Occasionally, a job applicant requests that prospective employers not

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Occasionally, a job applicant requests that prospective employers not contact her current employer because she does not want the current employer to know she is considering leaving that employer. However, some employers will not hire a job applicant without a positive recommendation from his or her current employer

Which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn from the information above?
 
A.Some employers are not willing to give either positive or negative recommendations.
B.Job applicants are hurting their chances of getting hired by asking prospective employers not to contact their current employer.
C.Most job applicants receive favorable recommendations from previous employers.
D.Some employers favor work experience over recommendations.
E.Some employers give very little value to recommendations provided by the job applicant.

I chose E because the argument said that  SOME  employers will not hire. That means some employers will hire without a positive recommendation. I really do not understand why E is incorrect

gmat2015p · Answer

In a conclusion question, the answer choice MUST BE TRUE based on the facts stated in the passage. If you read closely the "value of recommendation" is never discussed in the passage. Hence choice E can not be correct.

mvictor · Answer

what is the source of this question?

this is an inference type of question. The conclusion must be deducted from the information given in the argument.

a job applicant requests that prospective employers not contact her current employer because she does not want the current employer to know she is considering leaving that employer. However, some employers will not hire a job applicant without a positive recommendation from his or her current employer

JA request not to contact CE
but, SOME not hire without positive recommendations
this leads that some will hire without a positive recommendation or that some will even ask for recommendations.

Which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn from the information above?

A.Some employers are not willing to give either positive or negative recommendations.
this is irrelevant

B.Job applicants are hurting their chances of getting hired by asking prospective employers not to contact their current employer.
it might be true, but not always! since only SOME employers require positive recommendations, it might be the case that some do not even consider recommendations.

C.Most job applicants receive favorable recommendations from previous employers.
cannot be verified.

D.Some employers favor work experience over recommendations.
since SOME employers only ask for positive recommendations, other might not even consider recommendations for employment.

E.Some employers give very little value to recommendations provided by the job applicant.
Job applicant does not provide recommendations, but the current employer. out.

D for me is the best.

dominicraj · Answer

B is the only possible correct answer.

E is wrong because it talks about "value" to recommendations.. We dont know who gives how much value or if they give any value at all.. So it cant be a "must be true".

D presents a comparison between "work ex" and "reco". Kindly note an employer can choose to weigh which one to be weighed more. Nothing about the same mentioned in the passage.

douglasvg · Answer

Always look at the last sentence when you are going to answer:
 "However, some employers will not hire a job applicant without a positive recommendation from his or her current employer"

If you look to this part you are going to see that the letter E cannot be the answer. Because its talking about the VALUE of the recommendations, and in the last sentence we are saying the a prerequisite to get the job is a positive recommendation.

Letter B says: If the job applicant says to not call the current employer, then the prerequisite will not be fulfilled.

I hope its clear

mvictor · Answer

on second thought, since this is a "find the conclusion" type of question, only B actually makes sense. B is 100% supported by the information given in the argument, while D is a might be true answer choice.

hooke791 · Answer

Occasionally, a job applicant requests that prospective employers not contact her current employer because she does not want the current employer to know she is considering leaving that employer. However, some employers will not hire a job applicant without a positive recommendation from his or her current employer

Which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn from the information above?

A.Some employers are not willing to give either positive or negative recommendations.
 Irrelevant.  This talks about the type of recommendations.

B.Job applicants are hurting their chances of getting hired by asking prospective employers not to contact their current employer.
  Correct .  Since without positive recommendation from the current employer, the prospective employers will not hire the applicant, so by not allowing the prospective employers to contact current employer the applicants have hurt their chances of getting hired by default.

C.Most job applicants receive favorable recommendations from previous employers.
 Irrelevant.  Favorable recommendations not mentioned in the argument

D.Some employers favor work experience over recommendations.
 Irrelevant.  Comparison of work experience and recommendation not mentioned in the argument

E.Some employers give very little value to recommendations provided by the job applicant.
 Irrelevant.  Value of recommendation is not mentioned in the argument

thinkvision · Answer

The question stem asks which conclusions can be most properly drawn. Since the correct answer choice must be supported by the passage, this is an inference question. Do not bother breaking the passage into its conclusion, premise, and assumption for inference questions. Instead, focus on what the passage states directly. The correct answer must be true based on the facts in the passage. The passage states that, Occasionally, a job applicant requests that prospective employers not contact her current employer. However, some employers will not hire a job applicant without a positive recommendation from his or her current employer. Evaluate the answer choices.

Choice A: No. Whether employers are willing to provide recommendations is out of scope.

Choice B: Correct. This conclusion can be drawn from the information above. If job applicants request that prospective employers not contact the current employer, then the current employer will not provide a recommendation. However, some employers must have a positive recommendation from a current employer to hire an applicant. Thus, applicants who do not provide a recommendation from a current employer may be hurting their chances of getting hired by some employers.
 
Choice C: No. The phrase, Most job applicants receive favorable recommendations, is out of scope. The passage discusses those job applicants who do not provide recommendations from their current employers.

Choice D: No. The phrase work experience is out of scope. The passage does not provide information about work experience and how it affects the hiring process.

Choice E: No. The phrase Some employers give very little value to recommendations is out of scope. The passage discusses employers who do require positive recommendations from current employers; it does not indicate whether any employers do not require or value such recommendations.

The correct answer is choice B.

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