Networking with follow-up is the most effective. The key to a successful job search is contacts. Most people can sell themselves better in person than on paper. While the tailored resumes you send to search firms, ads and direct mail targets are important and deserve your attention, they will never possess the power of a good relationship.

No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.
Edgar Watson Howe

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
Oprah Winfrey