Determining metrics associated with referrers

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by data processing apparatus to perform operations to analyze referrers, the operations comprising:

• receiving, at a computer system internal to an organization posting a job, an input for a plurality of candidate referrers from whom referrals for candidates for the job can be sought;
• in response to receiving the input:
• searching profiles of recruiters stored on a plurality of computer systems external to the organization and profiles of current or former employees of the organization stored on the computer system internal to the organization for candidate referrers;
• identifying, in response to the searching, a plurality of referrers, wherein each referrer had previously identified a candidate of a plurality of candidates for a different job;
• evaluating each candidate for the different job;
• for each referrer of the plurality of referrers, determining a respective metric that represents a quality of the referrer, the respective metric determined based on evaluating the candidate that each referrer referred for the different job resulting in a plurality of metrics for the respective plurality of referrers;
• and
• displaying, in a user interface, data describing one or more referrers of the plurality of referrers as a candidate referrer from whom referrals for the job can be sought, wherein, for each of the one or more referrers, the data includes the metric and a number of potential candidates whom each of the one or more referrers had contacted in the past about one or more jobs.

A system comprising:

• one or more data processing apparatus;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a computer system internal to an organization posting a job, an input for a candidate referrer from whom referrals for candidates for the job can be sought;
• in response to receiving the input for the candidate referrer:
• searching profiles of recruiters stored on a plurality of computer systems external to the organization and profiles of current or former employees of the organization stored on the computer system internal to the organization for candidate referrers;
• identifying, in response to the searching, a referrer who previously referred a candidate for a different job;
• evaluating the candidate for the different job;
• determining a metric that represents a quality of the referrer based on evaluating the candidate for the different job;
• and
• displaying, in a user interface, the identified referrer as the candidate referrer to whom referrals for candidates for the job can be sought and the metric determined for the identified referrer.