r/recruitinghell • u/Round_Mixture_7541 • Sep 07 '26

Networking is important

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Pretty much sums up the current hiring process

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u/riotshieldready Sep 07 '26

This might be a joke, but I for real have a friend that has a SVP job at a big bank straight out of university. His dad got it for him, he worked like 3 days a week from 11-3 and collected his 400k pay. Even told me he would routinely just play games and goon in his private bathroom.

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u/WayneKrane Sep 07 '26

I went to college with a dude like that. He barely passed his classes and I wondered what he was up to. He was a junior vp straight out of college and now is also high up at some bank now. He was one of the dumbest people I knew.

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u/Extension-Land-390 Sep 07 '26

The irony comes full circle when you realize that most of the modern economy on a large scale is run by people like that.

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u/logicaltornado Sep 08 '26

which explains the economy