Job hunting the winter

Well that time of the year where I find myself looking through Kijiji adds for work and it bewildered me at what I see.
Yes there is a lot of job offering for southern Ont. And some sound like good jobs but I still have to wonder.
When looking at these job listing you can see just as many people looking for work as is looking for employees which beg the question why.

You see if you need a job then answer the adds and apply for that job.
Is it that these people do not have the skills they say they have or are the jobs that are listed do not pay or are just not the right fit.
I do believe that a little of both may exist but for the guys looking for work it just may be that they have worked for so many people that they have burned out there area .
So finding work is now a chore.

One of the hardest things when looking for work is if you have been self employed for a long time many employer do not want to hire you for the simple fact that as soon as work starts to pick up in spring you are gone just like that.
Another problem is that you simply are over educated for almost all jobs and what the employer does not want is someone showing him how to do his job egos run high when it comes to contracting.

The best we can do is stick to looking for what we can find be it hourly or subcontracts