i don't understand why some1 here keep talking about that top 1 to 3% of the employee who are not required to go through the proper interview channel. those senior people are in the ceo, coo, gm, highly specialise position and they already well known in their own industries. majority of us are not in that category.

i agree that contact helps in securing the job. but that also depends on the person who introduce ourselves into the new company. unless that particular person is the owner, ceo, coo or gm who have the right to bypass the hr, we probably to go thru the normal hr protocol, fair or not fair. again, only very low percentage of us know or close to the ceo, coo etc. in big organisation with > 1000 employee, we hardly have a chance  to see ceo, coo but only our manager, senior etc. as such,  i think it is not so relevant to most of us here.

i am not sure other company. but in my company, the hr procedures is approved by the senior management and ceo himself. head of hr is also very strict and close to the director. hr procedure is there of a reason and no for display purpose.  

yes. connection is important.
but it does not means that the company will allow us to bypass the hr and recruitment process.

& u r not listening to big brother here who eat salt > u eat rice. LOL

I think in this thread Fiona Chin is the one who eat more salt than anyone else. 30yo already rm 500k+ p.a. with multi millions rm worth house and car leh.