Recruitment Incentives

MMBarnes

Does your organization offer recruitment incentives to employees who recruit an applicant

and the applicant is subsequently hired? If so, what is the form of the incentive and the

requirements? (financial compensation, additional leave time, etc.; is the new employee

to successfully complete the probation period before the incentive is received)?

Please indicate whether you are a public sector employer.

ritaanz

We will compensate an employee who refers a new and qualified individual. Once the candidate successfully completes their probationary period, the referring employee receives a check for $250.00.

MMBarnes

Are you a public sector employer?

HR Hat

We are a private sector company.

Staff referring someone who is hired receives $100 bonus. If the new staff member hired is still employed a year later, the staff member making the referral receives an additional $400. This program is for all positions.

Some years, turnover of referred staff is much less than other hired staff. Other years, it's about the same. Overall, we've been happy with the program.

Jim

joannie

We are a trucking company. Our referral bonus is open to any ee who refers a driver. We pay $200 to the ee on the 1st dispatch which is after new hire completes orientation and training. We pay an additional $300 to the ee if the new hire completes the 90 day introductory period.

We just started this program last year and it has worked very well for us. Previously we gave a $100 referral bonus after ee completed the introductory period. Then we entered all ee's who had received a referral bonus into a drawing for $1000.00.

We had very little interest in that program. Our people would rather have the cash in hand than the chance to win more.

stilldazed

We don't currently but have done so in the past, $50 for the referral if the applicant is hired, another $50 at a magic point down if the new employee stays that long. Our experience is that it can be a fairly good incentive program. My recommendation would be to split the award or delay the award to a point in the future and make the payment to the one referring contingent on whether the new employees stays that long. If the timeline is too short (i.e., 3 months?), you may find yourself paying out incentives and not getting the retention you want.

best wishes.

MMBarnes

Are you a public sector employer?

stilldazed

We're private & nonprofit.

davids

We are a public employer (municipality). For recruitments for which we anticipate difficulty in finding qualified applicants, we offer an incentive of one shift off with pay for an employee who refers the applicant who is eventually hired. The Department Director must receive approval to offer the incentive prior to opening the recruitment.

MMBarnes

I would be interested in both your definition of a "difficult" to hire position and a brief desription of the justification that must be presented for approval.