employees feel valued. A satisfied employee, in turn, will be the biggest factor that will attract quality workers to join the work force.


 Offering relevant Rewards- The leadership of the company must make a thorough assessment of the rewards that will appeal to the employees. These could be a mix of monetary and non-monetary rewards. Besides announcing these rewards, efforts should be made to ensure that the rewards are periodically reviewed to ensure that they are relevant.


 Communication- Top leadership can identify a whole lot of communication channels through which the employee referral scheme can be kept visible to employees and in turn have top of mind recall.


 Training and tools- To increase the efficacy of the scheme it is important that the leadership spend time and energy training the work force as also providing them with necessary tools that will help them tap into their network and display the advantages of working with the organization.


 Ease of referrals- By providing employees with effective online tools that make the referral process easy and seamless, top leadership can ensure that the employee referral scheme is put to optimal use. Similarly, ensuring that the employee referral program lends itself to usage through a mobile device ensures that tedium does not come in the way, when employees want to make referrals.


 Employee participation in creating job descriptions- Institutionalizing a process where employees contribute in creating a job description ensures that the employees also find the right fit for the job.


 Acknowledgement from top management- Receiving acknowledgement from top management, be it by way of a thank you note or a dinner with top referrers can go a long way in boosting employee morale.


 Providing a story inventory-Nothing works better than demonstration. To give the employees the power of demonstration, top leadership not only needs to effectively provide a story bank to the employees but also allow them to contribute to the bank.


 Employ people who attract talent – Proactive leadership works towards employing people who are well respected in the trade and automatically attract talent. This can be a great enabler for the employee referral program.

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Author Resource :
Savio Vadakkan is the Marketing Professional at ZALP, a unique employee referral software. ZALP intelligently uses social media to improve an organization's employee referral program and has a real time status tracking and notification system to keep employees updated on the status of their referrals.

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