I've just gota job with BACX. They have paid for my type rating and bonded me for 2 years. Before I was offered the job I did gliding towing for 9 months, unpaid, and instructing for a year on really poor money.
I didn't get all my ATPL exams first time. I didn't get my IR first time.
I'm new to pprune. However I've seen alot of threads on the best way to get a job. Should it be modular, should it be integrated.
In my PERSONAL opinion, paying for your own type ratings is crazy. I don't have a degree in stating the obvious but I'm pretty sure I would get a first.
It's taken me a long hard slog to get this job and It was a year before I heard anything form the date I filled out the online application form.
Best of luck to all who are looking for jobs at the moment.