Is job-hunting success more about who you know or what you know?

Success in the job market is due to who you know and not what you know. Although education and work experience can increase your chances of getting a job, it is ultimatly what connections you have that will get you a job. From my experience, employers are much more willing to give jobs to friends or relatives of employees who currently work for them. I have seen people get jobs over more qualified individuals soley because of who they knew. Although other variables exist in the equation, it is ultimatly connections=jobs.