Take an Active Approach to Getting Interviews

In your job search, you don´t want to passively wait around for the ad to show up or the headhunter to call. You want to actively find people in a position to hire you within your target organizations and then go for it; write e-mails and follow up with phone calls to get meetings with these people. In other words, don´t just drift around in the ocean hoping the currents will take you to an island of your dreams. Find that island and actively swim to it!