I had to move to Finland (from the UK) to get my first real job, and even when I returned to the UK I had to move to London to find another place that would take me. Now I have a few years under me and people seem to throw jobs at me.

The trend has been for a while: "We don't hire juniors", which I think is extremely short-sighted.

The problem is that when you're hiring juniors (or even interns) you have a responsibility for them; it's a bit like having children, you have a stranger that needs supervision, proper education and the company/environment needs to have a good structure.

Companies are scared of a junior being trained (or, invested in) and then running away.

Companies are even more scared of the fact that they don't have a good structure set up. So we have this sort of absence of new juniors.

(also, and this is controversial, when hiring juniors there's a strong emphasis on hiring from minority backgrounds such as women, trans-folk, ethnicities other than white and neurodiversity).

So, my "tip" is to move to where the jobs are. (rather: be very open to relocate)