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Referral campaigns

Turn your employees into your strongest recruitment channel

livewall designs employee referral campaigns where recommending a friend feels natural and rewarding. Campaign mechanics, gamified moments, and smart reward structures that make referral systematic rather than occasional.

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Employee Experience

Tools and campaigns that attract, onboard, and retain the right people.

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Why referral is your most effective hiring channel

Referred candidates consistently outperform every other sourcing channel on the metrics that matter: retention, speed-to-hire, and cultural fit. The reason is simple. Your employees understand both the role and the person they recommend. That combination produces a quality of match that job boards and external recruiters rarely deliver. As part of livewall's Employee Experience services, referral campaigns turn that insight into a structured, scalable recruitment channel.

Most organisations already have a referral policy buried somewhere in their HR handbook. The problem is activation. A policy is not a campaign. livewall builds the mechanics, communications, and reward structures that turn passive awareness into active referral behaviour, so your employees become a genuine talent acquisition channel rather than an occasional source of lucky introductions.

Your employees know your best candidates

Employees who refer understand both the role and the person. That match quality consistently outperforms job boards and external recruiters.

Activation is the missing piece

Most companies have a referral policy. Almost none have activated it as a real channel. The gap is mechanic, not incentive.

Lower CPH, higher retention

Referred candidates have lower cost-per-hire and higher retention than other channels, making referral the most cost-effective channel when activated.

From policy to campaign

livewall transforms static referral policies into active campaigns with clear mechanics, timelines, and momentum. We design the full campaign structure: sharing mechanics built into internal platforms, gamified referral moments that create energy, and reward structures that recognise the right behaviour. The result is a referral program that employees actually use, not one that collects dust in the HR intranet.

What a referral campaign includes

Every referral campaign is built around three pillars: mechanics that drive action, creative that motivates participation, and tracking that proves results.

Referral campaign mechanic design

Referral campaign mechanic design

Campaign structure, incentive design, sharing mechanics, and communication flows that drive action.

Creative & communications production

Creative & communications production

Assets and messages that explain, motivate, and remind employees to refer throughout the campaign.

Tracking & attribution

Tracking & attribution

Unique referral links, codes, or submission flows integrated with ATS for complete attribution.

Reward structures that drive the right behaviour

A referral bonus alone does not create a referral culture. livewall designs layered reward structures that recognise participation at every stage: from sharing a vacancy to a successful hire. We combine financial incentives with recognition moments, gamified leaderboards, and team-based challenges that make referring feel like a shared mission rather than a solo transaction. The goal is sustained referral behaviour, not a one-time spike.

Kruidvat

Kruidvat

This employee experience campaign turns job applications into a social experience by inviting friends to join the recruitment journey together.

Referral as part of your broader talent strategy

The strongest referral campaigns do not operate in isolation. They connect to your employer brand, your employee advocacy program, and your recruitment marketing efforts. When employees are proud of where they work and have the tools to share that story, referral becomes a natural extension of their daily experience rather than a separate HR initiative.

livewall brings all of these elements together. We align your referral campaign mechanics with your broader employer brand strategy so that every touchpoint reinforces the same message. The result is a referral program that feeds from and contributes to a positive employee experience, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of engagement and talent acquisition.

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