Would it affect your chances of getting a job if you had relatives/knew someone there

nuraxis

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Question in the title!

Reply 1

Tom Wigan

yes.

Reply 2

username153949

depends what position the person is at?

Reply 3

Beam...

shouldn't but inevitably will..

Yes.

Where I work it does.

Reply 6

Jesska xD

Yeah...at McDonalds (lol), one of the managers sons worked there and he was crap.. but they would not fire him because he was the managers son.

Reply 7

*Star*Guitar*

Its called networking, and generally works in someone's favour.

Reply 8

Mango24

Yes, I didn't need an interview either

Reply 9

OneEyedYellowIdol

When you apply for banking and law jobs one of the compulsory questions is whether you have a contact at the firm. Nepotism at its most obvious. Having just graduated from Durham and seeing what people are doing after their degrees it is very clear that what daddy does or who your family knows is a massive contributory factor to getting into the best jobs.

Reply 10

katie_lou

Ye i got my job in a pub because we used to go in there a lot and were friendly with the landlord.
It's all about who you know these days as jobs are so difficult to come by

Yes it will

So say I were applying for a job (it's not me, it's someone else, but hypothetically!), and my brother worked there (just as a shelf stacker) would it mean I am less likeky or more likely to get the job?