In todays economy, its everyman for himself, for 4/5 years at least i'd say...!
British Isles for example have pilots EVERYWHERE, with no jobs, wait for the economy to come back in 2/3 years and everyone with a licence will start to get jobs again/ any new fellas will attain the basic jobs...
Either way, theres enough pilots to cover all heli's probably several times over at this point, so theres going to no one out there offering to sponsor people from ground up, when theres fellas out there ready and waiting, all they need is a type rating and there fully qualified in a week, so good luck looking for sponsorship!!!