Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for helping a job seeker diagnose and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a job search. A Job Search Diagnostic of the present invention helps a job seeker secure a new job more quickly, by identifying the specific problem areas in a search that are limiting progress and to identify those areas that will yield the greatest beneficial impact and by offering specific recommendations and guidance for how to improve in these problem areas. Diagnostic results can be highly individualized and may be based on the unique characteristics of an individual job search as well as the weighted importance of different areas of the search, and can be achieved through use of expert knowledge and logic and using a wide array of both individual generated and other available information including an individual's job search skills, employment search attributes, job seeker qualifications as well as job market and hiring environment realities.