People get annoyed that "people hire their friends", but the reality is, when you have a sea of random people all lying in various forms on resumes, HR on job postings, etc it's so much easier and usually better for a company to have 'vetted' candidates proposed by current employees. Ie networking.
It's still the best way to get a job even with all of this fancy HR algorithm bs.
There are campgain signs out that say "Law and Order Matters"
.... sponsored by the local Republicans.
I assumed it was a Dem sign then I saw who sponsored it, then I assumed it was a joke, then I realized that no, it's real and they are just that deluded.