I never referred them in the sense where I made a recommendation for them or mentioned that I had asked them to apply. I just pointed them to the job. The state

I never referred them in the sense where I made a recommendation for them or mentioned that I had asked them to apply. I just pointed them to the job. The statement that they have a connection at the workplace would still be true in the cases where they were hired. Also, just in case it’s helpful, the zero weight statement was related to the folks I connected with. Not referrals in general. Basically, as your comment reveals to me, there’s a lot of nuance here and the article generalizes it away into a statement that doesn’t feel accurate.