fatslob-:O said:
Linkedin is more than some polytechnic employee advertisement place as it has over 300 million users registered so the data is very much valid for other industries ... Again even at the extreme, the majority of the new hires are employees without connections ... For unskilled industries yes grades do not matter much but neither do your connections in that case however if you have a C average it will be very painful to get your first job when big companies will practically filter those applicants so getting straight As does matter a whole lot ... Once again qualifications > connections ... |
Yer but it also assumes 1st degrees. Not everyone gets a a job because they know someone on linkedin in that company. Most people get a job because of networking outside of linkedin. i.e. conferences, meet someone through someone at a function or lunch or dinner. Liek my last job that I got I actually got a call from a person I didn't know. They told me that X recommended you for this role. I was like ok I met X 2 years ago when Y introduced me to him and we got along chatting. X didn't even work at the company that hired me it is that Z asked X did they know anyone suitable over a lunch meeting.
For example, everyone in the electricity industry that I work in pretty much knows everyone in their respected areas. People shift jobs between these companies all the time because they get poached or reocmmended. Most don't even go through formal interviews.
My graduate job, I got by pure coincidence too. I went to meet a friend for lunch and his companies HR lady happened to be outside the building too. He introduced me to her and we got chatting and found a common interest in playing music instruments. She said why don't you apply for a grad position (which wasn't my major field but close to) and my mate said on the spot "yer he make a good fit". At that point it was jsut a formality because 1) my mate recommended me and 2) i liked playing music intruments as did she.
