I know this is often the determining factor. I wanted to get an idea though - of how many people out there. Please let me know what type of job you got also.
2007-01-13 07:16:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I've been doing some job hunting and went to a workshop on it. 62% of jobs gotten are those found by networking. Cold calling, mailing resumes on the internet, want ads and the like only rated 10-16%.
2007-01-13 07:20:29 · answer #1 · answered by willow78 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi, well i an not employed but nearly all of my rlatives have got a job because they new someone. But of course they wont put in a good word for me. Her goes
Ages a go my auntie got my mum a job when she was younger,
Then when my mum Left My auntie got her son and daugther a job in the factory.
Then my brother got a job ages a go at macdonalds when his mates worked there and at a secrity company her used to work for and a job he has got now.
Everyone in my street that works at ASDA are all related either mother or daugther etc.
My cousin gets her daughter a job every where she works and a lass has to jobs one because her mum got her it and another job in a different shop in the town.
Another lass i went to school with works at morrisons and now her sister has a job there too.
So you can say a few times that i know of a person who got the job because they new someone. I think its highly unfair as you know straight away when you go for an interview nearly all the time the job has been taken they just have to interview so many by law. This is why half of us cant get jobs, its easy money for them, check this out a girl i knew from school, straight after she left school her mum got her a job a ASDA. She was sorted from then off no interveiw or nothing. I suppose this is the way it is for most companys.
2007-01-13 15:34:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have gotten every single job by 'knowing someone'. For customer service type jobs I was already a customer so I had established a rapport with the managers. For my marketing job I went to a temp agency and they placed me there one day as a receptionist, the hiring company was happy with my work and offered me the marketing job. For my administrative job, I knew the recruiter that posted the job online.
It was never quick, but knowing people honestly helps. And the funny thing is,you never know who you are going to ask for help or a good referal!!
2007-01-13 15:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Penelope's Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Job 1 my mum knew supervisor got me a job supermarket
job 2 next door neighbour got me a job
job 3 got the job my self job centre
job 4 my mum worked in wages office at engineering firm got me job in factory.
job 5 my mum knew foreman at engineering firm he got job
job 6 got job job centre
job 7 got job evening paper
job 8 went back to job 5 knew the people took me back on
job 9 got job evening paper
job 10 got job Internet advert
job 11 got job cold calling this company had vacancies.
now out of work don't know who will supply next job
2007-01-13 16:42:14 · answer #4 · answered by Russell B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may count as "knowing someone" in order to get a job. I was an associate at a temp agency. I found out about the job at corporate through theh branch manager I worked out of as a temp. She talked to the corporate recruiter and got me an interview and a few weeks later, I was working there.
Networking is very helpful.
I work in Billing.
2007-01-13 15:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by penpallermel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After graduating I got a temping job at an investment bank, I spent six months proving myself and making contacts. When the contract I was on,was coming to an end, one of the directors found me a permanent job elsewhere in the bank. So I guess it does help when you make the "connections". However I would like to add, I had to work hard to proof my self to them.
2007-01-13 21:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by rt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got my interview because I knew someone who worked at my place but I got the job myself by having a successful interview. I am a carer in a nursing home.
2007-01-13 16:34:54 · answer #7 · answered by stress-'ead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think about 3 times I've gotten a job because I knew someone who worked where I was applying.
The first one was at the airport. My dad convinced a friend of his to hire me. I was hired after a very very short interview.
The second time was when I applied at Lowe's. A friend of mine worked there and told the HR lady to hire me.
The third time just recently happened. A friend of mine talked to one of her friends and told him to hire me.
2007-01-13 15:25:47 · answer #8 · answered by stargazer673 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where I am from in latin america, you can get a job if you know the owner or a politician, like a teacher job or like an office job for a company
2007-01-13 15:21:06 · answer #9 · answered by robin_b963 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
me! my steo mum worked in a store, and i was more or less offered the job because of her, she told them they should employ me lol! pleased to say i got it, then she left anyway, and now ive left too and looking for another job, which im not having much luck with
2007-01-13 15:25:09 · answer #10 · answered by button moon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋