I got into CHTR/Corporate ops with 800TT and 30 hours total multi. Luckiest SOB I know! I had the usual other stuff - right contacts, right place, right time. The jobs ARE there.
I was lucky that the company I work for had no experience with aircraft and took the first pilot they saw. Email me for more info!
Reddo is right in many of her points about instructing being a slightly limited career path when it comes to GA progression. One would-be Chieftain driver with a local company had about 2000 hours instructional time from Bankstown, including META. On his first "Black hole" approach into Coonabarrabran he lost it completely - all his night flying had been in Sydney with lots of pretty lights, not in mountains with clouds and stuff all to steer by.
He put the Autopilot on, walked back through the 4 passengers to the dead-legging pilot at the back, and said "Take over, I've got the leans".
He flies for RFDS now, but anyway....
Where are you based? Are you just another face in the Bankstown crowd? I know some bush operators are giving PJE experience an approving nod, so surely instruction counts for something!!!!!