You should not primarily be attempting to get interviews by sending in 50+ resumes. Instead, try to get 5 coffee dates with people with the authority to hire engineers.
Resumes are an institution created to allow people to throw out resumes.
Resumes are an institution created to allow people to throw out resumes.
Typically it would look something like "4 week prospecting trip, fill up 2~3 quarters worth of consulting engagements, fill up last quarter while delivering." This was a hard schedule to sustain after getting married, which is one reason I'm not actively consulting anymore.
But there are many, many ways to do this. A more successful consultant in Ogaki does 90% of his prospecting over Skype.