You can try queuing up with all the other graduates looking for the same cushy number, designing turbine blades for Rolls Royce, these jobs are just not there any more, not by judging the things that graduates tell me anyway. The trouble is that these guys are a victim of a whole skewed educational system (from 12yo school kids to uni grads) encouraging young people to attend colleges and unis at any cost, with little prospect of a career, enabling massive loans that take years to pay off, especially on the limited salaries they get stacking ASDA shelves (or for some reason, driving delivery vans as many seem to).
Some eager students drop out of these courses early due to the high maths content (they wanted to be technicians in the first place and misguidedly, they took the course thinking it would be aircraft-based but the closest you get to the aircraft is a photo of one at the top of the acronyms page in their notes). When will Unis realise that they should offer the academic with the industry-standard qualifications?
I simply fall on the side of the technician who chooses a different path, studies just as hard but has something the industry needs and wants in the form of both academic and practical experience at the end of all the hard work.
It's easier financially studying for a degree when you are living on a B1 or B2 salary, so there's nothing to stop these guys go engineering first and then academia. I'm sure you could find a better outlook with employers with your Part-66 qualifications and experienced backed up by a degree.
OK, this all helps the OP not one bit, but at least I'm not blowing smoke up his rear telling him things will be rosy in the end. Dodo's post was useful with the links, might be an idea to include the Part-145 organisations as well next time. What about
this link for Part-145 orgs? Or
This one for Part-M? But to be honest, it's going to take a serious amount of time and effort to even get a reply.