AMD has lost their marbles!

[RolloTheGreat]

If only it were that simple.  Reality is that you go to trade school or college, get a qualification that should let you earn more, but you still don't land the jobs.  Why?  Because the employer already knows who they are going to hire before they place the advert and they write the selection criteria to exclude anyone else.  if you aren't in the employers "who they know" list your qualification won't do a thing for you.  You'll just be one of the 100+ other applicants with the same certificate as you who the employer doesn't know and didn't give the job to either.

Sites like LinkedIn, Seek and FaceBook exist because of "its who you know, not what you know that matters".  You are fucking clueless if you believe otherwise.  These businesses built their success out of it!

Go down to your job agency and ask them to help you find work (don't need to quit your current job to try this).  One of the first things they will discuss and want to do with you is develop your social net work (look at that, who you know popping up yet again).

I should have titled this thread " Gstan has lost his marbles". Gstan, no one is saying can be raised on a desert island by kind monkeys and walk into the boardroom at IBM.

Look at what I posted. Ways average folks can live a good life, amass wealth, or both. Without being related to someone or golf buddies with the CEO.

I got my current job referred by a guy I played sand volleyball with. I've referred fishing buddies. I've also hired people I've never met, and been part of teams that hired people we've never heard of.

Yes social networking can be part of it, but not many smart companies will hire less qualified candidates to help a buddy. "My buddy's son likes those crazy computer games,but GStan has 10 years experience servicing PCs. I think we should hire the son, our staff won't mind he can't do the job, and we have plenty of money to waste on lost productivity while Jr. fumbles about.

Seriously?