Zao is built around referral best practices

We've built a world-class social recruiting platform around these concepts:

1. Make it easy for referrers to recommend friends by matching your job description to the skills of their friends.
2. Make it easy to reward all the people that help you make successful hires, whether they work for your company or not.
3. Increase engagement with gamification by acknowledging quality referral efforts based on your priorities.
4. Automate as much of your referral program as possible so that you don't have to do any heavy lifting.

Zao is simple

We know you're too busy to learn how to use yet another product. We have an easy to use sign-up wizard that makes it really simple to put jobs into the system and distribute them. We keep it simple for referrers too. If you think we've gone too far on features let us know!

Detailed referrer tracking

Zao lets you see exactly how you're connected to candidates. This makes it easy to get a reference before you decide to interview a candidate, saving precious time and resources.

Social network integration

Recruiting from Facebook? LinkedIn? Twitter? Why choose? We've integrated all these social networks, so you don't have to limit yourself (or referrers) to any particular social network.

Outsource payment of rewards

Rewarding people outside the company is great but calculating and making these payments can be daunting. Zao takes care of all these payments for you. Even if you hire 100 people a month, you'll only need to send us just one lump payment for that month. We'll distribute the appropriate payments to the referrers in each successful hiring chain.

Applicant Tracking System (ATS) integration

Zao can seamlessly sync with many of the leading Applicant Tracking Systems on the market. If you already have an ATS, we will take care of syncing our two system automatically. Considering switching ATS vendors? No worries, we can probably integrate with your new partner too.

Selective distribution

Using social networks doesn't mean that you lose control. If you like, you can forward jobs only to specific people, and you can limit the number of candidates they can recommend. You can also limit the degrees of separation between you and applicants, blocking anyone who isn't one or two degrees of separation from you.

Gamification

Zao automatically adds a gamification layer to your referral program, making it fun for everyone and allowing you track and manage participation. If you choose to do so, you can share the leaderboard with your employees. This will ensure that employees get credit for every action, whether forwarding a lead, getting an applicant, or distributing a job. It also encourages quality referrals and healthy competition.

Career site

Free automated career site based on the jobs you have open. Get your own unique link at company-name.zao.com. The career site allows you to share multiple jobs in one step with your employees and referrers. Use the career site to share rewards with all visitors, or just your referral network. You can add images and video to showcase what it's like to work with your company.