This unit looks at the way companies are using their existing employees to find new ones.
Before you read
Discuss these questions.
1. Describe ways in which companies find new but experienced employees in your country.
2. Can you think of any other ways they could do this? Explain your ideas.
Reading
A Understanding the main points
Read the article on the opposite page and answer these questions.
1. Who are employers increasingly using to find other experienced employees for their companies?
2. What is the benefit for the employee who refers a potential recruit?
3. Which feature of modern life has encouraged employers to follow this recruitment strategy?
4. Give two examples from the article of online social networking communities.
5. What are the benefits for company?
6. Where is this recruitment strategy more common, India or the UK?
7. Are there any potential disadvantages in recruiting employees via personal referrals?
8. What internet resource do some employers provide for employees who want to refer friends and contact as potential job candidates?
B Understanding details
Read the article again and say whether these statements are true (T) or false (F), Correct the faise ones. Identify the part of the article that gives this information.
1. Companies only ask people who still work for them to look for new recruits.
2. India employers save 75 per cent of their recruitment costs through personal referrals.
3. Employees who bring new recruits to a company are usually rewarded with a job promotion.
4. The most an employee can make from a UK employer for a successful personal referral is £2,000.
5. Job candidates who have been referred by a friend do not need to go through the same testing and interview process as other job candidates.
6. It is best if a company does not tell the people responsible for selecting successful candidates the name of the person who has referred a specific job candidate.
7. It can be a good idea for a company to wait until a new recruit has successfully worked for the company for some time before paying a bonus to the person who recommended them.