The best and worst ways to look for a job from What Color is Your Parachute 2015

Method, probability of success

Assess personal strengths and go on informational interviews, 86% *

Use the yellow pages, 65%

Ask for job leads, 33%

Knock on the door of an employer, office or manufacturing plant, 47%

State or federal employment office, 14%

Job club or Job Search Support Groups, 10%

Mailing out your resume to employers, 7%

Job boards in professional or trade journals, 7%

Employment agency or search firm, 5% to 28% est.

Answering local newspaper ads, 5% to 24% est.

Looking for employers' job-postings on the Internet, 4%

* This method is referred to as the What Color is Your Parachute method. I grossly oversimplified the methodology.