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My mother always told me that the best way to succeed is to know people. I
never put much stock into that, because I didn’t want to believe it. I
remember watching some movie or TV show a couple of years ago. A guy was
trying to get out of a speeding ticket, or something, so he promised the cop
to help his son get into college. I think he was lying about knowing the Dean,
or whatever. It was a ridiculous scenario. The speeder didn’t know this kid,
or whether he belonged at that college, but the cop was willing to overlook
that, because he was desperate. I guess he expected the speeder to make a
phone call, and just randomly drop the name of an applicant who should go to
the top of the pile. I can’t remember how all that turned out, but the fact is
that networking is real. Only twice have I applied to a job, secured an
interview, and then gotten that job. When I was still a kid, my dad signed me
up for my lifeguarding certification. A friend from church owned a maintenance
contractor. A friend of a friend knew about a warehouse who was hiring a lot
of seasonal employees. That’s mostly how I’ve conducted business, and I find
it incredibly annoying. Don’t put out a want ad online for employees if you’re
just going to hire your old roommate’s slacker nephew, okay? But despite my
“principles” I’ve played along with the game. I’ve taken my opportunities. I
jumped at the chance to sleep in this finished attic from the nurse at the
free clinic, and when she had a lead on a job, I jumped at that too. I have an
interview for an entry-level gardening position tomorrow, but my landlord is
pretty confident that I’ll get it, because no one else seems to be applying,
and because she put in a good word for me. That’s all it takes sometimes. I
don’t like it, but I’ll benefit from it, because if I tried to go through this
life without any help, it would turn out to be a rather short one, I’ll tell
ya that much. So anyway, wish me luck, and all that. Or don’t, if it goes
against your principles.
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