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How to get a job often comes down to one elite personal asset, and many people still don't realize it (CNBC)

By Julia Freeland Fisher (2019)

Written by Neil Wainwright
Updated over 6 years ago

Up to 80% of jobs are filled through personal connections, yet networking is vastly underestimated as a key to getting ahead in a career. That needs to change.

By Julia Freeland Fisher, author of "Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations that Expand Students' Networks" and director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute.

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