Don't lose hope. The job market is essentially a lottery where jobs go to whoever happens to know the right people or be in the right place at the right time.

Yes, networking helps. Yes, unpaid volunteer work in your field helps. Yes, a good application and a good resume helps. But at the end of the day it is mostly a game of chance.

The most important thing, which is hard to do in a society built on capitalist ideology, is not to let your lack of employment get to you. Your job is not your personality and not having a job does not make you an inferior or morally deficient person, no matter how much liberals try to convince you otherwise.