

This may be easier to do on your home network’s router. For instance, mine allows me to set it up as a VPN host, and also to connect to a VPN provider. It has the option to pass all of the connected clients through the connected VPN. So for instance, if I connect my phone to my home VPN, and my home router is connected to Mullvad, my phone’s traffic also gets passed through Mullvad.
Or just a small industry where everyone knows everyone else. I personally know probably 3/4 of all the hiring managers in my area for my field. Hell, two of them are in my weekly board game group. I could literally text someone for work right now and be hired before my DoorDash driver arrives with my dinner.
But during COVID, the entire industry was dry as a bone, and we lost a lot of good workers to other industries. As with everything, it entirely depends on the nature of the work.