[bornwithabeard]

I would definitely suggest getting along to MelbJS nights - aside from the fact that there's some good folks and great talks, there's usually a bunch of people who will advertise what roles their companies are usually hiring for.

also, make sure your portfolio site is up to date and has lots of projects that you're working on.

If you've got no commercial experience I wouldn't really recommend going to an agency, mostly because agencies are too expensive for companies if you're just going to hire juniors - plus there's usually no shortage of junior devs, especially this time of year.