 Are you applying for a UX design role? Zero success after 50 applications? Not even one? Okay, do this. Change the way you reach out. Cold emails or messaging, job boards, community boards, ask a friend, tailor your message to the recruiter. Offer insight and value to what they need help with. Change the type of companies you're applying to. Pick companies with a higher success rate. Upcoming stealth startups, companies that desperately need design help, there's a lot. Tap into your network to find these. Change your portfolio. A portfolio should show your best work with a range of projects. Mobile, web, app, show your thinking and design process through writing. Include real examples, interview videos, scripts, research data.