I Married a Referral!
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Victoria Charra describes running employee referral programs for technical hiring at startups, examining myths and documented effects of referrals. She covers how referrals introduce biases into hiring processes, how they can shorten time-to-hire, and the risks they pose for building diverse and inclusive teams.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:23What is a referral?
- 3:09Recruitment sources and metrics
- 6:17Building referral programs
- 9:50Referrals and workplace diversity
- 13:29Diversity hiring challenges
- 16:59Solutions for diverse teams
- 18:03Referrals and personal life
- 21:34Q&A
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