If your friend doesn't mind having to move south of the border and learning some spanish there's a good chance he could get an SIC job down down in Latin America.
I went to the US for my FAA Fixed wing CPL and got a Heli CPL Add On rating with only 36.5 hrs. in a Robinson.
Then with those 36.5 R22 hours I went to the Bell 212 SIC to do offshore, stayed like that until I had 600 hrs. helicopter, (bout a year) and then jumped to the 206 as (obviously) PIC.
There's always room for one more determined individual, Good Luck to you and your friend.