The online survey was conducted in October, covering 1,443 respondents, 65.3% of whom were women, and 83.1% of all were aged 25-44.
Thirty per cent of the respondents said they got their current job by pulling strings, while 11.4% did so in their previous job.
On the other hand, 58.4% said they had never pulled strings to get a job.
Also, 74.8% of the respondents believe that getting a job is usually the result of nepotism. Only 1.5% believe getting a job is the result of applying for vacancies, and 23.7% believe getting a job is equally the result of pulling strings or applying for vacancies.
Furthermore, 77.5% of the respondents believe nepotism is equally present in the private and public sectors, 19.8% believe it is more prevalent in the public sector and only 2.7% believe it is more common in the private sector.
Only 15.2% of the respondents believe the situation in other European Union countries is better, while 63% believe nepotism is present there as well, although less than in Croatia.
Also, 35.8% believe it is wrong to accept a job by pulling strings, 28.7% believe it is not because it is difficult to find a job anyway, while 8.7% believe it is not wrong because the job could go to someone who also is not qualified.
If they were in a position to decide, 79.6% of the respondents would hire a person they knew but only if the person was qualified. Only 3.1% would employ an acquaintance without the required qualifications, while 10.8% would not do so because it would not be fair to the other candidates.
The survey showed that 31.4% of the respondents would not react to nepotism because they did not want to risk losing their job, 22.3% would do nothing if the hired person was qualified, 13.1% said the decision-making in their company was none of their business, and 12.1% would do something if this did not threaten their job.
The director of the portal, Sasa Jurkovic, said employers still did not realise that hiring an unqualified person was a step back for their company.