I'm sure most people on here sympathise with your situation, mostly because many have been there. The reason though that Easyjet et al employ 250 hr pilots is that those pilots have been through an organisation that trains them accoring to what EJ wants. Not to say it's better or worse, but essentially those pilots had a job with an airline before they flew a single hour!
How old is your husband? Can he possibly lower his sights a little and get a freighter job? A parachute job? An instructor job? Maybe he sould get in the car and go and visit some people. Aviation is about who you know, much, much more than what you know, and sausage rolls and Stella Artois are worth 100 times more than an anonomous CV recieved via e-mail.