There is no magic bullet. You have to network. But how do you do that predictably? It's not hard. You just have to do it every single day. For at least 6 weeks. See how your fortunes change after you've done the following every day: 1. Clean up your LI profile (high quality profile picture, nice banner, punchy headline) 2. Start making a list of 25 companies you want to work for 3. Make a list of 75 people that work at those companies that you think you could work for 4. Reach out to them on LinkedIn in a polite, flattering, and personalized way 5. Once they respond, schedule coffee chats with them (not everyone will respond, its a numbers game, so the more you do the better the volume of responses) 6. Ask for references to other people who are in similar industries, with each coffee chat 7. When positions open up, reach back out to them In addition to that, do this for three weeks: 1. Make 10-20 daily LinkedIn comments and likes 2. Write a post every 3 days

LinkedIn recently released an article that confirms what I've been saying for months. Too many Joe Schmoes are creating perfect looking resumes with AI and shooting off cold applications, making it much harder to stand out in the crowd.

There are ways around this tough question and I will provide you a few ways you can go about it

It pains me to see so many people taking the first offer that a recruiter offers them. By asking for "wiggle room" you don't need to do that anymore.

Cold applying sucks. Reaching out to recruiters is a much more effective strategy. This is how you do it right. Let me know if you guys have any questions!