it's not what you know but who you know

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谚语
  1. For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.
    — Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know—in spite of apparent merit systems."

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