The length of your job search is directly proportional to the size of your active network

There are a number of ways to manage your job search. For years, I used Excel and Outlook with mixed results. The major job boards have job management features. The main problem is that these solutions really manage resume submission.

Submitting resumes does not get you more job offers. Interviews do.

If you want to get more interviews, you have to have a connection to the hiring manager. This connection can be a tenuous, friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend link, but it will increase your chances of getting any interview 10-fold.

If you’re skeptical or discouraged by this, don’t panic. I outline the process of finding a connection with any hiring manager at any company you want to work for in my 20-minute presentation If You Want the Interview, You Need a Champion.

JobCannon is designed around getting more interviews. It is a tool that will help you organize and grow a network of email contacts, and then guide you through the process of politely and respectfully enlisting their help.

If you want to know more about the strategies that make JobCannon work, get your free copy of The Market for Me: Surviving Job Loss and Building Your Lifetime Career Network.