From baby boomers to millenials, CEO's to college graduates, few people have secured jobs without seeking letters of recommendation. But recommendations may not be the helpful selection tools they appear to be. In Recommendation Intoxication, author Erin Haggerty takes a provocative tour of real-life workplace stories, news stories and court cases revealing the connections between the recommendation tradition and today's most pressing workplace issues, including the economic recession, Bernard Madoff-style swindles, the explosive popularity of social media and workplace violence. Haggerty...