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Linkedin and Facebook!

Seriously!  The best chance of finding employment is through networking, not online classified postings.  If you're not in Linkedin - do it today!  Hit up your Facebook friends and colleagues to see what companies are hiring.  "Dude!  You would be perfect here and my boss is looking to grow the group."  That's the best way.  Having an "in" up front rather than going through HR resume-reading software will always get you farther.  Some of the resumes HR sends to me might have well be written in crayon.  You splatter enough acronyms, buzzwords and copy the job description text and "the system" will send it to me.  Meh!

Also, you do know that your resume should focus on one thing and one thing alone:  "Here's the FINANCIAL value I added to my previous employers."  NOT, "here's what I did or know how to do."  As an employer, I don't want to read, "I did this."  "I was in charge of that."  "I know this."  I want to read, "I saved the company $x because I did this."  "I reduced costs by $x by redesigning the process which cut down time by y."  "I saved $x in power consumption costs and reduced carbon emmissions by y by doing this."  (Green savings are a HUGE plus today!)

I never said it was easy to financially quantify the value you created, but you have to do it.  If you have to guess, than guess and say "approximately $x".  Really put some effort into this.  It makes all the difference in the world - so say the #1 experts in the country; Challenger, Grey & Christmas.  (Google them and you'll know who I'm talking about.  THEY KNOW!)

VALUE!  When presented with two resumes of qualified individuals who have the minimum skills, I'll interview the one who translates that into the greater value they bring to my department and my budget.

Good luck!