No luck on the temp front, huh? At least with a temp job you can quit without ruffling feathers and burning bridges. People who hire temps should expect (unless they're complete idiots) that you're going to bolt as soon as something permanent comes around.
Last interview I went on, they basically wanted a babysitter for the college grads who weren't up to snuff.
The only temp places I've found haven't had much in the way of openings. Maybe I'm not looking for them in the right places, I dunno.
Just as an example...one of the places I've been watching right now is looking for furniture installers and med techs...wouldn't really be capable of either.
I've put my name in the pool at a few, but it sounds like tech jobs are all but impossible to get here.
I suppose worse case scenario is that I get a six dollar an hour job, or a couple of them...and then in a year I move somewhere with better employment options, and hope that my year of being out of the field isn't career suicide.
I'm having a hard time staying optimistic.