The No.1 Way to Get Hired Today

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Nancy Collamer

The people who land positions these days increasingly get them through personal referrals from friends who work for employers with job openings. A 2012 Federal Reserve Bank of New York study.

Choosing new employers from referral can be discriminatory. The Federal Reserve study noted that 71 percent of employers who recommended candidates named ones of their own race or ethnicity (which tends to be white) and 63 percent favor their gender.

Employees are also reluctant to refer friends who’ve been out of work for a while.

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