Category Archives: Referral Best Practices

Naukri Referral | Introducing Payment in Stages

Referral Enterprise - Introducing Payment in Stages   (Feature present till now) Define Single stage Payout Period only - Till now Naukri Referral system used to allow referral incentive payout with Payout period - based on Joining period only.Recruiters could define Payout Period based on the duration after the referred candidate joins. This allowed recruiter to create reports to find which employee receives the referral incentive. New Feature introduced with Referral Enterprise Version Introducing new variant of referral - Referral Enterprise - this will include... Read More

Naukri Referral | Introducing Bulk Email Feature

Introducing Bulk Email Feature Naukri Referral allows Bulk emailing to your Employees using the Enterprise Referral system. The feature is aimed at providing easy way to email employees in bulk. How this works - Allows recruiter to upload emails in bulk - upto 1.5Lac emails Previously uploaded lists can also be reuses   Why we prefer xlsx format ahead of xls format - We allow both .xlsx and .xls formats for file uploads but prefer .xlsx file format more. Why so ? The reason is simple - When you upload almost 1.5L emails in a single xlsx file, the file... Read More

Create Referral Pipeline – get a database of referral CVs

Create Referral Pipeline - get a database of referral CVs Recruiters can now enable Drop CV on their referral website Ease for Employees to submit referrals Employees can submit CVs for friends without a job as well Or when there is NO matching job for their friend   Easy management for recruiter Recruiters can create single or multiple categories View/Search Referral CVs for each category in their Recruiter account Edit/hide/delete these categories anytime   Learn more, send us an email on referralsupport@naukri.com Happy Hiring ! Naukri... Read More

Common Barriers to a successful Referral Program

Poor Practice  1 - No Feedback on Referral Hires Best Practice - Clear communication to Employees on their Referrals Employees need to be communicated about referral status - both good and bad. This helps build right expectations and also works as feedback around what HR wants from employees for referral jobs. Did you know - Naukri Referral tool sends automated ‘status update’ email to your employees once HR updates the status of any referral CVs. Read more here. Poor Practice 2  - Non-Transparent/Complex  Rewards System Best Practice - Streamline and ease Referral... Read More

Top 5 mistakes to AVOID when sending your Referral emails

Is your Referral program not working well enough ! Read on to know where you may be going wrong. Not Including any Referral Incentive Incentive is the Biggest Motivation for your employees! Yes, studies have shown when you add a referral incentive (monetary or non-monetary) to the referred job, you get MORE and BETTER QUALITY responses.   Not adding a reminder for your employees Yes! It can cost you some quality responses. Employees may be pre-occupied and may not respond the very first time when the email is sent. Sending reminder email can help them retain... Read More

How referral responses help you hire better and faster

Do know more than 65% Indian companies have an active employee referral program? And that half of these also provide referral incentives to employees. These numbers reflect a growing trend amongst companies to move a considerable hiring percentage to Referrals . And, the major reason  is the proven quality and credibility of referral hires in comparison to direct market hires. Top why referral hiring is preferred over other hiring mechanisms - Creates a Collaborative environment Hire like-minded people in teams using Referral hiring and promote teamwork! Studies have shown that if... Read More

Now, Boost your Referral Email Open Rates ! Get more applies

Now, Boost your Referral Email Open Rates ! Use one of our innovative Subject lines. Data suggests - sending the same subject line over and over again decrease the value of your referral email. Why ? Your employees tend to get tired of the same stuff Same subject line over a period of time may add to spam score (decreasing delivery rates) Certain words may not fit well with your Employee referral theme Most importantly, you may run our of ideas for innovative subject lines So, what can be done ? We have now provided a list of top subject lines that will help increase your... Read More

Naukri Referral Tool – Referral and status mailers sent to your Employees

Naukri Referral Tool allows you to not just manage your Employee Referral program effectively but also maintain transparency between different stakeholders of your Referral program. 3 groups involved in your Employee referral program are  - Company and HR team (You) Company Employees (Your Referring Employees) Referred Candidates (Your Employees' friends) The success of your Employee Referral program depends  to a large extent on the Transparency and flow of information between different groups party to the process. Are you able to share all information with the right... Read More

Top trends in Referral Hiring !

Don’t lose out on passive candidates Companies dedicate a lot of time and resources in capturing the attention of passive candidates. And Why not so ! Passive candidates are untapped pool and reaching out to them results in higher conversions. Also, the best way to reach them is through your Employees.   Explore the Internet!   Companies, nowadays, use social networks to interact with jobseekers and build brands; This branding  gets them to get more responses in long term and acts like a new source of Talent Pipeline.   Brand your Referral... Read More

Give Stimulus to your existing Referral program. Now !

A well planned and executed 'Employee Referral' program can create a wonderful hiring pipeline. Companies these days are engaging in innovative referral implementation to increase adoption. Are you one of  these ? Does your organization have an balanced referral program yet only few people participate in it ? Employee motivation may be a roadblock here! A common pitfall with recruitment teams is that they fail to motivate employees enough for referrals. Employees may not refer just because they believe it is part of their job responsibility. Employees refer for one or more reasons below... Read More