I knew that a friend of mine had recently been on an interview for web designer jobs at a local web design company. I knew a bunch of people who worked for this company and was trying to put in a good word for him with them. Most of them told me that they really did not have much of a say when it came to hiring and firing.

I still kept telling everyone that I knew who worked for the web design company what a great guy he was and that he was very hard working.

I then realized that I knew the vice president of the company and he may be the one to do the hiring for the web designer jobs. His daughter and mine were in the same dance class and we had sat there many times just talking while we were waiting for them to finish. I shot him a quick email and he told me that he appreciated hearing from me in regards to my friend and he would consider everything I had told him during the process of picking the person they would hire.

I heard about three weeks later that he did in fact get the job; I am hoping that my recommendation helped him get it, or he might have gotten hired by the web design company because of his qualifications.