I think working on an side project that would showcase your skills would be more than enough. Any project that is data-driven, includes authentication & author

I think working on an side project that would showcase your skills would be more than enough. Any project that is data-driven, includes authentication & authorization, and a clean UI. All with minimal frameworks, and in public eye like GitHub so they can see code quality. I think that paired with a good personality would be a home run getting a job.