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?

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Some employers are not willing to give either positive or negative recommendations.

Job applicants are hurting their chances of getting hired by asking prospective employers not to contact their current employer.

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Most job applicants receive favorable recommendations from previous employers.

Some employers favor work experience over recommendations.

Some employers give very little value to recommendations provided by the job applicant.

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What this question tests

Whether you can identify the argument's main conclusion as opposed to a supporting premise.

Selecting a restatement of a premise or a side point instead of the central conclusion.