I couldn't agree with Spaceman1000 more. It really does get you down when you are busting your balls to get your first job & no one will give you a break. You & your mates just about scraping by when you see others taken on, with apparently the same or less qualifications than you, by an airline who told you that they weren't recruiting!
Flying schools are mostly a pack of complete liars peddling false hope so that they can fill their ill-run courses which most of the time have absolutely F-all to do with commercial flying. (Radio wave propagation, do a compass swing, pick a field into wind to crash your B757 into!)
However, we all know this but we do eventually get that first break. We jump through the hoops, tick the boxes & we get their. Where did all those guys come from with their 2000 hours total & 500 on type? They came from where some of you guys are now. Stick with it & it will happen. Allow Spaceman1000 to air his views; at least he's generated a thread that opens up debate.