English Dictionary

it's not what you know but who you know

proverb

For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.

It's not what you know but who you know.

意味（1）

For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.

Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know—in spite of apparent merit systems.