How to shuffle a MySQL rowset using the RAND() function in an ORDER BY clause?

When we use the MySQL ORDER BY clause with the RAND() function, the result set will have a shuffled set of rows. In other words, the result set will be in random order. To understand it, consider a table "Employee" with the following records -

mysql> Select * from employee;
+----+--------+--------+
| ID | Name   | Salary |
+----+--------+--------+
| 1  | Gaurav | 50000  |
| 2  | Rahul  | 20000  |
| 3  | Advik  | 25000  |
| 4  | Aarav  | 65000  |
| 5  | Ram    | 20000  |
| 6  | Mohan  | 30000  |
| 7  | Aryan  | NULL   |
| 8  | Vinay  | NULL   |
+----+--------+--------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Now, the following query will use ORDER BT RAND() to shuffle the set of rows in the result set -

mysql> Select * from Employee ORDER BY RAND();
+----+--------+--------+
| ID | Name   | Salary |
+----+--------+--------+
| 4  | Aarav  | 65000  |
| 1  | Gaurav | 50000  |
| 3  | Advik  | 25000  |
| 7  | Aryan  | NULL   |
| 6  | Mohan  | 30000  |
| 8  | Vinay  | NULL   |
| 5  | Ram    | 20000  |
| 2  | Rahul  | 20000  |
+----+--------+--------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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