Provide them with a functional resume that highlights your creative skills and experience. Place them in the context of how they have helped you contribute to the bottom line. Request a sit down meeting with your recruiter to go over the new resume and further explain what you're looking for in your next position.

It's usually folly to try to change anyone else's mindset. I encourage you to shift your own mindset, instead. As I see it, you're putting others -- like the employment agencies and the businesses in your town -- in the drivers seat, instead of yourself.

I've had my moments of wanting to bury myself under the covers and not come out until this nuttiness is over! In this current unpredictability, I've discovered that my recent PhD in psychology is way more valuable in answering this than my MBA. In fact, I'm offering a free teleclass this Wednesday, October 1, Creating Inner Security in Uncertain Times: Smart Career Moves to Make Now.

Make a list of 25 companies that you’d love to work for. It’s not as easy as it might sound. I know that this is a big challenge for some of my clients. It’s worth the time it will take you to actually sit down and put pen to paper.