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Do You Have an Employee Referral Program?

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There is much said on the importance of employee referrals in talent acquisition. SmashFly is on a mission to learn how employee referrals stack up against your other sources of hire. Continue Reading → The post Do You Have an Employee Referral Program? appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Q&A with Chief Product Officer: SmashFly’s New Referral Feature

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Most in talent acquisition would agree that employee referrals are the most valuable external candidates their teams can get. Respondents in a recent SmashFly survey confirmed that notion: Referrals were ranked the highest quality candidate from more than 10 sources. But we also.

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When Did Referrals Stop Being Real Recommendations?

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This post was inspired by the new Referrals solution available in SmashFly 15, which you can read about here. Referrals are the holy grail of recruiting. If you ask 10 recruiting leaders, “What is your best source of hire?” 11 will say “employee referrals.” appeared first on SmashFly Blog.

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Redefining Employee Referral Programs into the Modern Referral Network

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If employee referrals are so valuable, why aren’t they getting more focus in talent acquisition strategy? SmashFly set out to understand the state of employee referral programs (ERPs) by conducting a survey of talent acquisition professionals.

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The New Role of the Recruiter in Modern Talent Acquisition: Webinar Questions Answered

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Last Friday, SmashFly hosted Forrester analyst Claire Schooley for a webinar on the new role of the recruiter in talent acquisition and how to use recruitment marketing to attract more educated and qualified candidates. We received a few great questions from our attendees that we wanted to answer.

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Case Study: Optimizing Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Exceed Hiring Goals

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In 2012, Bright House Networks started a large and essential initiative to improve recruiting across the company. The post Case Study: Optimizing Recruitment Marketing Strategies to Exceed Hiring Goals appeared first on SmashFly Blog. It’s first crucial steps were to create a Center for Excellence.

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Rewriting the Rules of Employee Referral Programs

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Why are most referral programs limited to employees only? In a recent referrals survey conducted by SmashFly, 57 percent of organizations that have formal employee referral programs allow only employees to refer potential candidates. This was originally published on ERE.net.