I am in the same boat as OP because I have to onboard three new employees this coming Monday. All three of them are recent grads from the same college that the company chief financial officer attended and was recommended by him even though there were better qualified candidates in the interview pool but it didn't matter.

Colgate? This is how it works.

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Anonymous wrote:I had an executive boss who would only interview candidates from his alma mater and would hire them over more qualified candidates from less prestigious schools, sadly I think this happens all of the time

So people from your so-called more prestigious school are obviously more qualified? You people kill me.

This isn't just limited to a person's alma mater. Having a "name school" on your CV will get you in a lot of rooms. In most cases, it only gets you to that interview though.

It is not going to get you into a lot of rooms unless you have connections. Name school means nothing, IMHO.

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it - why does the EVP have such an interest in helping his son's lacrosse buddies? I can see helping out the mediocre kids of a business associate in order to get a favor, but I just don't get this situation. Does he think his kid will like him more if he helps out the buddies?

......have you never heard the phrase "you hire my son, I'll hire yours?"

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Anonymous wrote:I had an executive boss who would only interview candidates from his alma mater and would hire them over more qualified candidates from less prestigious schools, sadly I think this happens all of the time

So people from your so-called more prestigious school are obviously more qualified? You people kill me.

This isn't just limited to a person's alma mater. Having a "name school" on your CV will get you in a lot of rooms. In most cases, it only gets you to that interview though.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get it - why does the EVP have such an interest in helping his son's lacrosse buddies? I can see helping out the mediocre kids of a business associate in order to get a favor, but I just don't get this situation. Does he think his kid will like him more if he helps out the buddies?

He knows that kids like this: with stamina, attitude, connections, finesse, hard-work ethic, do well in the field. Pansies who complain about stuff like this do not. OP: you should just be in a different field and probably should have done some more research. I do think you're a troll, but if not, it's really on you. People are free to hire who they like, as they're not discriminating against protected classes. Period.

Bulls**t. It's I scratch your back, you scratch mine, and a power move. I've seen/employed dozens of this kids over the years and they are typically substandard employees, and others are forced to clean up their work. It's always reminded me of the kids (often athletes) in college who never bothered to do their part of the group assignments, and others had to do their work for them

"hired those two least qualified candidates because they were his son lacrosse's buddies in college. These are high salary paying jobs and I want them to go to the most qualified candidates but it didn't happen"

I've been in Finance for 25 years, and this is the way. It sucks, but I've seen it over and over again at multiple firms. My current firm currently has 4 nepotism employees... out of 35, none of whom pull their weight. It's demoralizing to the rest of the good employees, who eventually quit.

Anonymous wrote:I had an executive boss who would only interview candidates from his alma mater and would hire them over more qualified candidates from less prestigious schools, sadly I think this happens all of the time

So people from your so-called more prestigious school are obviously more qualified? You people kill me.