First of all, just know that it's not just you. I get contacted with that exact same statement almost every day.
Here are a few things you can do right now to improve your chances. These are the areas of highest impact, which will yield the most results. You should prioritize them.
This sounds to obvious to even be considered as sound advice. However in my experience, this is one of the key reasons why candidates aren't getting results.
There's often a considerable difference between how many applications you are sending versus what's actually required in today's market.
This is especially true for junior roles or internships, for which you should expect to send at least a couple of hundred resumes.
If you are a junior, your experience is most likely similar to many other who are seeking employment at the same time as you are. This produces a fierce competition, for which you have to compensate.
Be prepared to send more resumes than your competition so that you are at in play in as many hiring processes as possible.
If you are primarily using job boards, you are effectively trying to stand out in the middle of a crowd. Because applying through job board is the easy way, there is little to no barrier to entry. This in turns means more competition for you to fight aganst.
Instead, make a huge list of smaller companies and apply via their career sites. Doing this will help you uncover hidden job postings to which very few apply. This will completely change your odds because you will suddenly have eliminated a lot of the competition.
Since you are currently stuck at the screening phase, there is a high chance that your resume is the main reason why you don't get called in for interviews. With the current numbers of active job seekers, recruiters are flooded with resumes and yours needs to be within the top contenders to be successful.
There's a lot of advice online which seems to advocate for rather generic 1-page resumes. If that is your case, there's a huge opportunity for improvement. If your resume looks average, you'll get the average result, which is rejection. Instead, run the extra mile and write an extremely detailed CV.
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