The Employee Referral  Blog

Best practices and industry research to help you transform employee referrals into your hiring superpower! We also share updates regularly too.

Blog
October 27, 2025

How to Track Employee Referrals in Infor

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
November 3, 2025

How to Track Employee Referrals in Workday

Tiffany Jin

Blog
October 1, 2025

Are External Referral Programs Worth It in Hiring?

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
October 1, 2025

6 Ways to Maximize Employee Referral Participation and Measure Success

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Update
May 27, 2025

Event: Eqo at NAHCR 2025

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 9, 2025

Plug your Employee Referral Program Into Your Internal Engagement Events

Tiffany Jin

Blog
May 27, 2025

What Tariffs Can Teach Us in Talent Acquisition

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 23, 2025

How These Four Organizations Built Thriving Employee Referral Programs

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 23, 2025

The Two Best Times to Engage New Hires With Your Employee Referral Program

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
March 24, 2025

Your Recruiters Are Key to Employee Referral Program Success

Tiffany Jin

Blog
April 23, 2025

How Your Employee Referral Program is Like a Retirement Investment Account

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
February 26, 2025

Creating an Employee Referral Culture, Not Just A Program

Tiffany Jin

Blog
February 18, 2025

10 Employee Referral Program Communication Templates to Encourage More Referrals

Tiffany Jin

Blog
February 13, 2025

Why Your Staff Referral Program Isn’t Working (And How to Fix It!)

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
January 27, 2025

6 Cost-Effective Ways to Boost Employee Referrals

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Update
January 9, 2025

Eqo Introduces Eve, the AI-Powered Employee Referral Assistant

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
November 5, 2024

How to Track Employee Referrals in iCIMS

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Update
October 21, 2024

Eqo Unveils Omni-Track: Allowing Organizations to Capture Employee Referrals No Matter Where They Are Made

Tiffany Jin

Update
September 19, 2024

Eqo Joins Greenhouse Hiring Cloud to Help Organizations Attract Frontline Talent Through Employee Referrals

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
September 19, 2024

Creative Gamification Ideas for Employee Referral Programs

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
September 19, 2024

The Hidden Costs Behind Limiting Referrals to "How Did You Hear About this Job?"

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
July 11, 2024

How to Engage New Hires with your Employee Referral Program

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
July 1, 2024

Event: Eqo at NAHCR'24

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 1, 2024

Best Practices and Common Pitfalls of Employee Referral Programs

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 17, 2024

Event: Eqo at OnCon 2024

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 11, 2024

How Your Employee Referral Process Could Lead to Legal Liability

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 1, 2024

Eqo joins the iCIMS Marketplace to Help Organizations Attract Frontline Talent Through Text-Based Employee Referral Technology

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
March 5, 2024

Eqo Named Preferred Employee Referral Vendor by OnConferences

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
February 18, 2024

How to Reduce your Time to Hire

Tiffany Jin

Update
February 14, 2024

Eqo Unveils Groundbreaking Feature Expanding Employee Referrals to Hiring Events

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
February 12, 2024

Employee Referral Message Templates

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
January 23, 2024

Your Employee Referral Program: Not a process, but an opportunity

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
January 17, 2024

Gamification on a Budget for Your Employee Referral Program

Tiffany Jin

Blog
December 24, 2024

Best 5 Enteprise Employee Referral Software Solutions for 2025

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
December 25, 2024

16 Examples & 15 Ideas of the Best Employee Referral Programs

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
December 14, 2023

Who should own the Employee referral program: TA or HR?

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
December 3, 2023

How to Create Employee Advocates

Tiffany Jin

Blog
November 20, 2023

ATS referral module vs Employee referral solution: which to choose?

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
November 4, 2023

How Does My Employee Referral Program Stack Up?

Tiffany Jin

Blog
October 25, 2023

Your CFO is questioning your employee referral program, here’s what you can do

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
October 8, 2023

How your employee referral process could be costing you valuable candidate leads

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
September 28, 2024

Reviving Your Employee Referral Program: The 3 "E"s for Success

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
September 29, 2023

Companies that are telling their referral success stories right

Tiffany Jin

Blog
September 20, 2023

Is my Employee Referral Program working?

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
September 13, 2023

State of the Manufacturing Workforce in 2023

Tiffany Jin

Update
September 6, 2023

Eqo welcomes TA-tech veteran Marcelo Mackinlay as a Strategic Advisor

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
August 28, 2023

Key Insights on Mobile Job Seekers

Tiffany Jin

Blog
September 19, 2024

Common Mistakes to Avoid in Your Employee Referral Program

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
August 24, 2023

Company Events that Encourage Employee Referrals

Tiffany Jin

Blog
August 14, 2023

What can Talent Acquisition Learn from Uber's Customer Referral program?

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
October 16, 2024

How to Assess Your Employee Referral Program

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
August 6, 2023

How to Plan for Seasonal Hiring

Tiffany Jin

Blog
July 26, 2023

Webinar: Rethinking Employee Referral Programs to Foster Inclusivity

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
July 26, 2023

4 Strategies to Create a Frontline-friendly Careers Site

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
July 19, 2023

Employee Referral Process: Employee Adoption vs. Admin Tracking

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
July 17, 2023

How To Boost Your Employer Brand with a Successful Referral Program

Tiffany Jin

Blog
June 26, 2023

How to Create a Triple Recruiting Win with the Right Incentives

Tiffany Jin

Blog
December 25, 2024

How to calculate the right amount for your employee referral bonuses

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
June 15, 2023

4 Strategies to keep your Employee Referral Program active

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
June 11, 2023

How to Select Your Employee Referral Technology

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
June 6, 2023

How to Increase your Employee Referral Program's Effectiveness

Tiffany Jin

Update
September 28, 2023

Eqo Earns SOC 2 Type II Compliance

Tiffany Jin

Blog
May 29, 2023

How Employee Referrals can help Combat Employee Burnout

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
August 14, 2023

How to Leverage Employee Referrals to Increase Hiring Event Attendance

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 28, 2023

How Employee Referrals Create Positive Onboarding Experiences

Tiffany Jin

Blog
May 18, 2023

The Impact of Employee Referrals on Employee Retention

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 14, 2023

The Business Case for your Employee Referral Program

Tiffany Jin

Blog
May 21, 2023

Creating a Healthy Employee Referral Culture

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 21, 2023

The new kid on the recruiting-tech block: Text-to-Refer

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 8, 2023

The Role of Employee Referrals in your DEI efforts

Tiffany Jin

Blog
May 8, 2023

The Do’s and Don’ts of an Employee Referral Program

Tiffany Jin

Blog
April 30, 2023

Are you winning in Healthcare Hiring?

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
May 29, 2023

6 Warm Avenues to Source Top Talent

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 24, 2023

Creative bonuses for your employee referral program (that aren’t just cash)

Tiffany Jin

Blog
June 11, 2023

Employee Referral Policy Template

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 24, 2023

Seven Key Strategies for Revamping Your Employee Referral Program

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Blog
April 24, 2023

8 Facts on Employee Referral Programs

Tiffany Jin

Blog
April 22, 2023

Amplify your Recruitment Marketing

Tiffany Jin

Blog
April 24, 2023

The Value of External Referrals in Recruitment Right Now

Tiffany Jin

Blog
April 22, 2023

How to Reduce Job Description Drop-Off

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil

Update
July 23, 2023

Introducing Eqo

Tawfiq Abu-Khajil