[POLL] How Long Have You Been Job Searching

[POLL] How Long Have You Been Job Searching 5 Just hearing the word “long” used to grate on me, when I'd hear this question as a job seeker. Vote now: How long have you been job searching? More than a year (35%, 68 Votes) 6-12 months (22%, 43 Votes) Just started this past month (16%, 30 Votes) 1-3 months (15%, 28 Votes) 3-6 months (12%, 23 Votes) Started: March 14, 2010 @ 10:00 amTotal Voters: 194 What many job seekers don't realize When I ask job seekers how long it's been since their job search began, a typical reply is “too long.” Yeah, I know what you mean. Sometimes people will say “well, I just started looking…” but almost NO ONE ever says “for the position I'm looking for, in today's market, in this city, it takes 4-6 months on the average to find a new job. I've been looking for 3 months, so it's still early…”eval After I resigned from my job at Amazon in the summer of 2001, I thought it would take 1 month to find a new job. And that was just after I'd moved back to Jerusalem and had no idea how much (lack of) demand there was for my skillset there at the time. I was so clueless. I thought employers would be impressed by my Amazon achievements and I'd have my pick of offers. Really.evaleval Why did I think it would only take me just 1 month? Because my previous job had taken about that long to find. Having been my first full-time career job, I didn't know any better. Now I know better… but that's a topic for an upcoming article. How did you estimate how long your current job search should take? If you liked this article, you'll enjoy [POLL RESULTS AND ANALYSIS] Which Social Media Network Are You Using MOST in Your Job Search?.