I network, I get a bunch of bla bla meetings, the occasional 'interview'. Na. It's been a year. One wanted to offer me 80% less money. But even they didn't have headcount at the end. Today a headcounter from Singapore called me to 'chat' and told me he is leaving the industry and the country as everything has doubled in price. Why he called me, I don't know. I guess he needed to vent.
There's a tooooooooooon of fake job searches out there. A company in Australia interviewed me for a CPO role and a friend of mine through headhunters. Neither of us got hired. That's fine. Yet, no one else either. It's been 10 months. The company isn't REALLY looking. Huge waste of everyone's time. They just want to appear to be in the position of being able to hire.
Hundreds of applications, intros, talks. I'm a single gay man, no family, flexible, can move almost anywhere, can easily do fully remote or hybrid, whatever. But na. I got tired. There are no jobs anymore for experienced hires (at least for us folks outside the US. In my case APAC or AU). I'm in my mid 40s and basically forced into (very) early retirement. Trying to figure out alternative things to do so I don't get too bored and actually bring home some money again.