Luke SkyToddler,
thanks for info about Aussie CPL/ATPL . Point taken.
ryan_sharara,
quick info from my side about my start into aviation. Finished late 2001,
sent out about 800 CV, mostly no reply, always kept current, went for flight instructor rating in 2006 (as last chance that I gave myself before quitting), got a job in late 2007 on a biz jet and just finished new type rating on CRJ 200.
You are young, don't give up even if you think you are at the end and please secure yourself a job where you can earn some money to survive and try to keep current.