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A comment on Ask HN: Why does most hiring happen through referrals?.

Re:Ask HN: Why does most hiring happen through referrals? by csmdev on Friday September 12, 2014 @10:10AM (#8308082)
It's the evil you know vs taking a chance on the unknown. Plus the short-term thinking that plagues most people.

This is why most companies fail eventually. Hiring and promoting based on relationships instead of skills. You can grow a relationship. But a bad employee will never get any better. Especially if you bump him up to management.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does most hiring happen through referrals? by redspark on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:52AM (#8308712)
Actually I would bet hiring on skill rather than personality, relationship with an employee and culture fit are responsible for more company kills than vice versa.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does most hiring happen through referrals? by joeclark77 on Friday September 12, 2014 @12:04PM (#8308772)
Who says a bad employee will never get any better?
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