Melbourne: Finding Job is Very Hard

Hi Guys,

Recently relocated to melbourne and having hard time finding job.

I have about 9.5 years of experience in Kitchen as Chef( 4 years as Senior Chef).

Always wanted to do career change and Visa was always an issue. Now having acquire citizenship and studied Bachelors in IT (2019) and recently passed Cert IV in Cyber security, I thought I would have crack at one of those entry level jobs.

I have applied over 300 jobs now. Attached cover letter to each of them.

Most of Them are just very basic entry level like helpdesk, IT support ones.

Why is it so hard to land job here? Also, when week passed, I started to even apply for pick packers, Delivery drivers and even Chef role.

So far got 1 reply for graduate program 2026 for next step to happen in July.

I am losing my mind with everything now. Are there any other jobs I can apply or should apply that is closely related to IT?

I am starting to doubt myself. I have really good work ethics and have always had great attitude and so on.

Any help or advice would be great.

TLDR; Cant find a job in melbourne