3rd post about this. Turned down for 2 more positions.
Background:
15 years experience IT Sales, Security, Personnel Management, and Project Management, no real programming experience. Experience with Nessus, nmap, Splunk, Active Directory, AD OU, slurm, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exchange, Cisco and Juniper Hardware, and overall Windows, MacOS and Linux SysAdmin.
Two Associates in Computer Design and Computer Science
MBA in Executive Management from Ivy League School
Can't move due to wife taking care of handicapped sister for job, sister lives with 55 year old mother, mother owns house, no plans to move.
We have a 3 year old I usually take care of. We have a nanny for when I get a job.
Live in low pop area (100k - 125k people for a 100 square mile radius.)
Jobs I've applied to and been passed over for:
Police Dispatch Tech Lead - 79k Salaried City Gov - Interviewed - Passed over for internal hire.
IT Management Lead - 86k Non-Salaried - Interviewed - Not hired due to being unable to relocate.
IT Support Specialist II - 65k Salaried - Interviewed - Not hired - No reason given.
Computer Systems Specialist - $32/hr Full Time and Covered Benefits - Going on 3 weeks no contact.
General Manager - Goodwill - $31/hr Full Time - Applied - No interview.
General Manager - Walmart - 90k Salaried + Profit Sharing - Applied - No interview.
General Manager - FedEx - $42/hr Full Time - Applied - No interview.
Computer Systems Specialist - City Government - $31/hr Full Time - Interviewed - No offer - More qualified candidates.
Computer Systems Technician III - $4,280 Monthly - Interviewed - No offer. - No reason given.
I'm at the end of my rope here. My wife says "Just apply at something like McDonalds or some other fast food place, they hire anyone." and I feel pretty upset that with my credentials I may possibly be looking at doing something like this.
What type of positions should I be looking for with my expertise? Am I short selling my skills and applying for things I'm over-qualified for? I want to do something that is Remote work or will do Travel up to 40%, but I'm really not sure what I'm looking for.
I have been self-employed for close to 4 years now, but my market is dwindling for my product and I need to get a job soon. I have a mortgage and bills that need to be paid and even though I've got about 6 months worth of savings left, I started job searching over a year and a half ago and have only been paying my 4 employees since. We just finished laying off our last 2 employees. I really need something to stick, and maybe be told what positions I should be looking for.
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My wife's step father just got a remote job working as a "senior storage engineer" for S******* out of Seattle, and gets paid 75 a fucking hour to make sure there no alarm codes on AWS Cloud DBs and set up new AWS Elastic Storage blocks when needed. Insane cash for such an easy job, and he just answers emails most days. Wish I had it so easy.
I’d say get a career coach? HireClub has a ton and people have been successful. I haven’t done it, but I see posts on FB group. Join groups on FB - HireClub, Albert’s Job Listing, Subtle Asian Tech and so on. You can post there, and ask for help too. Or see the job postings and contact people.
Good luck! It’ll work out.