You cant compare like for like, you really should have stayed in sales. The odds are against you, because the deck is stacked in favour of those who are using the back door, or P2F.
There are jobs but whos getting them ? P2F, friend of a friend, best mate of the C Pilot or paying €30,000 under the table to get your job with a low cost airline and this includes LHS.
The industry doesnt care if you have flown MD11's around the world, not one bit, just as long as your current and have 500 hours on the aircraft type they want.
You need to pay pay pay... and there are enough rich kids out there who are paying just take a look at lion air and eagle jet. So join up pay your money and become a member of the P2F army.