I agree, I deal with a lot of new hires and side hustles are a red flag. Entrepreneurism is somewhat addictive and the HR crowd knows a lot of people with that gene treat full time jobs as a bridge back to self employment.
Based on your postings I suspect you have that gene, you are an individual contributor and not that experienced in leading people or managing things with a lot of moving parts.
The first step to planning a career or a move is to pick something you really want to do, as opposed to tossing a wide net and looking for anything you can do. Once you narrow that down, identify any skill gaps you might have and figure out how to close them as much as possible. That may mean training, or taking a lower level position that will provide you some experience. Once that's done, you can identify the locations that are suitable - maybe they require a move, maybe not.
There are a few high paying professions that always need people, have a relatively easy training path. Trucking and heavy equipment operation come to mind, both of those are eligible for OSAP funding, take less than a year and pretty much guarantee graduates a decent paying job. Those are just a couple of examples, there are lots of other options. A good training program will get you placed in 8 mos, both those jobs have employers north to south, coast to coast.
I've spent some time in Timmins this year, lots of mining work in the area. It's heavy work, long days, and pays well I was talking to some mine workers this weekend, one of them pressure washes equipment at a crushing plant, one loads ore using a bobcat, one changes tires on big mining equipment -- they all started with zero experience and make $30-50/hr. The tire guy just did a stint for his company in Argentina, he gets the opportunity to work around the world at his company's mines.
