[z3t4]

This is the crucial, but also most difficult part:

> Have a hiring manager talk with you, specifically, about an opening that they want you, specifically, to fill.

How do you get into that position, should you constantly market yourself, or how did you do it ?

[eschneider]

This is one of those things that 'having a network' helps with. Get a reputation as someone who gets things done while being pleasant to work with, and people you've worked with in the past will recommend you to folks they current work with or have worked with in the past. I got my current position that way. A former boss introduced me to the hiring manager at the new company (folks he'd worked with somewhere else) and basically told them "You want to hire this guy."

That said, I'm not sure it helped with _salary_ that much (I had considerably better offers in hand), but it was a great fit for both the company and myself, so I went with it.

[fenier]

Write a blog (history is valuable here, speak on Podcasts, Present at Conferences, be active on social media.

This can lead to people offering you positions that aren't publicly posted, because via your engagement they feel they understand you enough that you should be able to fill the role they have in mind.

For example - I write 20 blog posts going in depth on some topic - there's a decent chance I may actually know that topic. When that skill set becomes critical to someone - the odds are higher they'll contact me for that skill set because chances are, I'll be top of mind through sheer volume or quality of information I have written about that skill.