Do you support someone getting a job through just recommendation?
By divineathena
@divineathena (1746)
United States
July 21, 2011 8:04am CST
When I first started working one of my colleagues mentioned that in California it is not easy to get a job without networking. According to her, it is much easier to get a job at a company where our relative, friend or family member works. My boyfriend tells me the same. He has mentioned how at his mom's workplace so many mommies and sons work. One brings the other through recommendations. It seems to be all true. Back in school, one of friends recommended her employer to hire me and without even seeing my resume he was ready to give me the job. It was, however, not related to what I was studying. So I rejected it. But do you support this kind of hiring style? I don't see it as ethical because there are many experienced people who got laid off. They have great resume, but don't do networking. They are fit to work and so they deserve the jobs.
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6 responses
@xuyxuy (432)
• Philippines
23 Jul 11
Same here, I don't see it's ethical to hire somebody through recommendations. For me, it's very unfair to do so. As for the one applying through recommendations, you will not feel the glory of getting a particular job in which you really do your best, without anybody's help but only yourself. Sad to say that hiring through recommendation is practiced all over the world now. Employers should not only based their decisions through recommendations but they should also analyze the resume, scrutinize the individual bringing in the recommendations and eventually evaluating if he or she is capable of doing the job. Since, yes I agree there are those fit to work, deserve to be hire and get the job, but they don't have somebody whom to recommend them.
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
24 Jul 11
I totally agree with you. There is no glory in getting a job like that. But it seems that job market these days is so bad that people are ready to take every help possible to land on anything possible.
@sinawaliboy (271)
• Philippines
22 Jul 11
It really depends on the job and the industry that you are entering. Having a good network is a big plus when applying for a job. The saying goes --- it's not what you know but who you know. But at the end of the day, it will still be you. I work in a call center and having to know people from upper management really helps.
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
23 Jul 11
I know a good network can easily help us land on a job. It sounds like a relief, but at the same time we should question whether we are fit for the job. In your company is it possible to get a promotion through networking?
@raj_gupta (311)
• India
21 Jul 11
I hate this kind of hiring style. We in India have many internal problems but still manage to have our economic growth rate in high single digit numbers, imagine what we can achieve if we sort out those internal problems! Why I mention that? Because one of those problems that are slowing us down is recommendations and reservation, combining together they have plugged the hiring structure for best fit personnel here. Recommendation is good and should be encouraged to the extent where you work to introduce the employee to the the employer, as that shows people who know you cares for you, that's humanity to me. But by no means it should be the sole criteria for selection. There should be a fair test of abilities for each vacancy.
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
23 Jul 11
I think recommendation should come from someone under whom we worked before. That person is more fit to judge someone's professional ability. But a cousin or uncle will not do it. They will actually tell what the company wants to hear because they know how things work there.
@writergirl74 (802)
• United States
24 Jul 11
ehhh...my thinking is "whatever is for you is for you". It may not be for the person who has all the textbook experience. It might just be for the person that is very customer friendly and even though she hasn't graduated with a phD, she can keep customers coming back because they simply like to talk to her. So yes, I support jobs by recommendation. In the end, the job will be given to the one that is best suited for the general building and further advancement of the company.
@Bannybanzie (1397)
• Philippines
22 Jul 11
Well, it depends. For me, if that person is really good enough and just having a hard time getting a job, but again, he's good ENOUGH and really good, then it's fine. But if he/she would just depend on this type of getting a job or he/she does not really deserve it, no!
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
23 Jul 11
Recommendation coming from the ex supervisor can be a good thing. But if a person is unqualified and yet gets a good position just because of their uncle we should not spare him. I wish companies make strict policy on how a person can get the job. I must still say though when applying for jobs I noticed that the application often contains this specific question, "Do you have anyone working for this company?" So perhaps, even companies are okay with it.
@dsailor (44)
• United States
21 Jul 11
Unfortunately society is all about networking and not really about qualifications. A lot of People think the workplace is better by hiring people they know and through recommendations from current employees rather than hiring an outsider. Its not really fair but its the way it is unfortunately.
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
23 Jul 11
This is how I believe they can lose the aimed output. The one coming through recommendation might not be qualified to work well. Some might even be lazy. I am not sure why even after being aware of that companies do not stop stop hiring relatives.
