Move to where the jobs are then? There are no ways to improve your credentials? I do IT, residential security consulting, and PI work, so I'm not sure how improving your credentials work.

As the other reply below suggested too, I would network. Almost every good job I've had in my life has come through knowing someone. I've landed a single job because of random interviewing without knowing someone in advance.

Are you socially active in your town? Meetups? Trade memberships? Conventions? I'm just trying to help too, so please don't read this the wrong way. It's hard to convey voice in text of course. :)