<p>Well, im a freshman in college this year, and some of the stuff I hear is kinda frustrating. For example, my roommate (who's majoing in IT) said a friend of his dad's is gonna hook him up with a job with a salary of 72k/yr upon graduating (undergrad too, what the heck). Also, there's a kid I know who's a senior in high school, not even going to college, but is going to get a job with a salary of 50k/yr in 2 yrs. Again, it's through someone his dad knows...</p>
<p>I guess being lucky like that kinda helps, huh?</p>
<p>It definitely helps, but you can still go far without having those sorts of connections. I’m pretty sure my dad got to where he is now using his own hard work, not having mommy and daddy help him and hold his hand every step of the way.</p>
<p>But yeah, that’s life. Some just win the lottery of being in the right ball sack at the right time and will never have to really try in life, others don’t.</p>
<p>Dude no way. My brother can do a kickflip and he’s only 8. He told me he’s working on the board slide now but I was just like yeah right bro I’ll believe it when I see it.</p>
<p>It definitely does. But fear not if you don’t have any connections right now, you’ll meet all sorts of future Obamas and future Steve Jobs at school. Keep 'em close.</p>
<p>It’s both about what you know AND who you know.</p>
<p>You need to have the connections to get into the good places. But if you get hooked up with interviews, etc. and you have nothing to show for why you would be good at it, you’re not going to get it.</p>
<p>What you know is very important. If you have nothing to show, then it won’t really matter who you know, unless you have friends or family willing to gift you a job…and that’s not the case for the vast majority of people.</p>
<p>Ok. Here’s a secret. You can get a job at a country club being a caddy. Thats where all the guys who own companies hang out. Some of my friends work there and they get hooked up with stuff and job offers. They do some wierd things at counrty clubs, but i wont say anything else about it. Its like a special secret world where you can do whatever you want.</p>
<p>Combination of what you know + who you know is the best. Otherwise, what you know is a lot more valuable than who you know. Because once you get the job, if you don’t perform as expected, you could easily be offshored.</p>
<p>Definitly who you know helps. Or just the group your accosiated with. Recruiting on certain campuses is strong, and also alum ties with the career center are a huge bonus. I know someone who isn’t even in technology and got a friend to get his resume in at google and other places with a strong likelyhood of a job.</p>
<p>Life is definitly about who you know. And how do you know people? Networking and getting involved</p>
<p>Who u knows is a big factor.
If you go to the career center or any career advice website, they would say NETWORKING is the most important thing to get a job.
So if your dad or mom knows someone that can offer you a job with a high salary then congrats !
That’s how’s the world functions :)</p>
<p>Human Resource departments mostly screen people out and they typically aren’t specialists in the knowledge areas that they screen for. You might have gone to the wrong school or your GPA might not be stellar. But if you can get around HR with a contact that will vouch for you to the hiring manager, you might get your shot at an interview. You still have to sell yourself and your skills but at least you get the chance.</p>