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Your Referral Program is Probably Broken (Here's the 30-Second Fix)

You've built a solid referral program with consistent team promotion and clear employee rewards. Leadership supports the initiative. Yet somehow, the pipeline stays frustratingly thin while competitors seem to effortlessly attract quality talent.
Your Referral Program is Probably Broken (Here's the 30-Second Fix)

Campaigns Die, Cultures Thrive: The Fatal Flaw in Referral Strategy

Many organizations wonder why their referral programs fail to deliver sustained results. The problem runs deeper than poor promotion or inadequate rewards. Companies tend to approach referral hiring as a temporary campaign instead of building it into their culture.
Campaigns Die, Cultures Thrive: The Fatal Flaw in Referral Strategy

Beyond Algorithms: Referral Networks Are the New Talent Engine

Beyond Algorithms: Referral Networks Are the New Talent Engine

Employee-Owned: A New Era of Work Tech

The most successful professionals understand that careers span decades and multiple employers. Yet the technology supporting their professional development treats each job like an isolated event. This fundamental misalignment is costing both workers and companies far more than most realize.
Employee-Owned: A New Era of Work Tech

Veterinary Clinics Are Eating Healthcare's Lunch in Talent Acquisition

Some veterinary organizations like VEG started with a different question entirely: instead of asking "how do we find more candidates," they asked "why are qualified candidates abandoning our application process?" This shift in perspective led to a complete reimagining of how clinical hiring should work.
Veterinary Clinics Are Eating Healthcare's Lunch in Talent Acquisition

From Expense to Asset: Talent Acquisition's Revenue Revolution

Forward-thinking companies are borrowing the playbook from their sales teams and applying it to talent acquisition. They're treating their referral networks like lead generation engines. They're proving that talent acquisition can be one of the most powerful revenue drivers in the organization.
From Expense to Asset: Talent Acquisition's Revenue Revolution

Blue Collar Brilliance: Why Tradespeople Are Winning The Referral Game

You've probably noticed that some employees never refer anyone, while others seem to know everyone in the industry. In most office environments, work relationships stay professional and surface-level. People collaborate on projects but rarely stake their reputation on a colleague's abilities.
Blue Collar Brilliance: Why Tradespeople Are Winning The Referral Game

Why Your Referral Investment Is Failing (Hint: It's Not What You Think)

A technology company invested heavily in their employee referral program last year. They offered competitive bonuses, ran quarterly campaigns, and tracked every metric imaginable. Yet when leadership asked why their top engineers stopped participating after making one referral, nobody had an answer.
Why Your Referral Investment Is Failing (Hint: It's Not What You Think)

Beyond Internal Referrals: The Untapped Talent Pipeline

Most companies look within when they need high-quality referrals. But there's a pipeline they're missing out on that they might not have realized - customers, contractors, partners, vendors, and online communities.
Beyond Internal Referrals: The Untapped Talent Pipeline

The $75K Mistake Your Referral Program Is Making Right Now

This article explores how the lack of communication and visibility impacts your company and how Boon solves this problem.
The $75K Mistake Your Referral Program Is Making Right Now