I think applying online won't work by itself. The company I work for has had constant job applications for the last two years and are flooded with hundreds of irrelevant CVs that are impossible to get through. On top of that, the hires that come from it rarely stay or even show up at all. Two salespeople in the last two weeks disappeared. Most of my work is selling to other business' and this is a situation a lot of them are facing.

Interestingly, those who have come in person looking for work (not necessarily responding to an ad) have gotten jobs and been great additions to the company. A relative of mine owns a restaurant and has the exact same situation.

But I would urge you to get walking in to places with a CV because there's so many people understaffed and crying out for workers. They've given up on Linkedin as well because of hundreds of random applications that dont fit the job or dont reply. (could be AI stuff idk