How screwed am I really?
I have been a project manager officially for about 7 years now, and unofficially I have performed project management and project coordination responsibilities for more than 10. I was laid off by a shitty healthcare IT company outsourcing my job and hundreds of others, and since that time I have been working as a contract PM for an insurance business managing multi-million dollar mergers and acquisitions IT projects. In August, my 2-year contract will end, and I will be forced to take at least a 3 month leave before being considered for re-hire unless I am offered an FTE role, which I doubt will happen.
Here's the rub: I've been applying all over the place for positions that pay less, and require less experience than what I have, however nearly all of these positions require a degree, and the linkedin metrics of how many BS and MS degrees I am competing with is extremely daunting. I am a combat USMC veteran, honorably discharged, and I have over 20 years of IT experience. I have a PMP, and multiple other PM, Agile, and Lean certificates but none of it seems to matter.
So, honestly, how screwed am I?