Time for a Change? The Best Time of Year to Kick Off a Job Search

House Tour: An Artist's Smorgasbord of Decor (Image credit: Sarah Hdruka) Anyone who has ever had to look for work knows that the process itself is basically like having a full-time job. You have to polish your resume, scour the job boards for the perfect position, hit up your network for references and craft so many cover letters that they all start to blur together. And if your job search drags on for a long while, you can end up feeling exhausted and disheartened.