I would have to say not to worry about the jet ranger endorsement. With your amount of hours I am pretty sure that where ever you go they will probably endorse you anyway. I got here with less than 1000 hours Robby time and I had a 206 and a 500 endorsement in my first month of work.Doing the conversion is pretty easy. A number of schools here offer it. The one I went to in Langley got the job done but they were pretty shady. If you are serious about doing this I am sure you have already searched a few out. I dont think you will have trouble finding work. So bite the bullet and never look back.
Cheers