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Old Posted Jan 15, 2018, 3:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
Yeah, that may have been the case 50 years ago or so but not anymore AFAIK.

If anything I believe in many cases these days it might be *harder* to get a job if someone from your family already works for the organization you're applying to.
I have worked with enough children of senior officials that I would have a hard time believing it would it is harder to apply for a job.

At the same time, I don't think it is outright malfeasance. Government officials are likely to give good career advice to their children, likely to know who is hiring, their children are likely in Ottawa, etc.

I think part of the problem is that many departments have phased out national recruiting campaigns, so hires are increasingly people already in Ottawa who can take short term contracts as a way into the system.
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