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Apologies for how long this is!

I'm 18 and finishing up high school and currently working at a crappy restaurant that doesn't quite treat their employees fairly, so I'm on the lookout for a new job, which is proving extremely hard. I found my current job by emailing the head office of the restaurant chain itself, instead of applying direct like my coworkers did but this method doesn't seem to be working this time around, I think I got lucky.

My town is full of rich families who own at least 2-3 restaurants/cafes/retail stores each. All these rich families are friends and its their children and their children's friends that end up working in the businesses. I know this because the owners of my workplace also own other places in the area, and the people I work with knew the owners personally before they got the job. I've tried handing in multiple resumes to every shop/business in my town, and if they don't take resumes I email or apply online. I've taken advice from this subreddit by carefully researching each place and spending a lot of time on the cover letter so that it's personalised to each place and am yet to even get a call back let alone an interview. 

I'm aiming to not work in fast food, if that's the only place I can get a job I'm better off just sticking where I am. I had a job at a department store before my own currently and I'd be lucky to get a shift every 2 weeks, so I probably wouldn't consider that either.
<bot>: How do I get past the hurdle of not knowing rich businessmen and women in my area and land a decent part-time job?