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How To Win The Employee Referral Race?
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Posted On :
Jan-29-2015
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Article Word Count :
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Job seekers have traditionally sought refuge in numbers by sending their resumes to hundreds of companies, in the hope that at least some applications will elicit a positive response.
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Job seekers have traditionally sought refuge in numbers by sending their resumes to hundreds of companies, in the hope that at least some applications will elicit a positive response. The recruiting landscape today however is a lot different from what it was even until a couple of years back. Technological changes, the rising popularity of referral programs and the increasing use of social media have changed the way job seekers search for jobs as well as how employers look for deserving candidates. Today’s job seekers have access to much more information than ever before and can increase their chances of being hired by getting themselves referred by an existing employee of the organization.
Employee referrals have in fact emerged as the most potent way of getting yourself hired for the job of your choice as employers generally give preference to referral candidates over others. But getting yourself referred and hired s not as easy as it seems and needs some amount of research and planning. Below is a quick guide on how to win the employee referral race and become an employee yourself.
• Adopt a proactive approach and identify target companies that you would like to work for. These target organizations should be companies that potentially require people with your specific expertise or skills. They may or may not be hiring currently, but they should ideally be organizations that have hired people with your skills sets previously or have specific roles or projects that are of interest to you. You can also consider competitors of organizations that employ people with your skill sets.
• Build connections with employees currently working in these target organizations, irrespective of whether they have advertised a job opening or not. The idea is to build a connection before a job opening is posted so as to be able to get insider information on any requirement coming up and get first mover advantage. LinkedIn is one of the best professional platforms to build professional connections, so ensure your LinkedIn profile is always updated and relevant.
• Join professional groups and organizations relevant to your area of expertise which help you connect with other people with profile similar to yours working in various target organizations.
• Keep yourself visible in your connections through regular posting, updates and discussions to establish your credentials within your connections.
• Let your connections know that you are looking for a job change and also let know the kind of role that you are looking for.
• Keep yourself updated on openings available and look for the connections within the organization that is best suited to refer you for the particular opening.
A proactive approach of looking for somebody to refer you can pay rich dividends not only in terms of getting you hired much faster but also get productive and engaged much quicker than other new employees.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_How To Win The Employee Referral Race?_311459.aspx
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Author Resource :
Savio Vadakkan is the Marketing Professional at ZALP, a leading employee referral tool. ZALP enables organizations to boost their employee referral hires by implementing an effective employee referral program.
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Keywords :
employee referrals solution, employee referral program, social media recruiting, employee referral,
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Computers
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Software
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