A successful employee referral program has tremendous potential but at the same time may have its problems and sometimes might not work to your advantage. When you evaluate and then solve these problem areas, you’ll start to see some real, long-lasting results. Here are some guidelines which can be used to evaluate your existing referral program.

1. Employee Referral
Programs
Evaluation Checklist for 2014

2. Is your ERP
OR
helping you achieve:
Is your ERP
in the face of increased Hiring Targets
• High Volumes
• Quality Hires
• Outdated & Stale
• High Interview to Hire Ratio
• High Retention ratios
• Showing a Plateau in Performance
• Necessitating a Quick Program Audit
• Low Time-to-Fill
• Satisfaction of Managers,
Employees & Prospects
• Increased ROI
Here’s a checklist to evaluate your employee referral program and thus make sure if you are on
the right path as you begin recruiting in the 2014

3. Optimal Use of
Social Recruiting Solutions
Is your Referral Program making
Optimal use of Social Recruiting
Solutions?
An effective Employee Referral Software, must
facilitate the Employee’s Social Media Relationships &
provide Easy Tools to convert them into referrals.
Structured technology solutions which empower
employees in the Referral process work better than
fitting your process into the design of an available tool

4. Maintaining
Operational Responsiveness
Is your Organization as Proactive as
you would like it to be?
Slow Response Time is likely to affect the Referrals
negatively, as also to frustrate Employees. In order
to keep Interest Levels High:
• Both the Referral & the Employee must be
responded to, within a pre agreed time frame
• The time frames must be communicated early on,
to set common expectations
Opt for an Agile Employee Referral Tracking
Software, that can keep employees updated
about the status of the Referral made by them
• Should you be unable to reduce the turnaround
time, it will be advisable to seek volunteers or
reduce the scope of the program.

5. Ease of Use
Is your ERP a maze for employees to
trudge through?
• Even large rewards can fail to get employees to
act, if the referral program is not backed by
operational ease. It is worthwhile to consider:
• Does the process have too many complicated
steps?
• Are the Employees able to access the program
easily?
• Employee
A User Friendly Social Recruiting Software can go a
long way in improving Employee Usage & Efficiency
Referral
Programs
should
be
integrated with the overall Recruitment Program

6. Relevant Reward Programs
Is your Reward Program customized to
excite your Target Audience?
Employees can also be motivated & engaged in
Referral Programs through non monetary
appreciation such as:
• Personalized Thank You Notes
• Opportunities to Interact with Top Management
• Choice of vacation or work shift schedules
• Additional Awards can be granted for Referrals
Public Recognition of an Employee making
Great Referrals, goes a long way in
Employee Motivation
who turn out to be High Performers
• Rewards can also be offered for candidates who
come close to requirement, but are not hired

7. Appropriate
Employee Education
How important is Employee
Education in your Organization?
Organizations need to provide adequate support
& training to enable employees to unearth their
contacts. Some important areas of education are:
• Where to look for Prospects?
• Best Practices to build Online Relationship
with Industry Resources
• Tips to help them leverage their Social Media
Provide Effective Tool Kits that reduce
Trial & Error for Employees
Networks
• Provide Improved Job Descriptions

8. With these simple steps you are sure to see improved results in your referral
program. And if you need a tool that will help you seamlessly achieve all of this,
ZALP is just a click away
You may also opt for a free consultation on improving your referral program
results. Our employee referral specialists would be glad to help.

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