Try teaching, were all over educated it's in the job description.

A friend, 54, bank loan office for yearsr, had to move back to Utah when his Mom got sick.....6 weeks with no job at all, now delivers pizza

Corporate recruiters are idiots and have no clue about the job they are trying to fill, or what it takes to succeed in an industry - IT and computer software is probably the biggest example of their ignorance. They look at a resume and see if you have words on it that match a check box on their list, without reading or understanding your past projects or problem solving skills.

I am very wary of head hunters and the companies that use them. My personal experience it that employers hire them so they can use (illegal) discriminatory hiring practices and maintain plausible deniability.

I am, but it is mainly because I took too much time off for raising children.

The question is what do you do well and enjoy doing that there is a demand for from employers?

When I was young and perplexed I took the Strong Interest Inventory test, and it advised me to become a computer programmer, which worked out well. I have confidence in that test, and also gave it to my son, who became a mechanical engineer.

So how will going back to school make this better if you are already over-educated?

Also I wouldn't let my "over-qualifications" stop me from taking a job. I would simply tell them well isn't that ideal for you then. You get more for less?

I ran into that after being VP for a lender. There was a merger and I took a buy-out. They paid me very well and i was like Kryponite when looking for a new job. I had to lie about how much I made in prior years... Saying I made LESS money than I actually did. When interviewed they were afraid I'd take their job. It took a while to land a happy position again. I have never used a head hunter.

A recruiters, love'em or hate'em.......naahhhh...hate'em (Not all of course but it takes just one bad apple....). I have always managed to work around them. You must be flexible to move around to pursue all possibilities though.

You could just move or not go back to school. It sounds like you are educated enough to find a job anywhere. Try looking in the middle of the country.