Vienna, Austria — 29 October 2020 — Firstbird today announced that its Digital Employee Referrals application is now available for online purchase on SAP® App Center, the digital marketplace for SAP partner offerings. The application integrates with SAP^® SuccessFactors^® Recruiting and enables employees to boost referral hires.

“Studies show that employee referrals are the most effective recruiting channel,” said Arnim Wahls, founder and CEO of Firstbird. “Our mission is to give customers worldwide access to our Digital Employee Referrals application. By offering our app on SAP App Center, we are making it easier for organizations to find and access our solution to help raise their employee referral program to the next level.”

The Firstbird Digital Employee Referrals application is designed to engage and activate employees through gamification and incentive features, resulting in more referral hires. Business benefits include faster and more cost-effective hiring, far-reaching and credible employer branding, and culturally aligned and sustainable hires. The application has advanced features including social reach, gamification, a reward shop, automated communication, and is completely GDPR compliant.

At SAP App Center, businesses can discover approximately 1,600 innovative partner solutions that integrate with and extend SAP solutions. There, customers can find the SAP-validated partner apps they need to grow their business. And for each purchase made on SAP App Center, SAP will plant a tree. Find, try, and buy SAP partner solutions digitally at www.sapappcenter.com.

Firstbird is a partner in the SAP PartnerEdge® program. As such, it is empowered to build, market and sell software applications on top of market-leading technology platforms from SAP. The SAP PartnerEdge program provides the enablement tools, benefits and support to facilitate building high-quality, disruptive applications focused on specific business needs – quickly and cost-effectively. The program provides access to all relevant SAP technologies in one simple framework under a single, global contract.

About Firstbird

Firstbird, the digital employee referral program, connects people with jobs and companies worldwide with suitable candidates. With Firstbird, employees become brand ambassadors, and referrals become a company’s most successful recruiting channel.

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Majella Grawatsch
PR Manager, Firstbird 
majella.grawatsch@firstbird.com