Fact: Adding 5 connections makes you 3.7x more likely to receive a job offer

Oct 28, 2007 in citations

I couldn’t help but chuckle at the Fact that was included at the bottom of a recent request to join someone’s LinkedIn network.

Fact: Adding 5 connections makes you 3.7x more likely to receive a job offer

I wonder just what the evidence looks like to back such a suggestion up?

All things considered, it would actually be a pretty data set interesting to analyze…

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