The majority of the posters here are correct "Don't ever pay for a type rating without a job contract". A friend of mine with thousands of piston hours (instructor) got fed up and paid for a type rating. He then, co-incidently got offered a job - but it was on a different type, so he had to pay for a type rating all over again!
There are plenty of FO jobs out there, in fact many airlines are currently interviewing for FO positions, but you need a good bit experience. Belive you me it's hard enough getting up to standard with a good bit of experience to fall back on. Get them hours anyway you can, but preferably in some kind of commercial environment, (air taxi, flight instructing, para dropping etc.) and always try to challange yourself. Eg never fly a VOR radial if you can track an NDB instead.
Remember, in this game you make your own luck.
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