Re:hrm, I disagree. (Score 1)

I'd have to second this opinion for the most part. A couple of years ago I was laid off from two jobs in succession (I maintain it was simply bad luck) and spent about six months looking for a job. During that time I would religiously check job websites, like Monster.com and Flipdog.com, every single day and apply for any job that I felt confident I could perform, anywhere in the United States. I must have applied for three or four hundred job positions, of which at least 80-90% I know I could have performed well. Out of all of those job applications, I only had one company look seriously at me. And both offers that I took (ending both unemployment periods), plus the only other competitive offer, were due to people who I knew getting my resume in front of the right person. None of these positions were advertised anywhere.