Do you have a rich dad?

Do you have a rich dad?
Jun 17, 2008 03:14
guestgrad	Every year at this time, China's job market is overheated. Graduates stand in line to attend the job affairs. Facing the fierce competition, grads and parents try their best to fight in the job market. Money, connection and power played unprecedented role in hunting for a good job. The score and the certificates are not as important as a good dad. "A good dad" is redifined by many a graduate as " a rich, well-connected and powerful dad". So do you have a dad? If you do, you have an advantage over your peers?

Jun 17, 2008 03:14

guestgrad

Every year at this time, China's job market is overheated. Graduates stand in line to attend the job affairs. Facing the fierce competition, grads and parents try their best to fight in the job market. Money, connection and power played unprecedented role in hunting for a good job.

The score and the certificates are not as important as a good dad. "A good dad" is redifined by many a graduate as " a rich, well-connected and powerful dad".
So do you have a dad? If you do, you have an advantage over your peers?

Jun 17, 2008 20:38

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Join Date: Nov 23, 2007
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As they say, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

Both of my parents have some good connections to some very rich and powerful people, businessmen and politicians alike, but they never used that connection because they’re very proud people. They also don’t want to be in a situation where they couldn’t say no because they are indebted to a person.

When I started looking for a job, I did it on my own, based on my own merits. I do not discount the benefits of using connections since I have seen those worked for other people, but there is some great satisfaction in knowing that I got hired because of my own ability, meaning with or without connections, I can make it.

Jun 17, 2008 23:06	#2
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: Offline	SHESGOTTOBE, under several circumstances, it's not your knowledge matters, it's your family background matters. China has been a country highlighting connections (relationships) for a long history. Chinese idiom: 一人得道，鸡犬升天( yī rén dé dào，jī quǎn shēng tiān ) After a man is exalted to a high position in official circles, his relatives will be on his coattails.

Jun 17, 2008 23:55	#3
GARYKINKADE Points: Join Date: Jan 8, 2008 Status: Offline	Well.....O.K. ....I suppose that George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush would be a prime example. Yale, Skull and Bones, Bilderberg Group, etc, etc,etc.

Jun 22, 2008 21:29	#4
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	>>Do you have a rich dad? No, I don't. So I always tell myself: "you have no one to count on but yourself". That is it. I was enrolled in a key university and hunt for a job based on my own knowledge and ability. Certainly, my dad and my mum have been always behind me. I am deeply indebted to them for their kind words of advice and encouragement over the years.

Sep 18, 2008 17:45	#5
ALOSTDIAMOND Points: Join Date: Sep 18, 2008 Status: Offline	Some times i am so happy i do not have a rich dad.....hey dad!! in which country are you now?... probably if my dad was behind me all the times i will be more unuseful than i am now...lucky me!! thanks dad!!!

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