Not being a professional my experience is somewhat limited. However I meet alot of trainees and jobseekers, so I have a rough idea of who's getting the jobs.
I know a young lady who was doing her FIC at my school, and started a job PPL instructing the week she finished. A week later, Flybe gave her half a week's notice before she started her 146 type rating.
Compared to many, she has been extremely fortunate. I know males who have spent spent spent, and are scraping a living with three jobs and have had plenty of rejections (including from Flybe), despite doing the same courses in the same place at the same time.
Either it was a case of right place right time, or some places have quotas to fill, in which case your chances would be improved.
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