employee referrals

Colleague-sourced hiring candidates

Employee referrals are job candidates recommended by current workers at a company.

Many organizations offer referral bonuses to employees whose recommendations lead to successful hires: She got the interview through an employee referral from her college roommate.

The practice assumes existing staff can identify good fits for the workplace culture and job requirements.

Related

recommendation · bonus · sign-on bonus · vouch · talent · talent pipeline · pipeline · word-of-mouth · word of mouth · internal · candidate · trusted · colleague · connection · incentive · HR · onboarding · staffing

Opposites
recruitment source

employee referralsheadhunting

Recruiting talent from competitors

campus recruiting · job fairs · classified ads · executive search · newspaper ads

candidate relationship

employee referralswalk-ins

Those arriving without booking

Family

employee, employees, employ, employs, employed, employing, employer, employers, employment

Familiarity
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