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The Ups & Downs of Hiring an Employee’s Friends
11:30 am, February 5th | by Erin Scottberg, LearnVest
It’s not news that being referred to a company by a current employee will help you land a job. But in this era of LinkedIn, Facebook and highly visible professional networking, the pervasiveness of this practice is raising some concerns. Across the board, the percentage of new hires that come through their current employees’ network is increasing at an unprecedented rate.

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