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Empuls enables companies to collect recognition from external stakeholders—clients, vendors, and partners—through no-login QR code or link-based nomination forms that automatically publish to the employee’s recognition feed and permanent history.
Empuls supports external recognition through a nomination system that requires no login from the person submitting the appreciation. Each employee can be assigned a unique QR code or shareable link that clients, customers, vendors, or partners use to submit a recognition message directly. This removes all friction for external contributors who have no access to a company’s internal HR tools. The nomination form can be customized to reflect the company’s brand identity, including logos, color schemes, and award templates aligned with core values. A professional services firm, for example, can configure award categories like “Client Excellence” or “Above and Beyond” that resonate with the people submitting them and reinforce what the organization stands for. Each template maps back to the values framework already defined in Empuls. Once submitted, the recognition automatically publishes on the employee’s feed in Empuls and triggers a notification to the recipient. The message becomes part of their permanent recognition history, visible to peers and managers alike. This creates a transparent record of external appreciation that sits alongside internal peer-to-peer recognition. For client-facing teams — account managers, customer success representatives, field sales, or service technicians — this capability is especially meaningful. A customer can scan a QR code after a service interaction and submit an appreciation note in under a minute. Because these messages originate outside the company, they carry a distinct weight that internal acknowledgments cannot fully replicate. Empuls integrates with communication tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, so recognition notifications reach employees in the channels they already work in. For organizations running Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or Darwinbox as their core HR system, Empuls connects employee data to ensure nominations are attributed accurately to the correct profile. The platform is certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II standards, meaning external form submissions are handled securely without exposing internal employee data to outside parties. The nomination link or QR code can be distributed in any number of ways: embedded in an email signature, printed on service packaging, displayed at a reception desk, or included in a post-meeting follow-up email. External stakeholders submit their message without creating an account or going through any authentication step. Empuls handles routing, attribution, and publication automatically on the back end. The result is a recognition program that reaches beyond the organization’s walls. Employees who regularly receive external appreciation develop a stronger sense of purpose, and their contributions become visible in a way that purely internal R&R programs cannot match. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — R&R program

How does peer-to-peer recognition work in Empuls?

Learn how employees send appreciation, awards, and badges to colleagues directly within Empuls’s recognition feed.

Setting up nomination workflows and award categories in Empuls

Configure multi-step nomination workflows, approval chains, and custom award categories aligned to your company values.