Your Resume is Spam, Unless...

http://blog.cachinko.com/2012/06/15/leveraging-real-life-connections-to-get-your-first-job/

http://blog.cachinko.com/2012/06/05/gen-y-building-relationships-to-build-your-career

http://www.youtern.com/thesavvyintern/index.php/2012/06/15/a-better-way-to-get-hired-get-that-informational-interview/

Unless you know someone is interested in hiring you. These links discuss the importance of networking. They suggest ways to identify and approach people, from all kinds of rocks you never thought to look under--and what to do with them when you find them.

If you have been dutifully scanning ads and writing ingenious cover letters and attaching spiffy resumes, and getting nowhere fast, consider networking as a better way to find real openings.