For employees
Candidates find you on Doorstep and apply with a CV and a short note. You review them in one place, refer the ones you’d vouch for, and earn your company’s referral bonus where it has one.
Free · sign up with your work email or work Google account · about 3 minutes
Sign up with your work email, then set the roles you can refer into and what a good candidate looks like. About three minutes.
People find you on Doorstep's company, role and graduate pages, and through your personal link if you share it.
Each application arrives with a CV, a note and your criteria side by side. Refer with a ready-made note, or pass with a reason.
Get asked for referrals on LinkedIn?
Every referrer gets a personal Doorstep link. Reply to referral messages with it and add it to your profile: no more CVs scattered across chat threads, and everyone who asks gets a fair look and an answer.
How the referral link works →Hi! I’m applying for the Data Analyst role at your company. Would you be able to refer me?
Thanks for reaching out! I handle referral requests through Doorstep so everyone gets a fair look and an answer. Apply here with your CV and a short note: doorstepreferrals.co.uk/r/your-name
Example conversation
Most companies welcome referrals, but rules differ. Check your company's referral policy before you join; we ask you to confirm you have.
No. You earn your company's normal referral bonus when it has one, for people you choose to refer. Doorstep is free for you.
You choose how many applications you can review each week (5, 10 or 20). When your queue is full, new applications pause.
Your first name, last initial, team and company. Your email is never shown.
Pass it with a short reason. The candidate gets useful feedback, and caps on applications keep volume sensible.
Not sure about your policy? Use the policy checklist. Writing notes? Try the note builder or read how to write a referral note that gets read how referral bonuses typically work and how to say no politely.
No sign-up and nothing stored. They work whether or not you use Doorstep.
A kind, clear note when you can't refer someone, with an optional CV tip.
Paste a draft referral note and check it is clear, concrete and complete.
A general step-by-step picture of how referral bonuses tend to work, and what to ask your employer.
Draft a short, specific, honest note for your company's referral portal.
What to confirm with your employer before you refer someone.
Also worth a read: common mistakes in referral notes.