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ResearchCode on Sept 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rejected internal job applicants are twice as like...

And full-on nepotism is known to be bad. My bet is that blind recruits would perform just as well or better as the family and friends of the recruiting manager would if you'd run the experiment.

thinkharderdev on Sept 4, 2021 [–]

That may well be true, but I would not necessarily equate "hiring internal candidates" with "hiring family and friends".

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