Where do you look for jobs?

Depending on your field, you can really filter some specifics on LinkedIn.

The classified ad section of your local newspaper!

Check the Sunday, New York Times, for the help wanted ads. That's how I got my job as a girl Friday.

Find a recruiter that specializes in your industry and has been in business for at least 10 or 20 years. There are a ton of fake job listings on Monster, Indeed, and LinkedIn.

LinkedIn and Glassdoor have provided me leads in the past. Ibhabe typically marked myself as "open to work" on LinkedIn which helps recruiters find you. Be prepared for lots of sketchy recruiters (mostly Indian) to contact you. A lot of times different ones reach out about the same job. If it is an option, circle back to recruiters you have used before if you are looking for contract work or think they might find something permanent. I would highly recommend setting up job listing filters to get alerted to possible matches on LinkedIn or Glassdoor, but what another poster said is true... There are quite a few jobs that might not be real, else the listings are old or not actively being hired for, so you may never hear anything back. The job market sucks now compared to 10 or 15 years ago. Your resume will be filtered by AI so you have to tailor it for almost every application you submit to stand a chance of being considered. Hiring takes much longer now than it used to. I work in Technology and a lot of positions are outsourced overseas. I have been laid off 3 times since 2018. The first time I found a job in 4 months. Second time I found a job in 4 months, too. Third time it took 10 months, and that was every single day applying to at least 1 job (often 5 or more) that seemed like a possible fit. Most people in my industry are looking at a year or more of being out of work until they find something. It's a nightmare. I wish you good luck, though. A recruiter at my current job told me she thinks the market will improve over the next year from how it has been, but I am not sure I believe it.