Job-hunting is something most of us do fairly well during good times, but not so well when times are hard. There are people, of course, who are good at job-hunting come rain or come shine. I know of a man who successfully changes jobs every three years, precisely on January 2 nd , no matter what the economy is doing. I have studied such people, now, for three decades. So far, I have come up with three answers.
Some people are just naturally good at job-hunting.
It's no mystery why. Now, since some people have jobs which demand those same skills, if they are good at their job, they will be good at job-hunting. Same skills required, in both places. People who are good at job-hunting are willing to change strategies, depending on the state of the economy. They spend lots of time doing homework on themselves, researching organizations in detail, doing informational interviewing, building their contacts, and other methods that require work.