How can you find the best job leads?

One way to use the network effectively is give the positive Vibe even in the negative situation. Never bad mouth about anyone, any situation. Always avoid political affiliations. Never comment on social, eye catchy posts

Avoid customization! If you are looking to fill the keywords requirement, and the profile you describe in your resume is very close to the job description, I advise you to have 2 or 3 lines at the bottom of your resume (in small white or black letters) to match the words precisely as they are stated in the AI tool or ATS used. Having a resume for each profile you apply to and the section I mentioned is better. When you work, as I advised, it would not be necessary to alter the body resume, grammar, and formatting so you maintain consistency while customizing. Usually, a perfect resume may be revised by a linguist and a native specialist in the field at least twice.

Customization is not always good. Make sure to put right things on the resume. Don't make resume too much filled. Never give anticipative information on resume. Don't add too much elaborative content on resume

Along with online also may contacts in person or physical with relevant like minded and like working professional which will help to get the job

Attending events and workshop certainly add visibility what then selection of such workshop make more sense if they are relevant. Also too many attendance is sometimes ignorance.

Preferably find the CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities happening nearby from the relevant companies which helps you to get visibility for the job

The US Department of Labor has a tool that will help you identify target companies. It's called "Business Finder" and it is on their CareerOneStop website under Job Search. Put in a job title and a zip code, and it will tell you every company that reported to the Federal Government that they employed someone with that job title in the last fiscal year. It doesn't mean that they have an opening, but they might. The results can be sorted by several criteria, and include links to websites, and even the official's name that filed the report. So, you can find jobs where you don't expect to. Then take that list and see who you know who works there. We have seen many people land jobs in places that they did not expect using this tool.

You might not be able to get your target job right away. A little lead generation tip is to use LinkedIn to look for people with the job title that you are seeking - you could choose to connect with them first of all to widen your network and open up further contacts. I would then study their career path for leads: - What roles have they held? (Potentially new keywords for you to search for jobs with) - What company did they start at? (Perhaps they still hire at entry level and are open to training people up) - Does their current company have junior openings? (You could check their job site, speculatively apply to the company or reach out to the person to ask them if there are plans to hire in their team soon)