Very experienced, type rated captains have not have offers extended to them because their personality was not a good match for the company.
Contacts may get you an interview but from there it is up to you. I wasn't asked if I had passed exams first pop. If you have the licence then one would expect you are capable of the functional part of the job. From there it basically comes down to whether they want to sit next to you for up to 12 hours a day.
As my now deceased maths teacher used to say "Life is unfair". And so it is: but tell me, do you really want life to always be fair? - to only get your due every time and no more, no less. To never get lucky, get a break, or get away with something?
Have a rethink of your perspective. Go are one of the few who will even consider you. Why not lambast those who don't even bother to reply to your C.V.. Keep plugging away, keep improving your marketability and keep networking for yourself.
Even the blind pig gets the acorn sometime.
