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[quote=Anonymous]Grind. Unless you have an amazing network or can provide a very unique value-added, the job hunt is like dating.

It is a purely numbers game. I've done the whole 'custom cover letter/resume' thing and not gotten anything back and have received interviews/callbacks from elite shops with just throwing a generic resume.

Also, I would trawl through linkedin to find recruiters at firms you want to work in and directly message or email them regarding your interests.

But it comes down to Grinding and Discipline. I was in a long term unemployed situation and what killed me was not staying focused and getting disraught, and that killed my confidence.

Also, go to the gym....even more than you do now. you need to gain confidence from another avenue 'not work related' that can bolster your confidence in interviews.

Another thing that killed me in some interviews when i was unemployed was i was so beaten down and not-confident that I came across very poorly. You need to gain confidence in some other aspect of your life to make up for the confidence hit you take by being jobless.

That helps immensely. [/quote]

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