Today, I had interviews with two agency recruiters that went very similar to all the other interviews that I have had lately. They thought I had a good resume, skills, and experience, but they did not have any job opportunities for me.

Being an older worker with good work experience, job hunting recently has been a humbling experience for me. When I quit my last permanent job to re-locate, I envisioned that it would be easy to get a similar job in the same field elsewhere. I was wrong.

Job hunting on the Internet allows you to see the many opportunities that are available, but it also allows employers to choose from a larger pool of candidates. Emailed resumes are easily screened by employers to find the most suitable potential candidates for a position. 

One definition of madness that I have heard is when someone does the same thing over and over again and then expects a different result. Posting my resume on job boards and contacting recruiters has not helped me to become employed long-term, though I have worked a few short-term contract assignments. Recruiters contact me all the time for approval to submit my resume to an employer, but there is hardly any response afterward.

Some of the first jobs where I was hired in my career, I would just go out to see employers directly and ask for work. The Internet is great in that it allows us to connect with others over long distances, but nothing can substitute for face to face contact.  For me, it is time to go out and contact employers directly again.