All Of This Adds Up And Stacks The Odds
Against You Ever Getting Noticed
It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It's unfair and it sucks, but it's just the way things are at the moment.
The really annoying thing is, you might be the best person for the job. If only you could jump to the front of the queue to and talk to the recruitment manager face to face, you could show him that you're the perfect candidate.
Unfortunately you've got to go through the tedious process of submitting your application to some braindead line-manager to determine your fate, and if your application isn't up to scratch...
... you get lost in the crowd. It's as easy as that. You never get your head above the water, and you never get invited in for an interview.