No matter how much you like your current job, you should always have a Plan B. And if you're finding that job hunting has suddenly become Plan A, this advice may be even more timely. From: http://thecreativescribbler.com/2011/05/26/life-of-a-job-hunter/ What You Think You Should Do: Find a list of jobs somewhere. Apply for those jobs. You can do it this way. But this method might make you crazy and sad. By the time a hiring company posts a job to their web site, and especially by the time they post to Monster.com or Dice.com, they have committed their hiring process to recruiting professionals who will do agonizingly specific resume screening, word-by-word, on a lot of resumes. Hundreds or thousands. For each 50 resumes you send out, you will be lucky to get one non-automated response (drafted and sent by a human), and even more lucky to get an interview. Chances of getting an actual job this way are microscopic, viewed in terms of submit...
Non-zealot reflections on real life agile leadership, management and analysis practices.