In America many people are under the delusion that we all have an equal shot to be successful, that, as long as we have positive vibe and put in an appropriate amount of work, that the world is at our fingertips. This is stupidity at its finest. To make the assumption that fairness and equality are at work within a capitalist system that is solely based on survival of the fittest and ruthless competition is downright childish. At some point you have to grow up and recognize the very clear writing on the wall. The game is fixed folks. The reason that many people are unable to find work is not for lack of trying, but because employers only hire people they know. You can have all the qualification and talent in the world, but you ain't getting that nice job because the hiring manager already has it reserved for their dumb cousin they owe a favor to. The whole interview process is just a formality. In America, you only have to pretend to give people a fair shot. Once the pretense of "the interview process" has been completed, hiring managers are under no obligation whatsoever to hire the most qualified candidate and they rarely do. I will never forget the time I went to interview for a teaching job in they bay area. I had been contacted by a recruiting person from Oakland that thought I would be great for the job. I did not apply for the position so I figured this was pretty much a slam dunk. I mean, why even bother calling a person to come in unless you liked them? They were interviewing for a drama teacher and I had been acting and teaching for well over ten years. I had the experience. I had the talent. I had the passion. It was a perfect fit. I even had a degree in political science and the job was specifically describe as incorporating politics and theater. How many people do you know who are such a perfect fit for a job description? What more do you need than that? There was no way I would not get this job. I stood outside for hours because there was a bomb threat and the school was on lock down. Those idiots had me waiting out in the cold for hours for what turned out to be a false alarm, only to tell me to go home. I came back the next day (I had to walk for a few miles because I had no money at the time; I had walked the first day as well) and gave an amazing interview. I nailed every question. One of the staff members even congratulated me on how well I had done. The kids loved me too. I thought, surely there is no way I did not get this job. But, low and behold, I got a call a few days later informing me that I was not going to be given the position. If that is not proof enough for you that hiring managers and job recruiters alike are a bunch of heartless pricks who orgasm every time they crush a dream, then can I ask you what more you need? Do they literally have to use you as a stepping stool before you recognize the favoritism they play all the time? Even if they did that, most people would still live in denial. They would still claim that hiring managers are just misunderstood, that there are so many candidates and it is just too hard to make the right decision. Well, that's not true either. It is just a power play. It is just another way for them to exert their dominance over others. Employers do not care about having the best talent. They care about giving their friends and family jobs. That is all. I really do not understand why Americans ever left the UK. They have the same aristocracy class in America that existed in Britain. They all hire each other, while leaving the more talented people they do not know out. That is how they get down. Look, not many people will tell you this, but you have no chance. Those are not hiring managers; those are saboteurs. Those are not job recruiters; they are job deniers. Chances are, they have already decided who they were going to hire well before the job posting ever made it to indeed. Interviews are nothing more than joke and our lives are the punchlines.