hard to get into IT

You IT Pros, Gurus and shamks,
Can you explain me why is that hard to get a Job in the field?
I do have a really good experience in IT since the age of the Spectrum and the Amiga until the present technology, Got few MCPs and an A+ certificates, do speak a good english and french and even so, No way to land a job in IT.
well, Haven’t been working in an IT domain before but still working with from a software side and a hardware too.
where is the blam?
is there any chap who can advise me to find the secret trick!!
thanks shamks…