I'm trying to get more into project management. The crazy part is they pay more than my pay as a former director and they are often easier to get.
well a lot of them ( project manangement ) are just limited time employment - so they may pay a lot but its going to be for a limited time until you accomplish whatever stage it is your are working for and then they determine if you are appropriate for the next evolution.
i dunno how old you are but if youre over 35 or 40 you will also run into just plain old age discrimination -
at 35 or 40 youre about near your end of usefulness for some companies since likely you will have higher salery expectations ( ie maybe you have a family or youre supporting a household ) and of course you may be decidng to have kids ( if you are female ) or have them already which will put a demand on your time outside of work and make you less likely to work in your off time. - also if you are an older worker youre likely to start becoming sick and thats a drain on companies bottom line-
there are stories upon stories of older workers (40s and 50s) who had no issues at their annual reviews ever suddenly having their work scrutinized and being cited or written up for seemingly minor fuckups as a preamble to letting them go because someone realized how old they are and considered them "difficult" or " incapable" of adapting or understanding new ideas in the market/industry. Tech is notorious for this .
and of course the hidden thing - Tech is racist AF - and you are really aat a disadvantage being black - they will hire an asian or indian or maybe even a latin before you....take a look at most tech development teams and the shit looks like a repubican rally. My brother works in tech here in NYC for a major international media company and he looks young ( black dont crack ) but he sees most of his dept is all young 25 -35 year olds - there isnt anyone older and they frequently let those older people go and replace them with a 25 or 28 year old for the lower salery they will have to pay them. and he is only one of 3 black people in a dept of 30 or 40 people
all of that to say - you need to really curtail and hone in on your qualifications and skills use terms and skill sets listed in the advertisement or posting as to whats being looked for and what youve accomplished thats unique....and of course applicable.
finally, if you are older remove any real discernible dates so that at least you arent making it easier to drop you in the initial round that machines and then people will actually look at your resume that are younger than you . if you got out of college 20 years ago drop that date of graduation and if your employment history is older than 15years, you need to maybe keep the last 10 years of what it is youve done ...
lastly getting employed depends on where you are in the country -so if youre in a area that really is not really hiring for other hourly service jobs - its going to take you longer to get hired at your professional full time service sector job - even here in NYC it can take as long as 6 months to get hired by some large companies - everyone is watching the economy .
there are some free cyber security courses - increase your portfolio - and again apply to things that are way outside of your tech background. that may be the way for you these days
Had family/closest folks to me laugh...when i said fuck corporate..baby steps or maybe service provider? 
