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Since 1 September 2026, kununu has been discounting older reviews sharply – anything older than four years now counts for just 5 percent. What that means for employer branding, plus an overview of kununu, Glassdoor, Indeed and Google.

Employee referral programs are among the oldest tools in recruiting. At the same time, they are among the most underestimated. The data has been consistent for years: referred candidates show, on average, better performance, higher retention, and shorter time-to-hire. LinkedIn Talent Solutions and Society for Human Resource Management regularly confirm this pattern in their analyses. And yet, the actual impact remains limited in many organizations. Programs exist, but they ar

There's a sentence that comes up regularly in recruiting teams when the topic of sourcing arises: "We do that through LinkedIn." What's usually meant is some combination of LinkedIn Recruiter, occasional InMails, and the belief that with a good profile and enough persistence, you'll eventually find the right candidates. In 2026, that sentence isn't wrong. But it's dangerously incomplete. LinkedIn has changed so fundamentally over the past twelve months that many sourcing appr