[Rick Lee]

A few years ago I applied for a job a place I was dying to work and I was very well qualified for the job. I knew a boss there and got him to put in a word for me. I asked a former client, who was well connected there, for help too. He wrote a glowing recommendation to the CEO, whom he knew. I never got so much as an auto-rejection email. I finally tracked down an HR boss on LinkedIn and called her. She said they were still collecting resumes and would get back to me if I was a fit. Unreal. Now I have a very close friend who's a boss there, but that original job was filled or canceled long ago.