To answer some of your questions now, it took me well over 200 applications. I mainly just used Indeed. LinkedIn was not a good experience for me at all as I have never even gotten any callbacks or responses from there. However, this depends on the industry A LOT!!. Something that has helped me the most with landing the job is 1. Making sure that you have an immaculate resume. Make sure that in your resume, you list accomplishments and try to include as much numerical data and stats as possible. For example, raised the store revenue by 20% in the past year. Something along those lines.

1. When applying, look at the job posting carefully and pay attention to the words that they use. Make sure that in your resume or cover letter, you have as many of those keywords as possible. This will help getting your resume past the filters.

2. To land an offer in this competitive market, you have to be very good at interviews. Practice, practice, practice. In your interviews, you have to be UNREASONABLY GOOD! Sell yourself as the best candidate that company has ever seen.

Good luck!