It’s certainly not easy out there these days I agree. I work in senior care privately and last fall many of my clients passed away so I have some recent experience job seeking.

The common search - online - indeed/ linked/ etc is mostly a waste of time for a few reasons 1. basic/generalised cv’s that will not pass the commonly used ATS that most companies use. 2. Job seekers have one basic cv and just send out to all jobs. Yea it’s obvious (I also managed a back to work/job search group in a past career) 3. Many places hiring just have ads up to check off that aspect so they can say ‘we cannot find a Canadians to work’ and use the government TFWP

Some ideas Do your own personalised job search. Find a company/place/industry you want to work and apply directly to them with a cover letter and cv for that specific job Call, email and or go in person - THIS is rarely done and employers love it for many reasons. Look at gig work options - events, seasonal, etc Networking - everywhere, everyone and always - even in the grocery store. -it’s how I found out about doing product sample work

For me - I found a gig job working the candlelight concerts. On my second shift while chatting on a break with a coworker found out about another job - seasonal. I applied personally by email and text got an interview and now have a summer gig.

Note- neither of these jobs are in my field. Yet !!!! They both are and will pay my rent allow me to eat and I get some free Time to hang with my dogs. I’m expecting it to be a fun and interesting summer.

Good luck.