If you've been in the job market a while--stuck in place without finding a job--then you know what I mean when I say to old ways just don't work anymore.

Oh sure, there was a time when you could depend on your resume to get the job done. There was a time when your resume counted for something. Of course, that was during the time before the internet with its many job sites like Monster and HotJobs. That was a time before there were literally millions of resumes in circulation with hundreds being sent to a single advertised job opening.

Today's sophisticated job market requires an alternative employment guide . . . one that accounts for the way real hiring decisions are being made. Today's employers could care less what your resume says or what you used to do for someone else. They have different standards and different expectations that simply cannot be addressed by a piece of paper.

If you recognize the significance of this shift, then you'll also understand the need for an alternative employment guide--one that takes into account employers 21st Century expectations.

For example, employers expect you to come forward in your job search having done your homework. They expect that you've taken the time to learn about their organization and its goals. The also expect that you've found it important enough to discover what make them tick.

So, how do you do that?

The answer is by building a dream team. Instead of wasting your time writing and rewriting your resume and mass distributing it, you focus your attention on assembling a group of people who can be in a position to assist you. We call it developing "career partners." It's one of the many exciting non-traditional job search strategies that's part of an alternative employment guide.

You see, the most important job search resource is not your resume, or cover letter, or advertised job openings or agencies or recruiters. Your most productive resource is people you already know--your contacts. All you have to do is put them to work for you. And when you do it the right way, you'll find that your job search suddenly becomes a cinch.

In fact, you'll find your job campaign taking off. Following the recommendations of our alternative employment guide means that you can be meeting face-to-face with hiring decision-makers in a matter of days. You can be entertaining a job offer in as little as two weeks. Alternative job search strategies rule!