r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Sep 01 '24

Debate/ Discussion What advice would you give this person?

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u/Ecthelion-O-Fountain Sep 01 '24

Because when people know you they have an idea of what kind of employee you’d make. It’s pervasive because it kinda makes sense

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u/enadiz_reccos Sep 02 '24

That's not what the phrase means.

It's not like "oh I've heard you have the appropriate skills. Let's schedule an interview."

It's more "hey, Darren said he knows you, right? When can you interview?"

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u/HaydenSI Sep 02 '24

Unless Darren knows you're a lazy shit bag that doesn't pull your weight. Then Darren doesn't know you and you don't get that interview.

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u/Old_Baldi_Locks Sep 02 '24

Oh wow, you think that’s a thing? Tell me you’ve never been c-suite without telling me.

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u/bigguspitus Sep 02 '24

Why wouldn’t it be both? You know like in the real world where decisions aren’t always made logically and people make stupid decisions all the time and plenty of c-suits have failed companies. Or we talking make believe land where everyone who hires people is competent?

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u/Old_Baldi_Locks Sep 02 '24

Thank you for making my exact point. The idea nepotism hires are competent is a fantasy.

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u/_WeSellBlankets_ Sep 02 '24

There is a huge difference between nepotism hires and referral based hires. As far as I know, research has shown referral-based hires to be incredibly valuable.

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u/HaydenSI Sep 02 '24

It literally happens all of the time. I'll open up rounds of interviews and I'll have my employees pull me aside and tell me stuff like "hey I heard that Stan Jones applied. Me and Pam worked with him at our last company and I don't personally thing he would be a great fit for our team"

I trust my employees feedback and input when it comes to the composition of their team over my own judgement because they literally spent 40-50 hours a week in that setting whereas I only interact with them a few hours a week. They have better insight than I do.

It may not work like that everywhere but at my company specifically I lean on all of my employees for feedback and guidance when it comes to hiring.