If you are willing to move, there’s employment in the Oil & Gas Industry. And you don’t need experience in O&G to get a job. I moved from Chicago to West Texas a year ago at the age of 53.
Ancillary positions and associated growth in service industry in the big “shale” plays mean all sorts of jobs are coming open. Help Wanted signs populate the area and almost half are looking for “managers” (retail stores, service groups, healthcare).
What about IT - networking? - I am sick of NJ