<p>There is some truth in that, depending on where you went to school. If you have gone to an Ivy League school, there is an network that follows you throughout your career. DH is an MIT grad. He has had three different jobs in his 30 year career; the person who hired him (his “manager” in psufang’s parlance) was an MIT grad each time. PSU has one of the largest alumni associations in the country and the members do look out for their fellow alums, as do the alumni of other schools. To assume that “all else is equal” and the person with the higher GPA and better experience will get a job regardless of where s/he went to school is uninformed, at best.</p>