Is paying a sum of money to a person to act as an intermediary for obtaining a job—knowing that only one person will be accepted and that no one might be accepted even after paying the money—considered gambling?

If the intermediary's task is limited to connecting those who pay money with those who appoint them to a job, then the money paid to him is not considered gambling or bribery, because he takes it in exchange for his work in making the connection, not in exchange for employment, and he has no relation to the selection of the employee.