Abstract: The solicitation and management of referrals is facilitated by methods that record in a database the descriptions of opportunities and the terms under which referral fees will be paid to parties that refer resources for consideration. In one application, opportunities are employment openings and resources are potential employees. Parties may search the database to discover opportunities along with the related referral-fee information, and may submit a referral that includes information describing a resource for consideration to satisfy an opportunity described in the database. A subsequent trigger event, such as a referred person being hired, initiates activities that allow a referring party to receive the referral fees that are due under the terms that are recorded in the database.