I got lucky in that I have a pretty good network of ex colleagues. One coffee with a ex colleague led me to reach out to another ex colleague who sang my praises to a recruiter. Once that happened I did my best to crush every interview through to a very good offer. Cold applying just doesn’t work unless you can be one of the first to apply and be seen by a recruiter when they first look at the queue. Networking is the #1 way to go.