A critical aspect for organizational performance is recruiting “the right” people. Great talent serves as a foundation for great companies and a strong pool of candidates is a prerequisite for success. It is furthermore necessary to have an effective recruitment process in order to attract high quality candidates. Slow-paced recruiting processes may serve as a bottleneck to growth meanwhile an effective recruitment process within an organization speaks volumes about the company. It is a direct reflection of the professionalism and validity of the business while leaving its mark on both current and prospective employees. Referral-based recruiting is often referred to as the “holy grail” of recruiting strategies and is an industry term for when a someone, such as a current employee, supplies a candidate from their own network to the recruiter. The strategy capitalizes on the social and professional networks of people in order to generate candidates and is often combined with rewards to incentivize recommendations. Many claims that the recruitment method yields advantages such as increased candidate quality, retention rate and reduced time to hire etc. However, often, these claims are not peer reviewed and lack the empirical evidence to support these claims. This research aims to contribute with knowledge to what role referral-based recruiting plays within Stockholm and to learn more about how the social processes and human elements affects the outcome. Furthermore, how the recruitment method impacts the assessed quality of the candidate pool and recruitment process. A total of six managers active within recruiting in Stockholm has been interviewed for this research. The managers were each asked to describe and evaluate the hiring of five candidates and their respective recruitment process. The empirical results were analyzed in combination to the theoretical framework. Through the analysis, the conclusion was drawn that referral-based recruiting in fact appears to offer unique advantages in comparison to traditional recruiting strategies, such as job-adverts, headhunting and hiring the services of recruitment firms.

Submitted by Talles Henrique Pereira (talleshbr@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-11-21T15:48:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Talles Henrique Pereira.pdf: 1160248 bytes, checksum: 9af184f95d83c740c65f55a77a7f313e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2016-11-22T18:15:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Talles Henrique Pereira.pdf: 1160248 bytes, checksum: 9af184f95d83c740c65f55a77a7f313e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-06T17:44:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Talles Henrique Pereira.pdf: 1160248 bytes, checksum: 9af184f95d83c740c65f55a77a7f313e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-16 / O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de analisar a efetividade dos programas de movimentação interna, sob perspectiva dos empregados, em uma empresa de energia brasileira. Foram analisados os programas divulgados nos anos de 2014 e 2015. Entenda-se por efetividade um conceito integrado cujos pilares são os interesses e necessidades da empresa e dos empregados, aderentes à estratégia corporativa. Foi realizada uma extensa análise documental, através de relatórios gerenciais, pesquisa de clima organizacional e normas e procedimentos de recursos humanos. A partir desta, foram conduzidas entrevistas semiestruturadas aos empregados selecionados pelo programa, cujo perfil é composto por profissionais de nível superior, das carreiras de Análise de Sistemas e Engenharia de Telecomunicações. Os depoimentos foram avaliados em relação aos construtos carreira, dimensão organizacional, dimensão pessoal e movimentação interna à luz da teoria dos contratos, âncoras de carreira, motivação e carreira proteana. A pesquisa traz insumos relevantes à gestão de carreira nas organizações e ao recrutamento e seleção interna, considerando as especificidades e complexidade do arranjo da organização pesquisada. / This dissertation aims at analyzing the effectiveness of internal hiring programs at a large energy company in Brazil, considering the employee´s perspective. The programs considered comprised the period of two years: 2014/2015. Effectiveness was meant to be an integrated concept, which basic elements are the company and employee needs, aligned to the company main strategic plans. The methodology included an extensive documentary research, through managerial reports, organizational climate surveys and current human resources rules and procedures adopted by the company. From these sources, semi structured interviews were conducted to the selected employees by the internal hiring programs, whose professional profiles are comprised of IT and Telecommunication college graduates. Statements taken during the interviews were then analyzed through career, organization and personal perspectives. In order to analyze the interview results, academic research regarding contract theory, anchor of careers, motivation and protean careers were reviewed. The current research brings valuable resources to career management and to internal hiring programs, considering the complex organizational arrangement of the specific organization.