A savvy business consultant once explained to me that, in business, it is rarely the person with the best plan that finds success. There are countless great ideas that never become a reality. But rather, it is the person who executes their plan the best that will succeed. At the time, I didn’t think much of his ideas, but several years and several ventures have passed since I first heard them and I have grown to realize how right he was. Some people spend lifetimes trying to come up with the perfect idea and never attempt to execute one. Others execute simple ideas exceptionally well and find great success in doing so, leaving the planners to wonder why they hadn’t thought of that approach.

Job search advice is everywhere today. From this blog to thousands of other web sites and online and offline resources, everyone seems to have great ideas for how to find a new or better job. It’s usually a new job board or a new networking medium or perhaps a new management technology that will help you use the other job search resources more effectively.

It can be a bit overwhelming, from a job seeker’s perspective, to be faced with so many options and so many potential approaches to finding a job. And the truth is, they all work. If you are looking for a job and you dedicate your efforts to networking and creating new contacts to find leads on potential job opportunities, you’ll be successful. If you delve into the job boards and submit resumes and respond to job openings, you’ll be successful. If you choose a course that includes both of these approaches and you stick with your plan, you’ll be successful. But if you worry too much about taking the best approach to finding a new job and are constantly second-guessing that approach, you are likely going to be left wondering how so many other people are getting the jobs that you wanted.

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