I've seen both perspectives. In a country like Israel, connections seem to go farther than skills and knowledge which is quite unfortunate. Just because you a

I've seen both perspectives. In a country like Israel, connections seem to go farther than skills and knowledge which is quite unfortunate. Just because you are smart doesn't mean your best friend is at the same level... I see it as taking a major shortcut and a huge negative if a company would let people's "friends" in the backdoor. Sooner or later, these employees would sell referrals to their company to strangers....