Current Events > So overall, why are getting in any decent jobs all about who you know?

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they cant put the job online on indeed or craigslist and give a chance to the public to apply?

I just used my bootstraps

If you are doing the hiring sometimes its better to go with a known quantity. Yes, knowing people helps but you can get a decent job without it.

Most people hiring are just as lazy as anyone else. They don't want to list a job, screen applications, and potentially interview a hundred idiots. If someone they know or someone who can be vouched for by someone they know wants the job it takes away a lot of work and stress.

I just give everyone I see a firm handshake and let them know I'm looking

MAR10_KarT posted...

they cant put the job online on indeed or craigslist and give a chance to the public to apply?

For high level jobs, they dont want to weed through all the obviously unqualified people.

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It's absolutely the case, though.

Obviously not literally EVERYWHERE, but... If you have an "in" to a certain company, you're definitely much more likely to be hired, qualifications be damned, than anybody else. "Who you know" absolutely matters.

It's not the end all, be all, since... Obviously, not every job is going to have a "who you know" scenario. Not even most jobs, necessarily. That said, it absolutely exists, in enough of an amount that it's noteworthy.

And there are several reasons why. Could be nepotism, could be... Yes, hiring a known quantity is actually better than not. There are several reasons why it might occur.

I got my job by being good at it tbh

StealThisSheen posted...

It's absolutely the case, though.

Obviously not literally EVERYWHERE, but... If you have an "in" to a certain company, you're definitely much more likely to be hired, qualifications be damned, than anybody else. "Who you know" absolutely matters.

It's not the end all, be all, since... Obviously, not every job is going to have a "who you know" scenario. Not even most jobs, necessarily. That said, it absolutely exists, in enough of an amount that it's noteworthy.

And there are several reasons why. Could be nepotism, could be... Yes, hiring a known quantity is actually better than not. There are several reasons why it might occur.

Nobody is denying that having connections can help get a good job. The TCs claim is that its the only way to get a good job, which is bullshit and probably a coping mechanism for why he doesnt have a better job.

My job is great and I didnt even know anybody in the country when I got it.

skill issue

soulunison2 posted...

I got my job by being good at it tbh

Its not even about being good, its about giving the impression that youre good tbh

i hot my last 3 jobs just from applying without having any connections

Glob posted...

Nobody is denying that having connections can help get a good job. The TCs claim is that its the only way to get a good job, which is bullshit and probably a coping mechanism for why he doesnt have a better job.

My job is great and I didnt even know anybody in the country when I got it.

That's fair, actually.

I probably read through the histrionics of TC's post to get to the (assumed) actual point. Yes, it's obviously not the "only" way, so we don't disagree. My bad, I probably gave TC too much credit.

EDIT: I'm also, admittedly, biased. At my last job, they hired a tech lead who was obviously underqualified, but also came cheaper than the one they replaced, and she promptly basically tried to bury us existing staff so she could point to "failed" contracts to let us go and hire her friends for cheaper, and the CEO fell for it. That said, joke's on him, about three months after she succeeded in surrounding herself with all of her friends, they literally all left for different positions, that they leveraged with the jobs they had landed with the company I worked for. Get what you sow, I guess.

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For growth, it absolutely is. It rarely happens without it.

Hayame_Zero posted...

For growth, it absolutely is. It rarely happens without it.

especially the higher up you go

Because humans are inherently risk adverse. If you know someone who will be enjoyable to work with and will be able to fulfill the basic requirements of the job, why take a risk with an unknown entity?

Hayame_Zero posted...

For growth, it absolutely is. It rarely happens without it.

It happens often. Youre massively overstating how important connections are.