In 2017, referrals made up an average of 40 % of new hires — even though they were only 6 % of
the total applicant pool.
NASA whittles
its total applicant pool down by filtering out people who don't meet those criteria and by relying on the input of a panel of experts, mostly active astronauts.
Not exact matches
This year, they funded a
total of 46 projects — selected from a
pool of more than 3,700
applicants.