How Delta Capita reached a 67% referral hire rate in six months
A low-engagement referral program left employees on the sidelines. With Cruit built into their ATS, Delta Capita turned staff into ambassadors and closed eight hires from twelve referable roles.
Employees who couldn't see the roles couldn't share them
Delta Capita, a leading financial services and technology consulting firm, set out to make its people part of hiring. In a tight market for mid and senior roles, the firm's fastest route to strong candidates ran through the networks of the people already inside it, if only those people knew what was open.
“Cruit has given a professionalism boost to the recruitment process at Delta Capita.”
A referral program with good intentions and low engagement
The previous program struggled to mobilise employees. Submissions came in occasionally and often didn't match the roles that were actually open. The recruitment team had no simple way to keep people informed about live vacancies or where a referral stood, so staff never became the ambassadors the firm needed.
- Reduce time-to-hire and secure higher-quality applicants.
- Increase applicant diversity and employee engagement.
- Establish a structured, data-driven referral process.
Put every open role in employees' pockets, wired to the ATS
Delta Capita implemented Cruit and integrated it directly into their ATS. The platform automatically notified employees of new openings and kept them updated on the status of every referral. Cruit became a standard part of onboarding, giving staff transparent visibility into open positions and a reward-credit system for sharing them.
That structure transformed the referral process and gave HR actionable data on where candidates were coming from, turning ad-hoc submissions into a reliable hiring channel.
“Cruit enables employees to know precisely which job openings exist, making it easy for them to share with their networks, thereby boosting DC's visibility.”
Eight hires, and a workforce that hires for itself
Within six months Delta Capita reached a 67% hire rate on referable positions, eight successful hires from twelve opportunities, with the first closed in just two weeks. Shared roles generated 400,000 job views and a 45% apply-to-hire ratio, and employees became genuine ambassadors for the firm.
One new joiner put it simply: a friend they often work out with spotted an open position, thought it was a fit, and after a conversation they now work at DC.
“Given the challenging job market for mid and senior roles and Delta Capita's growing reputation, employees serve as our ambassadors, capable of sharing DC's story and leveraging their networks to achieve our growth objectives.”
The future with Delta Capita
Delta Capita is aiming for full employee participation, hosting a headquarters event to celebrate Cruit's impact and to bring the platform back to people who haven't yet come on board.
- Reach complete adoption across the workforce
- Re-engage employees who haven't downloaded the app
- Keep employees informed and active as ambassadors
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