The State of Employee Referral Programs in 2025

Transform employee referrals into your frontline hiring superpower

Eqo helps you increase your frontline employee engagement with your referral program while eliminating any manual tracking from an admin side.

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Trusted by Leading Organizations

Fairview Health Employee Referral Program

BrightSpring Health Services Employee Referral Program

Compassus & Ascension at Home Employee Referral Program

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Employee Referral Program

Mercy Health Employee Referral Program

PharMerica Employee Referral Program

BJC Healthcare Employee Referral Program

Shaker Recruitment Marketing Employee Referral Program

Stella Maris Employee Referral Program

Friendship Village Employee Referral Program

Interstates Employee Referral Program

Employee referral programs are the best source to attract talent & reduce turnover

However, most are a manual tracking nightmare or face low engagement from the frontline workforce

With Eqo, your referral program becomes your hiring superpower

Employee Referral Solution

A referring experience built for your frontline

Fully text-based

Allow your frontline employees engage with your referral program via text.

No app downloads

Reduce friction, no app downloads required to make a referral. 15-second referrals.

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Employee Referral Solution

A tracking experience that saves your team time (and money)

Ditch the spreadsheet

Ditch the spreadsheets, eliminate any potential of manual error, and save valuable time.

Automated eligibility checks

Automatically checks referrer and new employee's employment status when payouts are due.

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Employee Referral Solution

Go beyond job referrals. Encourage employee referrals to your hiring events too

Expand referrals to your hiring events

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Eqo | Employee Referral Solution

Why Talent Acquisition Teams Love Eqo

Learn how our customers are using Eqo to attract frontline talent through employee referrals while saving hundreds of hours.

+25% referrals sourced

1.1% turnover rate for referrals

60hrs saved/month

Sourced 73 nursing hires in 4 months

"Working with the Eqo team, Tawfiq and Tiffany have been absolutely fabulous"

Amy Behrends | Recruitment Sourcing Manager

Reduced Turnover by 76% & Time-to-Hire by 10 Days

"The team at Eqo exceeded our expectations in every possible way"

Dana Mastropieri | Vice President People Attraction

ATS & HRIS Integrations

Quick & Seamless Integration with your ATS & HRIS

Eqo connects to all major ATS's and HRIS's to provide a seamless experience for your admins, your employees, and your candidates.

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Secure data

Security and Privacy: Our top priority

Our customers' data security is our #1 priority. All your data is securely hosted in North America. Always encrypted, always served over a secure connection. SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.

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Eqo Refer - SOC 2 Compliant

Employee referral tracking

The employee referral platform to attract more people like your best people

Eqo is the employee referral solution that saves you time and helps you attract and retain top frontline talent.

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