the second largest group however believes that jobs are only given to people who have connections reflecting frustration with a system that is perceived as unfair because connections depend largely on personal background and access to privileged circles that most youth do not have and cannot obtain at the same time the practice of distributing jobs on the basis of connections is a clear indication of the scarcity of good jobs in a robust labour market employers compete for workers and have to cast a wide and open net to attract the workforce they need