Make use of the best new employee identification resource that you’ve got – your employees. Nobody knows more about what it's like to work for a company and the skills, experience, and personalities best suited for a role, than the people who already work there.

It's likely that your employees will have friends in similar roles, so you can easily expand your talent pool by asking employees to refer people they know.

Access this knowledge by offering incentives to anyone who successfully refers candidates for a role.

Candidates that come from referrals can be a great choice for a company, as they:

• already have an idea of what working at the company is like
• settle in more quickly, as they already know someone at the company
• may cost less to recruit than candidates from traditional routes