"How Fred Got His New Job"

Check out this article by Stanley Bing. I read it in Fortune magazine (yes, the actual hard copy ), but you can read it online at this link. It speaks to a very important topic.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/magazines/fortune/stanleybing/bing_fred.fortune/
Bing's an engaging writer--realistic, humorous, and sometime poignant.