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Intelligence, not connections, may lead to more career opportunities
TUESDAY, APRIL 03, 2012 15:01 PM

Intelligence, not connections, may lead to more career opportunities Some jobseekers believe that it is not what they know, but who they know that will provide them with the career advantage they seek. However, new research from Tel Aviv University (TAU) shows the opposite to be true.

Yoav Ganzach, a professor at TAU’s Recanati School of Management, reviewed data on 12,868 Americans who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, according to the American Friends of Tel Aviv University website. The researcher learned that while family connections can help, they will only get workers so far.

"Your family can help you launch your career and you do get an advantage, but it doesn't help you progress," said Ganzach, as quoted by the website. "Once you start working, you can go wherever your abilities take you."

Based on his findings, Ganzach arrived at the conclusion that intelligence had the ultimate influence on the pace of pay increases during one’s career.

Lending more weight to the theory that connections are not everything, CareerBuilder reported that it is statistically unlikely that only people with the right contacts are receiving job offers.

For individuals who wish to get a sense of how they will fare in their careers, an IQ test may be able to provide the answers they seek.


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