By Paul Bowley
 If you're disappointed in your job quest success, you're not alone. People go into the job market with a set of expectations . . . especially about how long it should take to find a good job. And most people seriously underestimate the time it takes to be a success.
So they get understandably nervous. Then the pressure of being unemployed or campaigning too long gets intense. And job seekers start to take seriously unhelpful actions. For example, they resort to mass resume mailings or desperate postings on job websites like Monster or Hot Jobs. Or they start making useless phone calls hoping against hope that they'll run into someone who will want them.
If this sounds like you, it's not a very pleasant position to be in. The fact is that there are plenty of great job opportunities out there for you. Your success is actually just around the corner. Your problem is that you're going about finding it the wrong way. You need a new blueprint!
First, some kind of random, shotgun approach |
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