Another way to look at it is that with a bare commercial licence you don't have the skills, ability or experience to actually do many of the jobs available in the aviation industry.
Hours flown is a quantitive measure of your experience and it is all well and good to dream about glamour jobs and wish they were available straight up but the bottom line is that someone without the experience would find themselves in a world of trouble from day one in almost all helicopter operations. From what I have seen and experienced it takes a lot of time, caution, nurturing and a bit of luck to get a pilot to an acceptable commercial level once they have started with their first employer.
It is a good idea to make sure that your bucket of experience is quite full before your bucket of luck is empty.
If you a looking to stay alive and have a long and prosperous aviation career you need to deal with the fact that when you first get that commercial licence you don't know sh1t !!. I can't think of too many worthwhile careers in any industry where you get to start at the top.