Because you know their work habits, values, and talents it is comforting to bring them into your organization. Hire the friends of your employees. If you have a great employee, chances are they they have friends you would like to hire. Like attracts like. When you need to fill a job, ask your employees to tell their friends to apply.
Good people run in good families.
If you have an outstanding employee, hire their siblings. Ekkwill Waterlife Resources raises over 1,000 types of tropical fish. The business is labor intensive and not your clean, neat, air-conditioned office either. Employees wade in mud puddles, have their hands in tanks of fish all day, and haul heavy equipment. One of the owners, Mike Hennessey, says they have a good benefits package, they treat people fairly, and try to have fun.