Webcast - Why Referrals are Not the Answer

June 12, 2012, 3:00pm ET

If you’re a jobseeker, you do everything possible to be referred by an employee or customer of the hiring company. Why? Because referral candidates are nearly twice as likely to be hired compared with non-referral candidates.

If you’re an employer, you know the advantage given to referral candidates. Why? Because referral candidates are simply “better.”

Referral candidates are better? Who confirmed that? In fact, referral candidates are only slightly better – a measly 3% better – because most referrers naturally avoid referring candidates who are obviously inappropriate.

Think about it. If you’re an employer searching for quality hires - people who will be strong performers - why do you think the best place to search is among people that your employees just happen to know? Even the most well-networked employees know only a tiny fraction of people who could be potentially great candidates. Why limit yourselves to such a miniscule group?

“Why Referrals are Not the Answer” demonstrates how proven science generates much better results than referrals. Learn the reasons why and discover better ways to select high performers for your organization.

This webcast is presented by Paul Basile, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Matchpoint Careers, Inc., developer of the online solution for scientific recruiting and job-person matching.

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