They view the employment process as backroom dealing of private information and favors. Their data is a real eye-opener. T he authors suggest that you can't beat the system, so you better join it. Get it working for you or it will work against you. They offer a rather unusual, innovative method to get the backroom dealing and the private information to work in your favor.
G etting a job is unquestionably one of the most important events in our life.
It gives us financial security, social status, not to mention self-esteem and peace of mind. Being unemployed, on the other hand, is a truly devastating experience, associated with mental illness, alcoholism, family desertion, untold stress and anxiety. T he most common strategies for getting a job are to look at help-wanted ads, apply to company personnel offices, learn how to interview and prepare a resume, ask friends about openings and register with employment agencies. I t is notable that the personal contacts often did more than tell a person about a job opening, they tried to influence the hiring process. Over half of the informants in this study either spoke directly to the employer or had someone else speak to the employer, in behalf of the applicant.