Getting Executive Buy-In

In today’s workforce, the people you hire have a big impact on what your company can achieve both creatively and financially. We have a feeling you probably already know this—that’s why you’re looking for ways to get even better people through your doors through enhanced collaboration with your co-workers.

One of the key challenges with launching and maintaining a successful employee referral program is getting executive buy-in. So we have a little bit of a problem. Recruiters can see the value in getting referrals, but it’s not always easy to get everyone on board with setting up (and participating in) a referral program.

If executives don’t understand the value of the program, they won’t give it their support, so we should start with showing the data and then relating the data to the contribution expected to the company.