To the poster above, it sounds like your method is the best route. As long as you are aware you may not get a job for 5 years and when you do, it's likely you will have to move away from where you are now (and your family). I'm sure you know this already.
PPrune is a moany, moody place but with good information if you can siv through all the rubbish. The job situation is not as bad as people make out, but it's far from good either.
Keep you're head up, work hard in training and explore the many options to get a job. When applying to small operators especially, think outside the box. You need to think of something really unique and apply it.
I know how you feel though. It wasn't even a year ago I was still doing training and reading threads like this made me so depressed. Yet, I walked into a job flying jets around Europe. So keep your chin up!