What To Do When Networking Isn't Working By Alison Doyle author of About.Com Guides

Sometimes, despite your best efforts at applying for jobs, looking for contacts to network with at companies, and doing everything else within your power to get your candidacy noticed, you're stuck.

This is a tough job market and it's not a question of you not doing the right things. You can be doing everything you're supposed to do to job search effectively and can still hit brick walls when it comes to getting noticed by employers.

What else can you do? It can take thinking outside the typical job search strategies box and being creative to get the attention of a prospective employer.  Here are tips and advice for what to do when networking isn't working.