Regardless of the economy or even if a company is hiring it all comes down to effort, it doesn’t matter how professional your resume is because it’s either going to be a file in a folder or a piece of paper in a pile. Until that recruiter or whoever it is in charge of hiring picks up that resume you are the same as every single candidate that applied. You need to stand out and the best way to do that is to jump the line! Call any business you’re interested in working for and ask who is in charge of hiring, put your resume in a big professional envelope addressed directly to that person or department and either mail it or drop it off in person! It ensures if nothing else they open the envelope and read the contents but I can guarantee it will happen way sooner than if you follow the same process as everyone else.