Michael Brown on How His Company Get 50% of Hires Through Referrals

Michael Brown is the Vice President, of Talent at SHYFT Analytics based in Waltham Massachusetts, in today's show we'll find out how they generate 50% of their hires through employee referrals. TOPICS -What does SHYFT analytics do and what types of roles are you recruiting for? -How big is your recruiting team? -Your ATS is Lever, what was the previous ATS at SHYFT? -What was the switch like...how long did it take, etc? -Favorite feature of Lever? -What else is part of your HR tech stack? -Let’s talk about your referral program…describe its structure and how you make payouts...”Before rolling it out, our referral rate was around 30 percent, and we wanted to get to 40. I never imagined we’d make it to 50 percent.” -Explain how it works and tell us why Lever enabled to get you to 50%? -Tell us your best sourcing story about how you got creative in finding someone that you eventually hired? -How do you prefer vendors approach you about pitching their products? -Last words of advice do you have for other employers who want to boost their referral program? Show notes will be available at www.rectechmedia.com

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