I was is your same shoes, but I was a guy looking from the outside trying to get my foot in the door. I was applying to all of those jobs that thousands of other pilots were applying to. As mentioned, get to know people.
I met an individual by accident at a hangar one day when I was there talking to someone else. I stayed in touch with the individual that I met throughout the course of a year. Eventually, that contact offered me a part time contract gig on a Falcon 2000.
Even though I busted my butt, I still consider myself extremely fortunate and lucky.