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LinkedIn Referral Engine

The Referral Engine from LinkedIn will be available end of 2011 and promises to ‘Unlock the Power of Your Employees’ Networks. It was first announced on 3rd of November 2010 and is solution that has been developed in partnership with Accenture to pilot the product and get the final details right. A few more details are available now.

Referral Engine taps into the power of the world’s largest professional network by:

– Recommending the best candidates for open jobs. A powerful algorithm recommends the best candidates by looking at all your employees’ contacts through the lens of your open jobs. Employees then apply their own judgment to refer only the best of the best.
– Simplifying the referral process. Recommendations are delivered to employees via email or the LinkedIn homepage, and they can contact a candidate or make a referral in just a few clicks.
– Keeping referrals top-of-mind. Periodic reminders with specific suggestions make sure employees are thinking about referrals consistently.LinkedIn Referral Engine

Refer a friend and get $10,000 and a year’s supply of beer

I love creative recruitment campaigns! And Hipster, a tech start-up in San Francisco, has been successful in attracting promising Mobile Engineers and Ruby Engineers, coming from companies like Google, Twitter, SalesForce, Oracle and AOL, to its company with a great referral campaign and an special attention-getting offer; $10,000 in cash and a year’s supply of PBR beer. The company is also offering a a hip bicycle, authentic skinny jeans, a pair of Buddy Holly glasses, a pair of worn boots and a mustache-grooming service.

Refer a friend and get $10,000 and a year’s supply of beer