I have been with every online site, Texas employment commision. I have looked out of town and out of state. I am 56. This and no degree has much to do with the luck I have had. I was making 6 figure income and have been turned down for 9:50 per hour jobs as customer service reps on the phone. I was the number 3 sales rep for Wells Fargo in the nation. Now I can’t even get a customer service phone job. I have at my own expense taken 5 weeks of schools to become an insurance adjuster. It cost me 5K and I passed their assesment with the highest score in a room full of seasoned adjusters. Still companies that advertise for adjusters want 3 to 5 years experience or a 4 year degree. With so many people out of work, the few jobs open are looking for college degree or experience. I can’t tell you how many Sales rep jobs I have applied for. I can’t get past the degree thing. Of course I must be the worst interview in the world because the few I have had did not even call me back. And I thought they went well. I can only think its my gray hair.
Find a few more in the same boat as you and form a bounty hunter club.
Were I you, I would seriously consider checking out North Dakota. Late last year some time I read an article where an entire Call Center was simply moved to some other state because they couldn't fill the positions, and the article mentioned that many jobs cannot be filled, there aren't enough workers available.
With all your experience and your obviously superior qualifications, were I you, I would seriously consider going through an ONLINE PHONE BOOK for North Dakota and talking to every single manager of any place possible where car financing is done.
I doubt that such a line of action will appeal to you, so instead I offer you the online Job Service for North Dakota:
site:www.jobsnd.com "north dakota" employment - Google Search
Do you have your application all up to date at the federal job website, it's called something like JobsUSA.net OR something similar.
I have also read several articles that MANY companies refuse to advertise any openings because literally thousands show up, and instead, they rely on the dozens of resumes they've collected from all the people pounding the sidewalk, going "cold calling" door to door.
Have you joined any networking groups for the unemployed?
Dye your hair????? best of luck to you.....I wonder if they really check on the college degrees on those applications???? Just wondering....