knock on doors
Bushed is right. Sending off resumes and hoping for a responses is not the way to go. Do a road trip and knock on doors make sure you have the qualifications - I landed a job that way. As for insurance, it's a bit of a catch 22 and why I took most of my license on a floatplane. You need to have at least a rating but even now that won't help you with some of the smaller operators