Those who are working and who have successful
workplace-based track records like to
tell “outsiders” how “...you have to know somebody...” if you want a job. They also
like to point out how “...there are lots of jobs...”, or some such, contrary to
the experience of people experiencing endless trouble.
When they say “...you have to know somebody...”, or some
such, what they actually mean (but without ever admitting it) is that you have
to have sufficient good professional references based on your professional
referees knowing your day-to-day work.
They ignore the fact that if you are having endless trouble
getting work, then you can never acquire a retinue of such referees in the
first place.
What they are actually doing is creating mischief and
confusion, by making the situation appear to be something different while
offering no solution to the resulting dilemma.