Networking and human connections absolutely 100% matter. If you know the right people, you know about the need even before HR knows. You get recommended inter

Networking and human connections absolutely 100% matter. If you know the right people, you know about the need even before HR knows. You get recommended internally. Maybe you even have a meeting with an exec before the position officially opens. There's no doubt in my mind that a networking and personal connection approach yields 10x or 100x chance results compared to a shotgun resume/recruiter approach.