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80%

80% -- positions filled through personal connections for US job positions (2025)

Name: Positions Filled Through Personal Connections Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-04

2025 · CNBC

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80%

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Percentage

Data Vintage

2025

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US job positions

Geography

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CNBC Primary Tier C

https://www.awesomic.com/hire-marketing-designer ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Wayback

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US job positions: 80% positions filled through personal connections. Source: CNBC (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cnbc-positions-filled-through-connections

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