Hey, I’ve been a graphic designer for 7 years working in various industries and I got made redundant back in June last year and I’m really struggling to find a new graphic design job. It’s such a hard industry, does anyone have any tips on how I can get my application to stand out in the 200+ applications?

Also has anyone tried that AI auto apply job site? I was thinking of giving it a try but it’s expensive and I’m a bit apprehensive.

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I'm in the same boat, 6 years experience and made redundant early last year. I've had 2 in person interviews recently so I'm hoping I get 3rd time lucky but it's draining and hard to keep motivated.

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I feel you! I'm a Graphic designer for 5 years, I’ve been applying and sometimes make it to interviews, but I haven’t landed the right opportunity yet. It can be discouraging at times. :/

I have done some ai auto apply tools, whilst the applications they generate arent very good quality imo, i think with the shear amount of applications companies are getting in it might be a necessity nowadays to even be considered. The reality is that with huge numbers of applicants, the hiring managers will be using AI themselves to narrow down applicants, so if you can give the tool the right prompt to include the right keywords etc you might have a chance of coming up. Another thing, make sure you have a good portfolio site with your best work and design process, once you do get to be in some of the final few applicants , a good portfolio is what will make or break it

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