Hi, I just graduated last December with a bachelor's degree in data science. My most recent employment is as a Teaching Assistant at my university for Machine Learning and Python Object-Oriented course. Been looking for data-related jobs - ideally data scientist or data analyst, also open for python developer or software engineer - that accept OPT as I'm on F-1 visa, but still no progress. Any advice on landing first job in the industry? Thank you

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