For years I've thought that cold applying to jobs is demoralizing. It used to work though so I felt that it balanced things out. At the end of 2024 I all but stopped cold applying anywhere because it is a huge waste of time. Since November I've had 2 posts go viral (pictured). Most of this group joined as a result of the 2nd one. The attention from the viral posts isn't the point nor necessary. I bring it up to illustrate that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to getting results from LinkedIn's algorithm. My strategy for job hunting is to get recruiters to reach out to me. I have 3 not so secret, secret tactics to make that happen: 1. Respond quickly to all recruiter outreach (and all DMs in general) 2. Comment daily on 10-20 posts of people with big followings (>10k) 3. Post 3-7 times a week (daily is good, 2x daily is better, I don't count reposting things) These three activities will mark your account as active when recruiters search LinkedIn. They are more likely to reach out to active accounts. You need to do these things for 2-3 weeks to see results but the results are dramatic. If you would like help implementing these things let me know. I have a few tricks to make it easier.

I have implemented icon generation using DALL-E 3; however, it cannot handle transparency for background. Fortunately, I discovered this library to remove background and make it transparent. Hopefully, it can help solve some of your issues: https://github.com/imgly/background-removal-js