[HillaryBriss]

Adding to that paradox, a major theme of the original post is that personal connections are really important to getting a startup job.

So, startups are really looking hard outside the founders' circle of friends to find the most qualified applicants?

[cscharenberg]

This is something I commented on recently. Retraining programs and those already in the industry say social networking will get these people jobs. But they have the weakest networks in their new career. Yes, I could reach into 100 companies through my network and get an interview. A new person cannot. The assumption of using social networks is true only for those already established.

Longer discussion of that as a comment on this blog post (http://www.siliconsloper.com/2016/02/tech-hire-utah-initiati...)