I’ve been looking for a new job for too long, and it’s getting less and less bearable here, so I’m pretty frustrated. I regret that I allowed myself to stay at HW for so long, because I think that is one of the big reasons why I don't have particularly marketable skills now.
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May want to have a professional help with your resume. They are current with what the industry is looking for and can help tailor it for those qualities. They will also draw out a lot more of your qualities which your are probably overlooking.
Have a recruiter look at your resume and tell you what to switch around/update. It maybe the way you are marketing yourself.
Different roles help too. A person with a technical degree or background who has experience supporting procurement or production or had a job in those groups works pretty well. Companies need people who know how to get product shipped.
If you are purely technical background, defense tends to need more designers, likes Ray and LM. Also if you are ok moving that really expands opportunity. I have moved 5 times and got a raise each time.
I've written this to others, so pardon the repetition.
Setting aside your primary role, what else do you do / have you done in the course of a week/month/year? Repackage yourself as an expanded version of the engineer (or whatever) you see yourself as because you don't just do that. You are MORE.
Green Belt? Process improvement? Spreadsheet wh-z? Analytic insights (data, metrics)? Have you trained others? Influenced clients or managers? Patents? Can you speak another language? Managed/supervised? Do you write well? Great with investments? Travel savvy? Do you give good advice? Won the county chili cook-off? Talker or observer? Dog whisperer? Made the handiest little gadget that is hanging in your garage?
Having been through this before, the biggest mistake I made was to try to get the same position somewhere else in an industry slump. In doing so I got nothing. Only when I began to see and sell my broader set of skills did the opportunities come. You can do it!
What general area and level? Business, engineer, IT, technician, manufacturering.
Have you looked into contractor positions.