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I am a fresher and applied to a ton of jobs during my college days and still applying the only thing which takes me back is the amount of rejection i have to face. Facing rejection is not a problem but being the most ideal candidate * which I feel like , after seeing the job profile * and still not getting selected makes me introspect am I that bad. After seeing people who have a lesser core fundamental knowledge on topics getting in good companies just because they had a good referral makes me question that is the only chance of getting a job through Referrals ? So i have a question for the community, Is the job space only based on referrals or is there any chance of getting into the company naturally especially through job boards ? My background : I am a graduate in B Tech. CSE with Specialization in Cloud Computing. I have a good amount of experience with the AWS cloud. I have an interest in working in the area of Cloud Security and DevOps.

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I am a '21 graduate from a Tier 1 college (old IIT) and have had short stints as product manager at a couple of startups. About a year back, I decided to startup but after a few months, realized that startup idea wasn't worth pursuing. Researched around a few startup ideas and finally landed upon a good one in D2C space. But the problem is financing. I don't have much saving and friends / family network wouldn't be able to finance this. I really want to pursue this idea but finance is becoming a hindrance. So started looking for job opportunities about 3 months back. I have been exploring work opportunities in product / founder office / EIR roles or other generalist role. Job hunt process has been frustrating to say the least. Getting very few calls. In most cases, people are ghosting after couple of rounds of interview or assignment. In some cases, after getting through 2-3 rounds, I got to know that opening has been closed temporarily. Most HRs don't even have the decency to give feedback. I don't intend to work in job for long anyway. As soon as I have the job, I plan to start working on my business idea and quit as soon as I have enough financial leeway. How should I go about job hunt process? I have been trying to connect with folks on LinkedIn in whose company job openings are there. Apart from this, I have been connecting with founders from recently funded startups. Naukri / Instahyre and IIM Jobs are other portals I have been looking on. Anything I should do differently here? Looking forward to hearing your suggestions / experience.