[snozolli]

christians will hire anyone because that's what the christian religion is about

I get the feeling you've never lived around Evangelicals or Mormons.

Joining the right church is a long-standing method of business/career networking.

[skee8383]

only my whole life. evangelicals that is. i don't know much about mormons. but the evangelicals around my era are very multicultural and allow anyone in their church regardless of who they are and they will hire anyone at the businesses they own.

[snozolli]

and they will hire anyone at the businesses they own.

I don't think you realize the business opportunities you're missing out on.

They aren't exclusively hiring their own, but it's human nature to trust those closer to you. I've seen this heavily reflected in the evangelical and Mormon communities, but you'd never know unless you had insight via friends or family.