[vonmoltke]

Power electronics (troubleshooting and support, but no design), systems engineering[1], real-time embedded software (radar signal processor, so "big" embedded), and NLP. My resume is linked through my website in my profile here.

[1] This kind: http://www.incose.org/practice/fellowsconsensus.aspx

[vishbar]

That's probably the reason. Those are all rather niche markets.

Stick "ASP.NET MVC" in your resume or on your LinkedIn and you'll get swamped.

[hkarthik]

This is a good skill set for San Jose or Austin, not so great for Dallas unless you want to work for one or two of the local telecom companies that are still investing in engineering here.

[vonmoltke]

I'm not limiting myself to Dallas. My original comment was more about the propensity of recruiters to not look outside the local area of the job they are trying to fill. If you aren't already in the area the recruiters are not beating your door down.