A couple of months ago, I read a book called "Read This Before Our Next Meeting: The Modern Meeting Standard" (see my review on Goodreads here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/197394213). It's right in line with what you're saying here, with more details/suggestions for moving your organization to a culture of only having meetings that are meaningful. One of the critical suggestions from the book is to not have a meeting when a conversation will suffice. I like that -- conversations are active and not nearly as disruptive to my schedule as meetings are.

My best advice is to keep up with technological options for searching. For example, LinkedIn. I had neglected my profile for years. When I started looking to change jobs earlier this year, I updated my profile. Within a few months, I started getting unsolicited requests from companies who wanted to interview me. This sounds like a great book, I really enjoyed reading the blog.