I agree with you.

BUT, if you live in a major city, there are many many jobs out there, just maybe not in your preferred sector of the economy.

In Montreal the trades are very very busy, and there's plenty of unskilled factory/warehouse jobs sitting unfilled. If you can drive a school bus, operate heavy equipment, drive a truck, or dig a ditch, you can be working tomorrow morning and the interview will be to check if you have a pulse and can count to three. Heck, even the two grocery stores within walking distance of here are desperate for workers. And they pay pretty good too.