As our longtime moderator Dave knows, my scientific career path has been a very rocky one. It's been one of temp jobs, underemployment and only a few sniffs at a genuine permanent career job - interviews which all failed.
Things have gotten bad enough that I'm thinking that the only way forward is rebuilding my job hunt from scratch. I'm in pretty bad shape mentally and financially, so rebuilding a job hunt only from what's in my head probably wouldn't be helpful - I'm quite literally at my wit's end. I know all about what doesn't work and I know my limitations. What I need is a way forward, a way of starting a career at a Ph.D. level position and salary (not, say, being an adjunct professor or a temp technician).
I've come upon the idea of using a professional career counselor. Such a thing is probably costly but I see no other way forward at this point...things like state paid vocational rehab and retraining just aren't equipped to deal with a Ph.D. level professional.
Would the readers and moderators have any suggestions in regards to professional/paid career counseling? What resources would be worth checking out?
Thank you for any advice you have.
-- RCB