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I get it, and I even said somewhere that not everybody is cut out to be a business owner/boss. I just got really tired of having to take stupid orders from stupid bosses. My current boss is as dumb as an ox, but I'm self-employed, so that's the best I got.
The world needs employees, too, so that's okay, but I'm just saying that if I was in a long-term unemployment situation, and was getting nearly no response, I think I would keep that up, but carve out some time to establish some side hustle, like Etsy, or eBay, based on something you can do. Do you play an instrument? Maybe you can get into a band. You don't have to be a rock star to make a little money playing 2 or 3 wedding receptions a month.
It's better than sitting home week after week, month after month, waiting for things that are entirely beyond your control to break in your direction. At least you are taking responsibility for your own fate, not leaving it to others who don't even know you exist.
If you are so willing to work that hard for somebody else, why wouldn't you work that hard for yourself?
I mean im not waiting around but im aweful at music, art, and sports. My prediclections are in the direction of my initialy choice of career which was scientific research. I am a better thinker than doer and I moved to IT as it was the only thing paying. I picked up an education degree but just got denied for a program to get certified late in life. Everything you listed goes right into things I am horrible with. This is what I mean again that everyone can't do X. That being said I am actively trying to figure out something that will work for me and am not exclusively just hitting my head against the linkedin/resume wall but its tough as hell at my age. I don't have people to lean on. People should be leaning on me (well my wife does). I have changed careers before but I was able to live at my brothers place at the time. I have gotten more education but there were opportunities I could take advantage of. Im not someone sitting around waiting for a job to fall into my lap.
Can you write? Can you teach? If you are an expert in your field, you can do a blog, or write a book and publish it on Amazon, or do a YouTube channel.
Perhaps there is some sort of consulting you could do. Years ago, I put up a consulting page on my website, and it generated over $100,000 in revenue over about a decade. I still get 2 or 3 nibbles a year, but I'm not really chasing that these days.
You are trying to find a job in your field, so you must feel you have a value. I'd establish myself over the next six months with a blog, write a book about what you do, and then start fishing for consulting gigs. A year from now, you could be making real money, and be completely in charge of your schedule and your life, with no boss but your own sense of responsibility.