I like the message, though thinking back to the number of jobs I've been rejected for, 17 seems like the tip of the ice berg when it comes to possible rejection.
Are you doing like thoughtful and tailored cover letters for each position or spamming your resume at them? If I take my time with applications and talk about their product in the cover letter I tend to almost always get a response. When I shotgun blast my resume at people I get very little response.
They said they were getting a response - rejection.
I was just thinking back to when I was brand new - my first job was 4 long months of sending out resumes.