A friend of mine expressed his disappointment when she was not successful in the job interview. She was an experienced and high qualified for the position, yet the organisation gave job opportunity to a less experienced and less qualified person for the position. The person was selected merely based on influence of nepotism or as I call it 'someone knew someone.'
A dilemma is cast in my professional life as to how an organisation should hire an employee. Every organisation has freedom to select who they want but it is imperative to keep the interest, core values and mission of the organisation while making selections. If an organisation makes selection based on friendship and nepotism, it is most likely that organisation will not perform as it should. An organisation may overlook a talented candidate since it favors candidates that have influence. This poses a serious concern in a developing society where professional or highly talented people are left back since they have no influence in the hierarchy.
My own take on this matter is, an organisation must be non-biased while selecting candidates. This requires courage to face influential people on the higher part of the hierarchy. Most multi-million organisation have non-biased and fair selection of candidates to suit their employment needs, this makes these companies bloom and thrive. They choose the best talent by overlooking whether a candidate knows someone in the hierarchy. It is important that even small scale businesses practice this rule, the rule is, not someone knows someone rather someone knows no one.
