How Softchoice Battles A Tight Tech Skills Market

What's the idea behind the referral program?

Everything costs money, so if you go out and engage a third party to help you find somebody, you're probably going to pay usually anywhere between 18 and 30 percent [of a successful recruit's salary] for a hire. And you're dealing with a middle man or a broker in the case.

The idea behind referrals and why organizations are doubling down on them is to say, "If we do a great job with our culture, and we are an organization that people enjoy coming to work and doing interesting work, they feel valued."

We pride ourselves on positive reviews on places like Glassdoor because everybody goes there to find out about company culture these days and … what people are saying.