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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This bothers me a lot. Where I work everyone got the job because of their parents or relationships to the CEO or someone on leadership. Mostly rich or high profile people.

I was the first person to be hired with no connections. No references from the same area, just my past jobs that they knew no one from. I had to go through a bunch of interviews and sit with the CEO well he rattled off people I might know in the community. Probably just to identify some connections to the elites in the area.

I was honest, I don't come from the same area. Didn't know anyone. Both my parents worked blue collar jobs away from politics or influence. All I had going for me, I was good at my profession and they needed that filled.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 5 points 4 days ago

At the end of the day, people trust people they know more than people they don't. I have a job that I got through my friend's recommendation despite me having no relevant prior experience, just because my manager trusted my friend more than a piece of paper outlining some stranger's supposed skillset and achievements. You've gotta play more into the psychology of the people doing the hiring, rather than the actual job description.