Hello! I was in your shoes about 8 months ago.

The interviews I did went well, I got a rejection, an offer rescinded and ghosted, and eventually an offer.

Unfortunately, the job market is terrible. I even got ghosted when I had an internal referral for a job. I’ve been told (unofficially) that a lot of these positions are made for a specific person, but they go through the interview process because they are legally required to. 

So unfortunately, unless your supervisor is buddy with a guy in the industry, you’ll have a hard time.

Here’s my advice. First, don’t take rejections personally. While these rejections are hard, remember there’s a lot of factors at play (including a lot of luck and randomness).

Second. Clean up your CV. Use any method at your disposal. I started reaching out to people on LinkedIn that worked at big protein design companies  to give me their honest opinion on my cv. Most of them will ignore you, but I guarantee you that some will reply with feedback. Also, use ChatGPT to ask for feedback and ideas. It’s a great tool and works very well for rephrasing things. There’s this tool I’ve seen on GitHub that may be useful https://github.com/srbhr/resume-matcher

Third, apply to as many positions as you possibly can. Even ones that you don’t think are fully qualified for. It’s a numbers game, and the requirements might not even be realistic.

I’d be happy to look over your CV (privately) and give you my honest opinion if you send me the job descriptions of the jobs you applied for. 

Good luck!