What's the Most Critical Factor in Landing a Job?

March 18, 2009 - CNBC and LinkedIn asked: In this economy, what's the most critical factor in landing a job? The results are in. Nearly 8,000 of you responded to our poll and the majority believes that internal references are the key to finding a job right now. LinkedIn is the place where you can find not only the job, and the reference, but also get the job.