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If anyone has hired friends as a favor... I would like to be friends with you.
I need a job and I need friends. It's a win-win.
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hahah!
No, I haven’t. I believe hiring should be based on skills and fit, not favors. It keeps things fair and professional, and honestly, it usually leads to better results for the team and company.
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thanks for your perspective!
Oh yes, I actually do this all of the time. I would say something like 30 to 40 percent of our new hires come from personal referrals. They are ether friends or related to a current employee or someone I know or know of personally outside of work. It works out pretty well for the most part.
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glad it works well! Do you typically vet them futher?
For low level roles, like customer service or some account manager positions, yeah I definitely have. I think that's just kind of how hiring works these days, and I trust when people I know are referring someone it's because they can vouch for their character. But, I would never do this for an important role. i would hand off the hiring to someone else if I had a conflict of interest for a bigger role.
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agree that it can be easier for entry level roles to just take a referral
I haven't. One of the benefits to living far away from my hometown is that I don't have people coming out of the woodwork to pressure me to hire their son, daughter, cousin, best friend, etc. I like to think I'd be above doing this, but I don't know that for sure.
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ah! I hate when there's pressure and not just a suggestion