I have several relatives that claim that they are looking for a job.  I get information from them about what kind of job they are looking for, and what their qualifications are, and I tell them that if I hear of any jobs like that I’ll let them know.  I cannot even begin to count how many times I have found out about job opportunities for these people and I tell them about it.  When I see them a couple of weeks later I ask them if they applied for the job I told them about and they say that they are “still thinking about it.”  Then a few weeks later I ask them again and they tell me that when they applied that they were told the position was already filled.  Well of course they were already filled!  When you find out about a job opening, you have to jump on it!