In a traditional job search, most candidates will spend the majority of their time scanning the myriad of job boards and company websites clicking and applying on-line. The method for sure has been ingrained in many of us since back in the day in which we would scour the classifieds in the local newspaper and then fax, yes fax our resume for consideration.
Then like now, once this action has been taken, we consider our work done and we passively wait with anxious anticipation for a response, a response that may never come.
But alas when we come across a new job posting, in a nod to windmill-chasing Don Quixote, we start the vicious cycle again, search, apply, and wait.