as someone relatively junior and switching roles, it has been tough to find one after finishing school. wish my journey would been a success story for using hn

as someone relatively junior and switching roles, it has been tough to find one after finishing school. wish my journey would been a success story for using hn for job search, but got no luck here. it might be the same for most non-NA talent. tried finding vacancies on several job boards, and directly on companies' career sites. while (public) employment agencies are promoting using llm for writing cover letters and cv, i have been personalizing them the old-fashioned way. several a/b tests later, i got nothing but automated rejection letters. the only way i found success was from my personal connections. i suppose referrals do work out for people, but even that is not a silver bullet. maybe it is a skill issue to not find success the normal way, but in retrospect i found not much to do different the next time i need to find a job.