My Journey So Far

Like most job hunters, I have done my best to stay active and follow the best practices of a successful job search. There are many pieces of advice out there and, for the most part, they all say roughly the same thing. I wanted to see what methods of job hunting have been panning out for me so far. I whipped up a simple chart to get a visual representation of my very small (sigh) success rate.

Leads= Any notice of interest or "bite" that may come from the company itself or someone close to the company. Simply put: anything that brings me one step closer to an interview.
Total Jobs Applied To: ~40
Total Time Searching: 35 days



As you can see, I am having approximately the same amount of luck with my traditional job board search as I am with my personal network job search. What is more important is that the traditional method is what has gotten me the most amount of interviews which is ultimately the goal. Social networking (aka LinkedIn) has resulted in not much of anything nor has the recruiting route. I will continue to pursue all avenues and report again at the end of this month to see if these trends continue of if anything changes. Most notably, of course, is that none of these has resulted in any job offers. Hmph.