it's not what you know but who you know

People benefit more from personal connections (to people who can help them) than from their own knowledge. A: "I can't believe they hired the CEO's niece instead of me! I have two degrees, and she just graduated from college!" B: "Well, it's not what you know but who you know."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gerhold	GER-hawlt	German (Archaic)
Alex	AL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Zusa	-	Yiddish
Merlyn	MUR-lin	English
Marleen	MAHR-leen (English)	Dutch, English
Hadewych	HAH-də-veekh, HAH-də-weekh	Dutch