📚 proverb • entry_id 52036
it's not what you know but who you know
Meanings (ES + gloss)
quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija
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.
"In Hollywood, it's not what you know but who you know," said Cross, who added that the awards ceremony was the perfect place to make connections.
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 no…
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