> This is completely false. It's not completely false at all - but it does depend greatly depends on which country you're based in. Where I am, in Spain, your

> This is completely false. It's not completely false at all - but it does depend greatly depends on which country you're based in. Where I am, in Spain, your network, and your reputation within it, are _everything_. Good jobs will sometimes not even be advertised, as the first thing a hirer will do is ask around their network for recommendations, and those recommendations count for _a lot_. On the other side, when you are looking for work, the first thing you do is ask your network for an intro - and again, that intro counts for a lot. That's not to say that the traditional interview process will be skipped, but candidates coming from recommendations will have a massive head-start over others.