How to Make Travel Part of Your Career (No Matter What You Do)

How to Make Travel Part of Your Career (No Matter What You Do)How to Make Travel Part of Your Career (No Matter What You Do)Youve probably heard at least one of your colleagues talk about ditching it all to travel the world. I know when I ask people what their dream career or lifestyle is, many will say it involves travel of some kind.And while I love dishing out advice about how travel and culture can become partee of your life, I wanted to share some fresh perspectives of other travelers who love it just as much as I do. This week, six very unique women share how they made globetrotting part of their career, why they decided to make the leap into a life of travel, and their best advice for how you can do it, too.Jeannie MarkFounder, Nomadic ChicknomadicchickHow I Made Travel Part of My CareerI started as a junior project manager at an engineering firm, but felt passionless about my work. What always shone through for me was travel, though, so I began taking short solo trips and dis covered a world I never knew existed- one where I could think outside the box and truly become me.Because of those experiences, I began Nomadic Chick as a source to help women live an adventurous, creative life- which can be centered on travel or not. (Thats the beauty of life- its full of choices)My Advice to Professionals Aspiring to TravelDreaming is wonderful, but the first step is being honest with yourself about what it means to actually leave the cubicle. Often, people do it without understanding why- but deep unhappiness is a huge tanzfest of yarn to unravel. Once youve gotten real about why, the next step is to figure out the how. Start a budget to move money toward your dreams. Network with like-minded people who can offer support and ideas, whether in-person or online, and finally, find an emotional support system- people who will never tell you your dreams are crazy, because they arent.Beth SantosFounder, Go Girl Travel NetworkmaximumbethHow I Made Travel Part of My Care erGo Girl Travel Network had an interesting start. The idea came about in 2009, when I was living on the small two-island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, off the west coast of Africa. I started writing about being a woman in the world and living locally, and the website grew.In 2011, I moved to Chicago, where I worked at Rotary International as a grant officer, providing funding and assisting with the development of service projects in the Caribbean and Latin America. It was fun to balance the international dem gemeinwohl verpflichtet world with my pursuits at Go Girl, but eventually I had to make a tough decision, because my hobby was really becoming a job. I was working eight hours a day, then coming home and working another five or six hours into the night. It was the right time, and Im so glad I did it.My Advice to Professionals Aspiring to TravelIf youre looking to make travel a part of your career, you dont have to leave your job and start a new business sometimes you can fin d travel right under your nose. (When I worked at Rotary, for example, I was always traveling and loved it.) That being said, if you have a passion that youre not fulfilling because your job is holding you back, my advice is to start crafting your exit strategy. Sit yourself down and make a savings plan so that when you leave your job, youll have a little cash to fall back on. Im always one to encourage people to go for their dreams, but make sure you also do it responsibly. Take small steps in the right direction before you take a blind leap, and youll be better off for it.Gillian DuffyFounder, One Giant StepOneGiantStepHow I Made Travel Part of My CareerI have always wanted to live a life less ordinary. Theres a saying that you will make the change when the pain of staying where you are is greater than the pain of changing. Thats what happened- the fear of staying and continuing on became much greater than the fear of stepping out to see if I could do it.Now, my partner Jason and I run a travel blog and an affiliate-based travel book site. Weve also released a book How to Find the Perfect Vacation Rental and plan on two more this year, and we do some freelance writing, too. We currently do a mishmash of things to keep a sustainable income and hope it will evolve in the coming years into a more definable model.My Advice to Professionals Aspiring to TravelOne way to overcome fear is to face it head on. Describe exactly what you are fearful of and determine what you would do if the worst case scenario actually happened. Often, its not that bad and there is a way to manage it. The safety net of experience, knowledge, and education stays with you- honestly, the worst case scenario is probably that youd have to come home and go back to your old job. Not that bad, right?Then its just guts, gumption, and hard work to keep it going. The biggest lesson we learned is to trust ourselves. We may have left our careers behind, but we didnt leave our education, experience, skills, knowledge, talent, and success behind. We lean on it and add to it every day as we move forward on our projects. Stephanie DenzerProgram Manager, Spark VenturesSparkVentures SADenzerHow I Made Travel Part of My CareerLearning Spanish in middle and high school at immersive summer camps helped pique my interest in cross-cultural experiences. Later, when I lived in Argentina during college, I worked with a social sector organization and realized I could combine my strong interest in developing innovative solutions to poverty with my willingness to have an open mind to new cultural contexts. From there, I knew international development was the right career path for me.I found the perfect balance for me at Spark Ventures. We partner with grassroots organizations in the developing world who are providing nutrition, education, and healthcare to kids. We help these local organizations become financially sustainable by jointly launching for-profit businesses.My Advice to Professiona ls Aspiring to TravelTake advantage of your vacation time to step out of your comfort zone. At Spark Ventures, we offer Partnership Trips- volunteer travel opportunities that meld giving back with the opportunity to build lasting relationships with the communities we work in. Take a trip that gives you a taste of the kind of travel you might hope to make a part of your career. It will either confirm or refocus your desire to make it a bigger part of your life.Brooke RobertsFounder, Yoga Travel TreeYogaTravelTree thenewdorothyHow I Made Travel Part of My CareerI was actually pretty lucky to realize early on that travel and international experiences would be important factors for any career I chose. Since I studied abroad so many times during my undergraduate studies, it was a natural evolution that I decided to make international education administration my lifes work. My international experiences played a profound role in my academic and personal lives- it was only natural that I w anted to continue those experiences (and help even more people have them) part of my professional life as well. In the last year, I switched to an entirely different industry, but it was important to me to maintain that connection to international travel and experiences. Now I run my own company where we help yogis find meaningful yoga experiences all over the world.My Advice to Professionals Aspiring to TravelMy path was a little different, since I didnt leave a career to go travel the world international travel has always been a huge part of every job Ive had. However, leaving a job to start the entrepreneurial journey was definitely a big leap of faith.My advice is to sit down and make a plan. Im a numbers person, so its really helpful for me to understand how much savings I have, how much its going to cost me to live month-to-month after Ive left my job, and how I can use the skills and resources I have to earn a steady income while my company is growing.I also suggest looking a t paid opportunities abroad such as teaching. This is a great way to get to know another culture, provide a launch pad for mini trips in the region, and give you time to build up your new business while youre still earning some income.Samantha KelleyCo-founder, Atlantic ImpactAtlantic_impactHow I Made Travel Part of My CareerI was at a point in my life when I was searching for a job opportunity, when I was presented with the idea of starting an organization that makes international travel a reality for underprivileged youth. Id always had a passion for experiencing new places and cultures, and I loved the idea of allowing young people who dont have that opportunity to be able to do so.It has been a roller coaster ride for sure there have been incredibly high highs and incredibly low lows. But what got us through was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel the vision for what Atlantic Impact could be, how significant travel experiences could be for youth, and how we fit into it all .My Advice to Professionals Aspiring to TravelIgnore the naysayers. If you want to do something different from the societal norm, there will likely be people around you who dont understand and try to discourage you. Try to find a community of people who do understand and will be supportive. Thats what will get you through the tough times, when youll question whether youre taking the right path. Remember the big picture and why you decided to take this path in your life and career.

How to Create a Book Marketing and Publicity Campaign

How to Create a Book Marketing and Publicity CampaignHow to Create a Book Marketing and Publicity CampaignCreating a book marketing and publicity plan is necessary for all authors, whether your publisher is a traditional house or youre trying to self-publish. Authors who set up some personal market tactics to execute, whether standalone efforts or those in tandem with their publisher, sell mora copies. A strategic publicity and marketing campaign helps spread the word about your finished book. When youre the publisher, its obviously critical to devise your own detailed plan for your books publicity and marketing. But even when a traditional publisher is releasing your book, paying attention to publicity and marketing is critical. The book marketing department and the publicity department sometimes have dozens of other books to be concerned with, so your efforts as an author to create opportunities are important to the books success. Pre-Publication Platform The books launch is re ally important to give it sales momentum. To set up a proper launch, a year or mora before the books publication, lay the groundwork for the books publication. For example, you should Establish an online presence.At minimum, produce a website and create an author Facebook page for your book. EstablishTwitter and Instagram accounts to help get yourself out there.Set yourself up on other social media sites that apply to your book, such as Goodreads.com, Pinterest if your book is visual, etc.Try to guest blog or be interviewed on websites and podcasts that align with your books target audience. Network Publishers ask authors to utilize all their contacts with a tool called the author questionnaire, which helps gather all the resources an author brings to the marketing and publicity campaign. It could be as grand as having a media platform like a radio show, or as modest as finding a college alumni magazine willing to make an announcement about your books publication. The questionna ire will help you put on your thinking cap about your friends and family who might be useful the friend of a friend who writes for the local newspaper, or your cousin who owns a caf and might be willing to host a book launch darbietung. Publicity Planning Especially if youre doing your own marketing and publicity, find a solid newsworthy reason for the press to pay attention to you believe it or not, the fact that you published a book doesnt qualify as news to most media. Note that if book publicists work on your book, they will most likely take care of most of this but it doesnt hurt to be informed as to the process. Use an existing event as a media hook for your book.Craft a great press release for your book using your strategy.Create a list of media contacts and bloggers who might be interested.Attend major book conferences and be on panels. Promotional Materials Online promotion is most important. Book trailers can be inexpensive to produce, practically free to distr ibute, and best of all, are easy to share. People who find your book trailer, or the book it describes, appealing, may spread the word with their own networks. You never know who you might run into, so have information about your book handy a business card with your website address and social media handles, a postcard to send to friends and media outlets these can help your book get noticed. Execute Your Plan Self-published authors need to reach out to media and event venues to set up readings, book signings, or talks. You might also hire a freelance book PR pro to help you. Either way, its good to start with at least some idea of the publicity avenues available to you as an author emaille your press release to your media list follow up within a weekOrganize a book launch eventReach out to book festival organizersAlert your social media network, as well as your offline networkSet up readings and signings with local and regional bookstores Making a solid pre-publication marketi ng and publicity plan and following it through might not be as glamorous as writing a book, but they are important steps toward sharing your book with the world.

2017 Salary Guides for Hiring Managers

2017 Salary Guides for Hiring Managers2017 Salary Guides for Hiring ManagersHiring managers dont need anyone to tell them the job market is tough right now for employers. But they could benefit from salary guides that help them keep their job offers competitive.With unemployment rates for many specialized positions even lower than the national rate (which is itself the lowest its been since 2008), companies need to make sure their salary ranges are in line with, or ideally a bit higher than, what other firms are offering in the same area. And thats where Robert Halfs 2017 Salary Guides come in.Get the Salary GuidesThe Robert Half Salary Guides include salary ranges for hundreds of professional-level positions in a variety of fields, along with industry-specific hiring trends. (To localize salaries in your market, use the handy Robert Half Salary Calculator.)On average, starting salaries will rise by 3.6 percent in 2017. But the positions seeing the biggest increases might surprise yo uAccounting and FinanceStarting salaries for accounting and finance professionals are expected to rise by an average of 3.7 percent in 2017. The following positions are leading the pack in terms of salary range increases4.3 percent Financial analysts with 1 to 3 years experience4.3 percent Business systems analyst managers4.2 percent Internal auditors with 1 to 3 years experienceAdministrativeProfessionals in the administrative field will see salaries rise in 2017 by an average of 3.5 percent, and certain specialties - especially in the healthcare arena - will command even bigger increases4.0 percent Administrative assistants4.0 percent Medical customer service representatives4.0 percent Certified professional codersCreative and MarketingSalary guide research forecasts a bright 2017 for creative professionals, with an average salary increase of 3.6 percent for 2017. The average increases for people working in interactive design are even higher7.2 percent Front-end web developers wi th 1 to 3 years experience6.8 percent Mobile designers6.1 percent User experience designers with 3 to 5 years experienceLegalSalaries for lawyers and paralegals are anticipated to rise by 3.6 percent in 2017, but salary ranges for these legal specialties are skyrocketing8.9 percent Litigation erleichterung/eDiscovery directors with more than 10 years experience6.9 percent Lawyers with 4 to 9 years of experience6.9 percent Compliance managers with 7 to 9 years experienceTechnologyOn the whole, salaries for IT and tech professionals will rise by an average of 3.8 percent in 2017, but people in the following positions are likely to see increases that are considerably higher6.4 percent Data scientists5.8 percent Big data engineers5.7 percent Network security engineersHiring in-demand professionals doesnt have to be a headache. Get our Salary Guides and reach out to your local Robert Half office for assistance today

What You Need to Know About Working Abroad

What You Need to Know About Working AbroadWhat You Need to Know About Working AbroadWorking abroad is sohonigweinhing few people have the chance to experience in their careers. Over the years Ive had the opportunity to work overseas at different companies and in multiple roles.For those considering a career adventure overseas, the first things they tend to focus on are accommodations, transportation and money. After that, finding solutions related to taxes, healthcare and the big move comes next. The reality is that all of those items are probably the easiest things to manage in the transition from home country to overseas workplace. Many fail to foresee the challenges of working with different people and in different cultures.For those in the United States and Canada, the differences between the two countries are not a complete culture shock. However, the broader the adventure, the greater the cultural difference one encounters. I am often asked what it was like to work abroad. What challenges can one turn into opportunities when working overseas? Forget all the administrative items noted above. Here are the three major pieces of advice I have for any job seeker considering a career move abroad.1. Dip Your Toe. Dont Dive Right In.Taking time to understand the geschftsleben culture applies to any new job and certainly more so when it comes to working in new countries. Before you dive into a role, take the time to understand the team dynamics and performance expectations for you to be successful working with your new colleagues.A good piece of advice is to request a shadowing session before you make a final commitment. If this isnt possible, set an expectation with the new company that for the first week or so your goal will be to understand the working dynamics of the local culture. During this period you should watch and listen with a strategy in place to see how your experience and working style can be recalibrated with that of your new environment.In meeting s, listen to how teams interact with each other and try to understand the decision-making process. Explore the following as you delve into the local business cultureDetermine the Business Culture by observing how locals prefer to meet and interact. Make notes on whether or not the overall culture is laid back and relaxed or a more rigid and action-item focused.Take Note of Protocol and cultural differences even before you arrive. Some cultures have traditional ways of addressing colleagues by surname or varying gestures for greeting people by handshake or exchanging of formal business cards. Make aya you comply with these cultural distinctions.Observe and Respect Hierarchies within a team, company or community. Some cultures have very open-door policies where team members can interact equally regardless of title, gender or seniority. Others are more formal, such as when a business meeting cannot commence until the most senior attendee speaks. Understand these nuances and incorporate them into your behavior, even if they are not aligned with your past business experiences.Understand the Buy-In Expectations of the local culture for decision-making by taking note of what is needed by team members to validate ideas. If big data in formal presentations is what people bring to the meeting to discuss issues, make sure you deliver. Listen and observe how ideas are brought to the table to get buy-in from the team. Adjust your style accordingly.Continuously Adapt Your Working Style throughout your engagement to be respectful of the local culture and business. If you sense that you may have crossed a line culturally, make amends quickly and dont repeat this behavior again.The key takeaway here is to respectfully observe and listen and not enforce your style of work into the new environment. According to John Coleman and Bill George from the Harvard Business Review, it is important to resist that temptation by observing, listening, learning and understanding rather than j udging. They suggest that you use your insights to improve local ways of operating but dont rush to criticize, which is advice that works domestically and internationally.2. Park Your ProcessBut Bring Your Goals ObjectivesProcess-driven business models are great, but they dont work in all cultures. This is a major problem for people moving to new countries where the business lifestyle may be less structured. Before you try to enforce some great process that worked back home, remember to adapt yourself to the local business style and park your processes.I remember working in Greece a few years ago where many of the meetings involved a three-hour long casual discussion over coffee. The first 30 minutes were primarily geared towards relationship building and determining the degree of trust around the table. It was also highly unstructured. Business was discussed, then it was moved off the table to discuss local politics, and then put back on the table again before a casual discussion arose around soccer.Walking into such a meeting with a set agenda and a defined process would have been disastrous. What a team meeting in North America would have accomplished in 30 minutes took three hours in Greece. However, the overall goals of the meeting and final outcome were equally successful. The following week I met with a group from Munich to discuss the very same business proposal and needless to say it was a very different experience. The meeting took 20 minutes and was more of a question and answer session followed by handshakes and light discussion about the pros and cons of the newly designed Lufthansa lounge at the airport.The secret is to understand the objectives you want from the meeting and to use these as a checklist, not a road map. If you work with the flow of the local culture while mentally addressing the key topic areas- even if not in any sensible order compared to what you are accustomed to- you will be far more successful.Park the process but hang onto the meeting goals. Take the time to accommodate the local business culture needs. Dont park you goals and objectives. Realign them around the local preference for discussing them and getting buy-in or answers.3. Be Local and HumbleI remember my first project meeting in the Caribbean back in 2001. I had arrived two days earlier, reviewed all the documentation, briefly met the team at a formal cocktail reception and began firing off meeting invites that evening. The first recurring meeting was scheduled for 10 a.m. local time, and I had the boardroom reserved. I arrived 10 minutes early, set up the projector, opened the files on my laptop and waited for the invited team members to arrive. I waited 20 minutes. Then another 25 minutes. Fifty minutes after the original start time, the first team member arrived.The next morning I entered the project room and made an announcement. The days meeting was cancelled, and I wanted the team to take me liming, with all expenses covered by me. We left the offices at 5 p.m. and headed out on an eight-hour tour where we went to one team members favorite roti shop, then to a pan yard and off to hear another team members band play at a soca club. I learned the difference between tourist beer and real hardworking local-man ale, got plenty of cheers when I confidently downed some scotch-bonnet laced sauces with ease and even learned some great tips for whining like a local. One great evening and $100 later, I went to bed to be fresh and ready for our 10 a.m. team meeting the next day. I arrived to that meeting to see that everyone had arrived on time, laptops open and ready to get to work.The lesson here is that trust and respect in a local business culture are not something you gain simply by the resume you bring with you from overseas. You have to earn it. Many people travel abroad and make the mistake of thinking that they can walk into a new culture and prove themselves with their knowledge. That simply isnt the case. Showing a true interest in the local culture and people with a desire to learn goes a long way towards how successful you will be with your business objectives and goals abroad. Being humble and becoming a local will help you more than any prior business experience you bring to the table.Lastly, Balance Yourself and Your Family NeedsOne additional and final item to consider is your personal mental health and family well-being. This is equally as important and plays an important role in how you will work with others in your new environment. For those who are embarking on such an adventure for the first time, Dr. Cathy Tsang-Feigns book Living Abroad What Every Expat Needs to Know is one I definitely recommend reading before you leave.As a psychologist and expert in expatriate and cross-cultural psychology, she provides a great resource for understanding the various emotional highs and lows you may experience as you transition into your new home abroad. Depending on the length of your assignm ent, you will need to adapt to the realities of the local culture and understand the pressures on yourself and your family. This book is probably one of the best resources to help you through this.So before you pack your bags, remember flexibility and an open and healthy mind are important. Adapt to the local culture while keeping your business sensibilities in check. After all, the outcome is what is important, and the road to get there can be an adventure. Dont miss out on the journey.

A Deadly Mistake Uncovered on How to Put Minor on Resume and How to Avoid It

A Deadly Mistake Uncovered on How to Put Minor on Resume and How to Avoid It The Number One Question You Must Ask for How to Put Minor on Resume However tempting it may be to stretch the truth, lying on your resume is always a poor idea. You dont need to spend a good deal of money on your report binder. For example, in case you breach your contract afterward I am likely to have to set my house in the industry. Bear in mind that you may change and eliminate any of this information to fit your own conditions and the job for which youre applying. Nowadays you ve got a link on your site or somebody elses site. From the one, it vital that you compose a guide. Its something that you could mention in the overview of your resume. Below is a good example of the way to set a minor on your resume. The Appeal of How to Put Minor on Resume If youre out of school for at least two or three years, you might move this section to the bottom of your resume. A minor is frequently a good bi t of relevant info, especially whenever your minor is associated with the job for which youre applying. To begin, review information on different pieces of a resume and whats included in each element. Your resume will likely be put into sections. The skills section of your resume shows employers youve got the abilities needed to be successful in the function. Your careers could be various, your experience and abilities vast, and it may be hard setting it up all in writing. If youre not certain which skills that you want to share, consider your prior experiences. Key skills chance to be work-related skills which you will have to do employment. Simply take a look at the success, skills and experience you may have listed. In the majority of instances, your soft skills can boost your hard skills. In the majority of instances, your smooth skills can boost your hard skills. As stated previously, determining gentle skills is far tougher. The Nuiances of How to Put Minor on Resu me Since many job seekers may list skills in another section of their resume, additionally, it is important to weave them into descriptions under every one of your prior positions. Youre going to want to tailor your resume to the work description. Then youll be in line to acquire the job being considered. Everybody knows that whenever seeking to locate job, the precise first task you will need to perform for a possible employer is, deliver a duplicate of the resume. Employers want to observe a history of success demonstrated on your resume they also need to observe your successes are related to them. Anthr lumn gives you year-to-date totals. Functional resumes are excellent for highlighting transferable expertise that will be applicable to your brand-new area of work. Its fast and simple to use. Resumes ought to be constantly improved, custom-made and edited in buchung to meet up with the needs of the task finder. Life, Death and How to Put Minor on Resume You might disco ver information online about approaches to utilize for jobs. When trying to rapidly find work, you should creatively and be in somewhere to advertise yourself to companies. Proceed for expansion When you search for employment, you overlook t only try to discover a company to hire one. Running a company isnt a very simple job, particularly modest small business proprietors that have time because of hats they must wear to compose. Becoming in a position to list more than 1 suite is a terrific benefit. All it can take for them to get your service or product is that you follow up. You ought to at least reevaluate the provider s site to find out more about current events within the organization. You will deliver the very best service on the planet. A lot of individuals assume a cover letter is about you. In the rest of the scenarios you may either compose an official letter. The outstanding thing with writing letters, even in comparison to verbal communication, would that you h ave only a little time to pause and think about just what you want to state, the sequence of these scenarios you want to state, and in precisely the very same period be in a position to choose the ideal phrases to present an extremely clear message. The specific very same manner a cover letter may allow you to appear well qualified for a single place, it may permit you to seem overqualified to receive a different. The Chronicles of How to Put Minor on Resume Besides studying, there are many different activities for you to make the most of in college. You should tailor the education section of your resume to satisfy your circumstances, including whether you continue to be a student, how much work experience which you have, and what number of academic achievements youve got. When you have 2-3 decades of work experience, it is the right time to eliminate your GPA from your resume. All you need to do is write in the credits you did figure out how to get. Top How to Put Minor on Resume Secrets If this is the case, you already know you want a resume. You may use the activities section to demonstrate that you do volunteer work or even simply to demonstrate that youre a well rounded individual, not a workaholic. Read through it two or three occasions and youll probably spot three or four crucial skills stated often throughout the document.

How to Build an Effective Employee Referral Program

How to Build an Effective Employee Referral Program According to Glassdoor, only 10 percent of candidates come in from employee referrals. And yet, that 10 percentaccounts forthe highest quality hires. If your recruiting team is searching for a way to bring in better candidates, look no further than employee referrals. But how do you build a dependablepipeline of employee referrals? The answer, of course, is to create an employee referral program.An Employee Referral Program Can Be Your Best Recruiting ToolEmployee referral programs (ERPs) are often wildly successful for organizations after all, who best to tap for quality hires than the very people who already make your company great? That being said, ERPscanpose a problem when a company is looking for a constant source of quality referrals, theres no guarantee that employees will always have great referrals to fill the talent pool.This is whyre cruiting teams have to start thinking like marketers. What would prompt employees to refer qualified acquaintances and friends, rather thanevery Joe Shmoe they know? Lets examine some simple options that can produce some big resultsOffer a Prize if an EmployeesCandidate Is HiredIt may sound hokey, but people love to win things. If an employee stands to gaina few extra bucks or a toxikum certificate to a local restaurant, theyll be mora encouraged to refer qualified candidates. Since the prize is conditional on the employees referred candidate actually getting hired, this will cause employees to think hard about who they refer, discouragingemployees fromreferring poor candidates. The name of the game here is quality,not quantity.Create a Wall of FameIf an employee refers acandidate, they earn a spot on the Wall of Fame. The person who refers the most hired candidates can hold a spot of honor on that wall.Recognition can build goodwill among employees and give them asense of pride in the work theyre doing. Imagine how tickled clients and vendors will be as well when they come into the office and see the kind of recognition your team receives Engaged employees are often a part of the employer brand itself. With a Wall of Fame in place,the recruiting team gains a pipeline of referrals and employees gain a sense of belonging. They get to represent the brand in a mora meaningful way.Throw a Networking PartyNetworking events are great ways to show off your companys culture and meet employee referrals. Parties are nonthreatening environments where people feel free to mix and mingle. Try to incorporate some employee recognition into the event, too, as thiswill communicate to the referral candidates in attendance that your company values itsstaff . This simplesolution can help build an effective employee referral program that produces quality hires right out of the gate.Just AskNo room on the wall? No room in the budget? How about your recruiting team just asks employee s if theyve got anyone great to refer. This method may not seem exciting, but employees who knowtalented individuals theyd like to work with will respond with referrals. This method isnt about creatingavalanches of referrals in fact, it may only produce one quality referral but that referral may be your organizations next great hire.Get Creative and Think Like an EmployeeTo develop a thriving employee referral program, you have toabandon the recruiter mindset and start thinking like theaverage employee. In your mind, its clear what the employer brand is and why employees should refer candidates, but that may not be as clear in the employees minds. To establish a successful ERP, you may need to start by communicating your employer brand message more clearly to existing employees.No matter your method of encouragement, its helpful to start with the basics and ask yourself whether youd want your friends to work at your organization. If the answer is no, you may need to lay some import ant cultural groundwork prior to asking employees for referrals. Once this groundwork is in place, your team has ample opportunity to think outside the box and start athriving employee referral program.