Only job searching through sites like LinkedIn and Indeed are just a huge waste of time. They're going to get at the very least, hundreds of applicants. Thousands if you're advertising for remote. This is all a numbers game.

People will hate to admit this, but the best ways to counter this game is leveraging your network and ending remote work. The problem is the combination of LinkedIn/Indeed and the internet creates a national, much bigger labor supply than a national labor demand pool.