[scarface74]

If you are dependent on submitting your resume to an applicant tracking system and hoping it will stand out to someone in HR, you're doing it wrong (tm).

I haven't blindly submitted a resume in the 20 years I've been working. I've always used recruiters or an inside contact.

[viraptor]

In some situations you can. In others you move 11 timezones, have no local network, and need to find a job. It's not the best way, but it's not wrong.

[scarface74]

Even in that situation, I would reach out to a local independent recruiter I. The area where I was looking for a job.