A survey of 622 aspiring and incumbent school administrators was conducted in order to document job search strategies used by men and women seeking principalships and superintendent or assistant superintendent positions. Since these positions are predominantly held by men, it has been suggested that men's and women's job search strategies differ in effort and technique. Results belie such views. Although younger respondents needed greater effort to obtain their first administrator job, age differences were not so great as expected. Those seeking or possessing a doctorate submitted more job applications, had more interviews, and used more job search strategies that those lacking doctorates. Aspirants made greater efforts than incumbents to obtain their first job; incumbents made more efforts than aspirants to obtain the present job. To obtain administrative jobs, women submitted more applications, had more interviews, and searched longer than men. Female incumbent superintendents made much greater efforts than males, using 13 different search strategies whereas men used only 7. Basically, women employ more strategies to overcome barriers to administrative advancement than men do. Hence it cannot fairly be said that women are just not trying hard enough; blame for women's underrepresentation in educational administration needs to be assigned elsewhere, and monitoring for gender equity seems mandatory. Other implications and policy recommendations are provided. Included are 11 references and 7 tables. (MLH)