You are not alone. I'm also just shy of 2 decades of experience, and have had extreme difficulty.
My last salary was as a contractor for a 10 month project, which ended Dec 2019. Then came a divorce, the covid lockdown, and a horrendously difficult bout with depression.
I've moved back home, and have been looking for work in earnest for the last two years. I've finally had some nibbles with freelance, but interviews for salary positions are still few and far between, and even then solid, successful interviews have not gone in my favor.
For comparison, in 2013 I was poached after a recruiter saw my linkedin profile, and given an offer I couldn't pass up.
My last salary was as a contractor for a 10 month project, which ended Dec 2019. Then came a divorce, the covid lockdown, and a horrendously difficult bout with depression.
I've moved back home, and have been looking for work in earnest for the last two years. I've finally had some nibbles with freelance, but interviews for salary positions are still few and far between, and even then solid, successful interviews have not gone in my favor.
For comparison, in 2013 I was poached after a recruiter saw my linkedin profile, and given an offer I couldn't pass up.