As 'short' as my reply may have been, i still stand by it. The places and operators you guys will get a job with have no changed. Although some may have gone out of business in the last 6 months!!
If those "hard to find" operators haven't been sussed out by the folks on here then they are either never going to be found, or once found every man and his dog will be knocking on the door looking for work and you will have missed out!
The same entry level jobs are out there now, there are just fewer of them. If you have initiative then you will be ahead of the pack.