fatslob-:O said:
Cobretti2 said:
You do realise that friends from college become friends from potential workplaces? Most grads/interns get jobs because they are recommened by their past friends from college. In fact I will go a step further and say NO ONE in the organisations I have workd as got into a company without someone recommending them. All without connections got dismissed early.
ONly other way to get a job is to litrally get your family connections (assuming they have any and been working for many years and are respected) to give you one.
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Yes, I do but it is not frequently the case ...
What you have is an anecdote, not data. Even in the most extreme industries where personal connections matter the most the majority of new hires do not have them ...
Not having the required qualifications on the other hand just means that you will be disqualified automatically for the most part ...
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I looked that graph up the key being
"LinkedIn analysed its member data to see how many new hires were already connected to someone at the company prior to joining, for each industry. When you have a “first degree” connection at a company, you have a better chance at getting in and may be referred to the job by that insider. These are the industries where LinkedIn members hired most from their employee networks:"
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/03/the-industries-where-networking-matters-more-for-getting-a-job/
Is it really surprising that the top linkedin users are IT savy jobs or jobs where you need to have an online presence? Most industries have such a low take up of linkedin users because they do not require that online exposure that the data is essentially meaningless.
Yes qualifications play a part in getting a job, but for most industries if you are anti-social and get straight As vs someone who is social has network connections and gets B/Cs they will be picked over the straight As candidate.
The only industies I seen that really care about marks is probably law and financial sectors like being an actuary or stock trader.