Hire top candidates faster thanks to employee referrals

Damovo is a successful IT consulting company whose recruiting was becoming increasingly sluggish despite high employee satisfaction. With the softgarden referral manager, the company was finally able to communicate its attractive corporate culture in a credible and convincing manner and thus attract numerous suitable IT experts through employee referrals.

About Damovo Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

General conditions

Industry: IT & Telecommunications

Size: 650 Employees

Customer since: 2020

Wanted job profiles: Sales Manager, technical and administrative positions

Solutions in place

Referral Manager

“Working at Damovo improves the way people work together. We support companies with digitalization. Demand is high and we are growing steadily. Since we have integrated employee referrals into our recruiting, we have been able to convince job seekers of our unique working atmosphere in a much more authentic way and also reach passive talent. Almost every third application via our employee referral program is a match.”
Luisa Nengel, Talent Acquisition Specialist at Damovo

Authentically address and convince sought-after talents

Damovo operates in the market for IT experts, one of the most difficult labor markets of all. In the past, the search for suitable talent has become increasingly difficult for the company – despite a very attractive corporate culture and high employee satisfaction.

The IT consultancy offers its employees numerous benefits right from the start, such as an attractive salary, a secure job, work-life balance offers, further training opportunities and flexible career opportunities.

The company wanted to demonstrate to talents the exceptionally high satisfaction and motivation of its employees and was looking for a digital and measurable solution for this.

Employees recruit employees: The recommendation manager from softgarden

Damovo has been using softgarden’s referral manager since July 2020 and has managed to mobilize its employees as active brand ambassadors for its own recruiting.

The first results were visible shortly after the introduction of the recommendation manager. According to Damovo, almost one in three new hires comes from employee referrals. No wonder, because a more credible candidate approach than recommendations is hardly conceivable.

The referral program is also extremely simple: Damovo automatically informs its employees about new job advertisements via the referral manager. Employees then share these specifically in their personal environment or in social and professional networks and thus promote their company as an attractive employer.

Damovo is delighted with the top hit rate that the company achieves with the softgarden referral manager. Recruiting employees is probably the simplest and most efficient way of recruiting.

IT recruiting: Top hit rate through employee recommendations

With the softgarden recommendation manager, Damovo transforms its greatest strength into an effective recruiting tool. Its satisfied employees convince suitable IT specialists in an authentic and credible way. In this way, the company gains the trust of top talents despite fierce competition.

High application quality, high cultural fit: employees draw the attention of people they know who have the right qualifications and who fit the company. They therefore take on part of the pre-selection process.
Reduce time-to-hire: Recommendations increase the quality of applicants, which measurably reduces the time-to-hire.
Less effort thanks to automation: Employees are automatically informed that their employer has advertised a job. This reduces the workload for the recruiter.
Greater reach: Employees also recommend jobs to talented people who are not actively looking for a job. In this way, companies come into contact with people they would not reach via traditional job advertisements on job portals.