Jamie, I'd like to know how to do this, too, so I'll be following this.

(Chances are, though, that I'll eventually get out of 9-5 altogether and paint in my studio full-time.)

Get Nick Corcodilos' book "Ask The Headhunter" (http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/">http://tinyurl.com/27lwny[/url] to Amazon.com), peruse his articles at [url]http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/, and subscribe to his newsletter.

Basically, his advice is to find THE company you want to work for, make yourself known to the people there via networking, and when a position opens up, they'll think of you first. He also has a very strong interview strategy. In his view, the resume is a formality that is sent to HR after you've been hired.

I've fortunately not been in a position where I've had to use his knowledge, but it makes total sense to me.

Good luck!

Have you tried FrontHunter’s software? (If you use a Mac, like me, I just use it on XP using VMWare).

Also, I’m trying to get like-minded people like yourself to share tips on how to be more productive about the job search process with my new forum site— http://www.jobphish.com/digress/.

Feel free to post away- it’s new, so don’t be shy about making a new post =)

also, feel free to drop me a line, I appreciate feedback. I’d like to help out people in the job process in anyway I can.

I don’t know if it’s The Job but I did recently take an programming internship with a retail chain. It’s a good step-up position and pays almost three times what I was making at my previous job.

I would welcome any hints you all can give down the road, though. So, don’t think this thread is off limits now that I am more gainfully employed.