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Craigslist, the newspapers, company Web sites, door to door, bulletin boards, employment agencies, job fairs — there are so many places job openings can be listed that it can be overwhelming to figure out where to start.

It would help to know the success rates of some of these options, so let me give you some statistics. Let's start with the least successful options: Using the Internet as your sole job search has only a 4- to 10-percent success rate. Sending out resumes to places you would like to work has only a 7-percent success rate. Answering local newspaper ads has a 5- to 24-percent success rate, but going to private employment agencies or search firms isn't much better at only a 5- to 28-percent success rate.

This is probably very discouraging news, since these options are all the things most people who are looking for a job do in hopes of finding one. But don't despair; the successful ways to find a job aren't hard to do at all.

Here are the job hunting options that do work:

• Asking for job leads from friends, family, neighbors, casual contacts, etc. has a 33-percent success rate.
• Talking to any employer that interests you, whether they have a known vacancy or not, has a success rate of 47 to 69 percent   Read More
  

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