I’ve got a gig!
Recently I have been applying not just to full time jobs but also employment and temp agencies for short term network engineering positions. Finally that worked out today, and I have a job putting in and configuring a new network for a local transport company.
It may not seem like much, and realistically its not, but it is a start. I will be earning decent money and I am so pleased with that. I’ll take my victories where I can.