Hillbilly Elegy

job, you look online for job postings.
And then you submit a dozen résumés.
And then you hope that someone calls
you back. If you’re lucky, maybe a friend
puts your résumé at the top of the pile. If
you’re qualified for a very high-demand
profession, like accounting, maybe the
job search comes a bit easier. But the
rules are basically the same.
The problem is, virtually everyone
who plays by those rules fails. That
week of interviews showed me that
successful people are playing an entirely
different game. They don’t flood the job
market with résumés, hoping that some
employer will grace them with an
interview. They network. They email a