Source: IRS Employment Review Issue: 912 Date: 22/12/2008 Publisher: IRS

Employee referral schemes: the IRS survey

TOPICS:
recruitment finding candidates
pay and benefits pay-related incentives/awards
equal opportunities equal opportunities policy and practice

AUTHOR: Neil Rankin


The worsening economic climate challenges recruiters to use the most cost-effective ways of finding top-quality candidates - could employee referral schemes provide the answer? This IRS report surveys more than 100 employers to find out.

On this page:
Employee referral schemes: an overview
The typical employee referral scheme
The prevalence of employee referral schemes
The impact of employee referral schemes
Employers’ views on their schemes
Drawbacks: equal opportunities and diversity
Drawbacks: resources and other issues
Exclusions and limitations
Workforce groups that cannot receive a reward
Vacancies excluded from employee referral schemes
Providing rewards and incentives
Vouchers, prizes and charitable donations
Payment arrangements for cash rewards
The value of cash rewards
Changes to the value of rewards and incentives
Publicising employee referral schemes
The prospects for employee referral schemes
Our research
Table 1: Cash rewards paid by employee referral schemes
Table 2: Publicity methods and their effectiveness
Checklist: Employee referral schemes
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