CareerBuilder’s Employee Referral Program Policy explains important aspects of our employee referral procedures. We place great importance on referrals because we trust our employees know what’s best for our company. We want to make this process as smooth as possible for our employees and those who they refer.

Scope

This Employee Referral Program Policy applies to everyone who refers a candidate to our company.

Policy elements

What is an employee referral bonus?

Our company will give out rewards to every referrer. If you know someone who you think would be a good fit for a position at our company, feel free to refer them. If we end up hiring your referred candidate, you are eligible for referral bonus. Our employee referral rewards may be higher if we hire your referred candidate in a hard-to-fill role.

Additional rules for rewards:

• We guarantee that rewards will be paid out within once the candidate passes probation and becomes a permanent employee.
• There is no cap on the number of referrals an employee can make. All rewards will be paid accordingly.
• If two or more employees refer the same candidate, only the first referrer will receive their referral rewards.
• Referrers are still eligible for rewards even if a candidate is hired at a later time or gets hired for another position.

Who can participate in our employee referral program?

All employees are eligible to participate in our referral program except for:

• Senior management (CEO, Managing Director.)
• Recruiters and hiring managers for positions for which they’re hiring.

Note that hiring managers can’t refer anyone for a position for which they are directly or indirectly responsible. But, they can refer someone for a position that’s in a different department, office or function. This exception doesn’t apply to executives and senior management.

Vendors, contractors, consultants and former employees are also eligible to refer candidates.

Who can be referred?

Condition for candidates who can qualify you for our rewards: they should not exist in the database

We encourage you to check our open positions via email/Talent Referral page and consider your social networks and external networks as potential resources for referred candidates.

Keep in mind that rewards may be subject to taxation. Please contact HR or our referral program manager for more information.

We may change our referral bonus program over time to add more interesting incentives. We also reserve the right to abolish certain rewards if they prove ineffective or inefficient. We’ll communicate any change clearly and timely.

We’d like to remind our employees that we are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against protected characteristics. Our referred candidates may take precedence in the hiring process. We guarantee that all candidates will be given the same consideration and will pass through our established procedures.