A huge LinkedIn study just showed which connections are better when searching for a job

  • Written by: Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Senior Lecturer in Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Say you are looking for a new job. You head to LinkedIn to spruce up your profile and look around your social network.

But who should you reach out to for an introduction to a potential new employer? A new study of more than 20 million people, published in Science, shows that your close friends (on LinkedIn) are not your best bet:...

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