Extreme job hunting

As employers are slowing down on hiring, groups like The Five O'Clock Club are advocating a more aggressive approach to job searches.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Mark Schleisner's job these days is job hunting. The Manhattan information technology specialist has been searching for 13-months and has yet to land a full-time position.

"The economy has been rough. It has been very rough," said Schleisner who lost his position as a software development director at Siemens in a wave of layoffs, and has since been making ends meet with part-time work. "I have a lot of skills, but a lot of places, it seems, are holding the line on hiring or if there's a good job I hear from these people, 'Well, we've got 200 resumes for this position.' And it gets a little discouraging at times and one wonders, what else do I need to do to get it?"

Schleisner is now utilizing the methods of The Five O'Clock Club, a career counseling firm that recommends aggressive networking, and pursuing at least six employment possibilities at a time.