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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 171734" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>I don't think you can assume this individual got the job because of their connection, whether directly or indirectly. Some people have connections to others in the industry, but this does not mean they are automatically getting prioritised because of that connection - they can just be capable candidates. I have recruited "celebrities", relatives of very famous judges, next door neighbours of partners, children of leading international politicians - all received their roles off their own merit and not because of who they were. And yet, unfortunately for them all they were all too easily labelled by others of having being given the opportunity of who they were or who their connection was. That was unfairly placed on all of them for quite a long time in their careers.</p><p></p><p>I get it is frustrating though, and to be honest both the candidate and the graduate recruitment contact should have really thought a little more about how an interaction like this could be construed - because I completely get how it looks. Both of them should have thought a little more about the setting and maintaining a professional demeanour, and in my opinion doing this is not something they should have done.</p><p></p><p>Unless you had evidence that the individual had been favourited through the recruitment process, I don't think you have anything to base your complaint to the firm on and therefore would advise not writing to them firm about this. You feel the injustice of the situation, but it does not mean there actually was an injustice that happened.</p><p></p><p>It is always going to feel very raw in the moments after hearing you have been unsuccessful and you are allowed to feel like this, but I sense you are connecting your disappointment to what feels like an easiest thing to blame right now. And I don't think that blame is justified based on what you have said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 171734, member: 2672"] I don't think you can assume this individual got the job because of their connection, whether directly or indirectly. Some people have connections to others in the industry, but this does not mean they are automatically getting prioritised because of that connection - they can just be capable candidates. I have recruited "celebrities", relatives of very famous judges, next door neighbours of partners, children of leading international politicians - all received their roles off their own merit and not because of who they were. And yet, unfortunately for them all they were all too easily labelled by others of having being given the opportunity of who they were or who their connection was. That was unfairly placed on all of them for quite a long time in their careers. I get it is frustrating though, and to be honest both the candidate and the graduate recruitment contact should have really thought a little more about how an interaction like this could be construed - because I completely get how it looks. Both of them should have thought a little more about the setting and maintaining a professional demeanour, and in my opinion doing this is not something they should have done. Unless you had evidence that the individual had been favourited through the recruitment process, I don't think you have anything to base your complaint to the firm on and therefore would advise not writing to them firm about this. You feel the injustice of the situation, but it does not mean there actually was an injustice that happened. It is always going to feel very raw in the moments after hearing you have been unsuccessful and you are allowed to feel like this, but I sense you are connecting your disappointment to what feels like an easiest thing to blame right now. And I don't think that blame is justified based on what you have said. [/QUOTE]
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