B
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29 days
29 days -- time to start work via referral for referral recruitment channel (2026)
On average, a candidate who got in touch through referral took 29 days to start work.
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29 days
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Duration Days
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
goals.nl
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Tier C
https://goals.nl/en/blog/the-benefits-of-referral-recruitment/ ↗
Source Article
Blogs - Goals
The benefits of Referral Recruitment.
Referral recruitment. Employee-recruiting. Via-via recruitment. Almost no labour market communication plan lacks this form of recruitment. Logical, because referral recruitment offers many advantages.
Referral recruitment. Employee-recruiting. Via-via recruitmen…
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goals.nl
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referral recruitment channel: 29 days time to start work via referral. Source: goals.nl (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/referral-time-to-start-29-days
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