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- Consider doing some freelance work to build up a portfolio of actual field-related work. You could also consider volunteering to help local charities with website stuff, if you're up for it.

- Learn some buzzwords. React is hot these days, for example.

- Find local recruiting agencies, they're more than happy to pitch you to whatever clients have openings for the type of position you're looking for

- Also look for other types of agencies (e.g. marketing) and tech consultancies, as they sometimes have unadvertised openings (e.g. crunching to finish some behind-schedule project).

- Don't mention help desk experience. If you're at entry level for web development, it looks better if your resume only presents relevant experience (better yet, highlight skillset over work history). Displaying irrelevant experience looks like unprofessional filler text.