Job Hunting: Tips to Get Your Foot in the Door

8) Maximize social networks. Join LinkedIn and Facebook and get connected on groups. In my Women For Hire group on LinkedIn, thousands of members exchange ideas, leads and advice on the job search process. There are thousands of online groups for you to join where you can connect with people in your industry who are willing to help friends and strangers alike.

9) Get out of the house. If you don't step away from that computer and make face-to-face contact with the outside world, you'll delay your success. Use multiple sources for job leads and introductions: Join an association, professional group, or career club in your area -- and then get involved.

Attend career fairs and company open houses. My company, Women For Hire, has produced career fairs for nine years and I've watched thousands of people get hired -- not just by the companies that participate, but also by actively networking with the other attendees. I know firsthand that career expos work.

Go listen to a lecture at a bookstore by an author who intrigues you where you might meet like-minded people. Volunteer one afternoon a week for an organization that draws an interesting crowd. One woman I heard from started a walking club in her Michigan town where a group of people meet three mornings a week to energize one another as they start their days.

You have to keep your spirits up when the job search gets you down. Have a realistic sense of accomplishment, know that you're doing all the right things, and don't be isolated all day, every day.

Tory Johnson is the CEO of Women For Hire and the Workplace Contributor on ABC's "Good Morning America." Visit her online at www.womenforhire.com.