Just stay away from Monster. That's degraded into nothing but offshore recruiters with junk jobs who will fill your inbox with all kinds of garbage that you're not qualified for - they just matched a keyword.

I know google is shit, but get a gmail address just for job searching, and get a google voice number for your search. You will need to tie it to your mobile, but can disconnect it after you sign up and verify. Your number already has been pwned by the credit bureaus, so keeping your number "private" is kind of moot at this point. gmail is also widely accepted by email systems, so you're going to have less problems getting through spam filters. Pick something reasonable for the name, i.e. EmployThistle or something. If your full name is available, maybe use it. Don't use "BeerFan1976" for your employment mail.

Do not use an email address or phone number you care about. Indians will use it for junk years after you have stopped looking and pulled your profile. They will spam the fuck out of you if you have any kind of technological keywords in your resume.

If there are specialized job boards for your discipline, search them out and use them first.

If you're in the USA, your state employment board is probably just Indeed or Monster. Worthless. USAJobs has a lot of stuff.

You're going to get a lot of silence, and even more static. Don't let that bother you, that's just the way it is. Always reply with a courteous thank you to those who send you something that's in your ballpark but not what you want. Remember that a lot of these recruiters are just finding these jobs online and sending them to you, regardless of what they say. Don't be afraid to grab juicy sections of the text and paste them into a search engine to find the company who actually posted it.

Don't worry about Kumar and all the other pajeets, they didn't even see your resume because a computer sent you the solicitation.

But most of all? Network. You need to talk to people. You need to send your resume to people. Call them. Don't sit around waiting for them to call you.

Network through customers. I get job offers constantly from customers. How can you start your own business if you hate speaking to people?

I would recommend that you put starting your own business as main focus and get to it.

Stay where you are, it's paying your bills, but try to tell your boss that you from now have some after work private duties that prevent you from staying even a minute in overtime.

And you won't be lying, you do. Working on your own future is a lot more important than your job.

Recruiters usually just reach out to me on LinkedIn. I haven't checked it in a while, because I like my current job, but I was getting at least one message a week from recruiters for a while.

Find a local recruiter that is American and see if you like their options. Otherwise, stay where you are and start your own business after hours It’s far better to work for yourself.

I had a shitbag boss like that. The bastard would schedule a meeting at 4:30PM and rant on about nothing until 6. Two workers had kids in daycare and he'd do the "oh sorry...I forgot". I have kept track of him (and one other) prior manager to make sure I don't accidently end up where they are on a contract. If I ever hit the lottery I'll dox both of the fucks.