Trying to survive

I’ve graduated in June 2020 top honors and have undergone 4 internships and a lot of extracurricular activities. I’m undergoing the cfa level 1 exam and constantly working on my technical skills. But wherever I turn to looking for a job I keep getting rejected or receiving no reply. People around me that have graduated have merely done the slightest to pass by and are getting jobs. Students I know that are truly incompetent and are getting ib jobs because their brothers or family member works in ib. I truly don’t know what to do at this point since I really can’t break into the anything. It’s really been demotivating and challenging. Anyone have any advice as to what I can do at this point? Please anything would be helpful .

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If you've applied to 200-300 places, increase your search to nationwide 500-1000 positions. Have you contacted your alumni network? Reach out to your school's career center and ask for help. Make a decision to do temp/intern to hire positions if necessary. Prove yourself in these internships and you'll get to FT. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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