In this study, we define "employment through social networks" as employment through introduction or recommendation of family members, friends, and acquaintances, and utilized data from the "2008 Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey". Empirical findings from the logit analysis of the effects of individuality, personal productivity, characteristics of the university from which one has graduated, and economic support from parents are as follows: first, employment through the social networks is more frequent for those people who have fewer licenses, less job training, less education, lower scores for the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), 2-year/local college students, or liberal arts major students. Parents’ income and support for school expenses are not significant variables; however, financial support from parents and the amount of the support significantly increase the probability of finding a job through social networks. If employment through the social network supplements employment through a more formal path in terms of "job matching", its effect can be considered positive. However, we can infer that employment through the social network can also act as a discriminatory factor if personal productivity has less of an effect on employment than the social network does.