Fostering Community

Referral hires have a higher retention rate, are more productive employees and are usually a better company fit.

Put your employees in a position to recruit for you.

Build a community who are engaged, able and energised to assist.

Actively target referrals and put in place a referral scheme.

The average Facebook user has 130 friends (as of Feb 2010) and the average Twitter user has 127 followers (as of Jan 2010). Just thinking of your current employees, how large does that make your potential pool of talent?

Look out for tips on growing your community of followers in the WI Blog