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Been out of the employment search for 10+ years. Where do I start?

LinkedIn damned near landed me a sweet job. They were ready to offer, but HR put their thumb on the scale for their guy. Just barely missed another this week from Indeed, think asking $60-$70K was too much for that place, and if so, fuck 'em, that was a serious lowball. Networked what little I could, don't know may people any more, and certainly not in tech.

What are your go-to places to job hunt?

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Knowing a guy is the #1 way.
After that, Indeed, LinkedIn (yuck), and finding a good recruiter. Or specific company job pages, if you find a particular place you want to work.

I've been out of work for just at two weeks now. Been searching for a new job since about Jan 1st. Got a few small bites, but nothing really. The real changer for me was when I changed my LinkedIn from "Only Recruiters can see I'm Open to Work" to "Everyone can see" I got swarmed... now, that being said. Have not gotten any actual offers yet, but a lot more traction which I do feel will lead to an offer soon. My dynamic is a bit different as due to noncomplete and a significant distaste for the Deep South, relocation is also a requirement for me.

What's your experience and what are you applying for? Also what's your resume look like? Do you have contacts in the industry you can fall on?
Coming into IT right now is tough depending on where you live. Not the greatest time to show up after 10 years.

Feel like both are just a Data-Broker-R-US fake job posting/data scraping fest.
Would love someone to change my mind.

I was unemployed or slightly self-employed for about six years. It made it almost impossible to find a job. No tech company would call me with such a huge gap in employment. I was trying to get manual labor jobs and no one would call there either. There was a FAANG on my resume, so they knew I would split at the first opportunity to get back into tech. It was horrible.
Everything changed after I took a menial labor temp gig upgrading iPhones for staff at a hospital. I hated the work. But after four months doing that, I was employable again. I did a phone interview for a Linux sysadmin job at a fintech company and was supposed to do the in-person interview soon after. An IT company (Managed Service Provider) offered me a job before I could interview again and I just jumped on it. Over time, I came to like the work. More than what I did on the tent-pole product at the FAANG. I still work IT because it's more rewarding to me and it's easy and I have an independent source of income so I can afford to make less.
Get a temp gig. They're easier to get because their disposable. It'll help make the gap in employment fade into the background of your resume. I'm pretty sure you'll have more opportunities after. All of this was through LinkedIn.

Ive been out of work for 8 months now. Had so many close calls but they keep on pulling back because of all the uncertainty I think. I do mostly linkedin as it is to useful overall even though its a walled garden.

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