See, I have had the opposite experience in almost all of my jobs.  It could be the supply&#x2F;demand in your locale&#x2F;field but the shops I&#x27;ve been at have usually always been looking for more good engineers, even if they didn&#x27;t have an open posting.<p>Point being, as he mentions elsewhere, you should do it in parallel.  For every company that isn&#x27;t, there&#x27;s probably another that is open to hiring.