I Made Students Contact CEOs. Here’s What Happened.

Описание: Most people approach hiring the same way. They apply through formal channels, wait for responses, and hope to move upward over time. What rarely gets questioned is whether that path is actually the easiest or most effective way to gain access, credibility, or opportunity. This video explores a very different perspective on how access really works inside companies. It draws on a real world experiment that removed theory, assumptions, and motivational slogans, and replaced them with observable results. Ordinary people, with no special connections, were asked to reach out to the most senior leaders in their local business community. The outcomes challenged many of the beliefs people hold about power, hierarchy, and who is allowed to initiate conversations. The discussion focuses on why people tend to self reject before anyone else does, how misconceptions about senior leaders form, and why many opportunities never appear on job boards at all. It also looks at how information flows inside organizations, how influence actually operates, and why credibility often moves downward rather than upward. Rather than promoting shortcuts or guarantees, the video examines patterns. Who responds and why. What signals seriousness versus noise. Why some conversations lead nowhere, while others quietly open doors weeks or months later. It also touches on the realities of company size, decision making authority, and how trust is built long before a formal role is ever discussed. For anyone frustrated by traditional hiring advice or skeptical of surface level networking talk, this is a grounded look at what happens when assumptions are tested against reality. The goal is not inspiration, but clarity about how opportunity is often created, noticed, and acted upon in practice.


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