101 ideas for employee referrals rewards
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101IDEASFOR INSPIRATION FOR YOUR ERP
EMPLOYEE REFERRAL REWARDS
!The triggers that motivate your employees to engage in an Employee Referral Program are unique to every individual and workplace. There are a whole host of motivating factors which may effect your employee’s responsiveness to your company’s referral system. !While some may be driven by financial rewards, the reward of social recognition may incline others. Even altruism may play a significant role in galvanising your employees to participate.
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INTERNATIONAL REWARDS
Click on the categories below for some great ideas
MICRO REWARDS
RAFFLE CAMPAIGNS
CHARITY REWARDS
SOCIAL REWARDS
Motivate employees to refer by offering exciting micro rewards. !These prizes can be used to reward both the act of referring and for successful hires.
MICRO REWARDS
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Spotify subscription
Starbucks giftcard
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Breakfast for a week
Kindle fire
Gym membership
#6.Tickets to an MLB game
All access TV subscription to NBA season
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#11.Movie tickets #10.
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Personal day off
Food tour
Tickets to the theatre
Target/Amazon/Walmart !voucher
#13.In house massage
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Bike tour
Beats by Dre headphones
iTunes giftcard
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Hotel giftcard
Wholefoods giftcard#18.
#19. Local coffee cardCASE STUDY
KPMG used micro-rewards like giftcards to increase participation in their referral program. By running these campaigns only in certain departments and locations they were able to stimulate engagement in hard-to-fill areas specifically. Check out our KPMG case study infographic here
#20.Spa treatment#21.
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Ferrari for a day
$50 Shell gas card
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#24. Graze box subscription
Gourmet cookery course#25.
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Netflix subscription
Beers from a local micro brewery
RAFFLE CAMPAIGNS
Create a buzz around your referral rewards with exciting seasonal giveaways. !Give away a raffle ticket for every qualified referral and do the drawing as part of an all-hands meeting. You can then use the story of the employee’s trip as content for your next campaign.
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Helicopter ride
#30. Chauffeur for a day
#28. Dinner cruise
Weekend skiing
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Day at a race track
Hot air balloon ride
#33. Drawing classes
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Surf lessons
Weekend away
#36. Tickets to SXSW
#37. Vespa
#38. MacBook Air
#39.Wine tasting#40. Bianchi Bicycle
#41. Professional make over
Appdynamics ran a raffle competition with a prize of a helicopter trip and wine tasting in Napa Valley. This gave them a great opportunity to create content around the winning employee to share with the rest of the organization and generated hires from entry to VP level. Check out our AppDynamics video case study here.
CASE STUDY
#42.Paragliding
#43. Tickets to Coachella
#44. Microsoft surface
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Tasting menu at an exclusive restaurant
Round of golf at exclusive course
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iPad mini
#47. Bottle of Macallan whisky
#49.Chocolatier course
Wine club membership#50.
CHARITY REWARDS
Altruistic rewards can motivate employees who are driven by helping others. This may take the form of charity donations made in the name of the rewarded employee or through other creative ways of giving.
Plant a tree with Plant a Billion
#51.World vision micro loan
Fairtrade hamper
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Give a goat through Oxfam America
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Buy a pair of Toms
Adopt-a-rainforest with Rainforest Alliance
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Adopt a panda with WWF
Feed a child for a year with Feed the Children
Charity giftcard with! tisbest.org
#60.Disaster relief
Through the introduction of a 2 month charity donation campaign around the Philippines typhoon relief 2013, alongside their financial rewards, Informatica were able to triple participation in their employee referral program. Check out our Informatica case study here.
CASE STUDY
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Donation in your name to St Jude Children’s Hospital
Give to Wounded Warriors Project
US National park pass
Donate a mosquito net with Nothing But Nets
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Housing costs for one Habitat for Humanity buildTop referrer to choose company charity of the year
Donation to Salvation Army foodbank
#68. Donation to United Way
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Build a well with charity: water
Donation towards research at the American Cancer Society
SOCIAL REWARDS
In many organizations social recognition can be a greater motivator than financial incentives. Simple recognition such as gratitude messages may be effective for employees who respond well to social motivation. Read on for more ideas.
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Thank you emails
Recognition postcards
Top referrer t-shirts
Top referrer mug#75.Top referring department day out
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#78. Recognition in company newsletter
Giant cheque
Mention in staff meeting
CASE STUDY
KONE were able to use leaderboards of top referrers in different departments along with appreciation e-mails to engage 55% of their workforce in the referral program. Check out our KONE infographic case study here
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Company drinks celebrating top referrer
Thank you gift on desk
Training credits
Leaderboard
INTERNATIONAL REWARDS
Global companies benefit from introducing rewards that resonate with employees in different geographic locations. !It is also important to structure a reward system in consideration of local living costs. See the next few slides for some great international ideas.
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Dinner at the Ritz, London
Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Skiing in St. Moritz, Switzerland
CASE STUDY
VCE were able to reflect the relevant rewards across 15 different countries in the local currency. Along with the opportunity to use international micro or raffle rewards to increase engagement in high growth geographies. Take a look at our VCE video case study here.
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#86. Helicopter ride over New York
Charter a junk boat in Hong Kong
Dining at King’s Joy, Beijing
Tickets to fashion week, Berlin, London, NYC, Milan or Paris
Wine tasting in Stellenbosch Cape Town
Dinner at Le Meurice, Paris
Barchetto cruise in Florence, Italy
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Cocktails at Shiodome, Tokyo
Microlight over Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
Private yacht charter in English Bay, Vancouver
Breakfast at the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
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Wimbledon tickets, United Kingdom
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Tickets to Verona Opera Amphitheatre, Italy
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#101. Tickets for the ballet in St Petersburg
Beer tasting, Bavaria Germany
Night at the Burj Al Arab, Dubai
Your referral rewards can be publicized effectively through email campaigns, highlighting the category of reward you are promoting.
To hear more advice on how to enhance your employee referral program get in touch with our Head of Strategic Accounts Andrew Higashi [email protected]
Take a look at our 2 minute overview featuring our clients Informatica, Appdynamics and DTS
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