[gumby]

A referral means at a minimum your resume will actually get read. In most cases that’s all it means (i.e. guarantees it won’t get rejected by the ATS).

If the referrer walks it over to the hiring manager’s desk it means a lot more, but most of the time these days it just gets fed into the HR pipeline.

You might want to revisit your resume. Of course I haven’t seen it, this is free advice from some rando, and other disclaimers.