Finally someone brought this up! For all of you 18-25 I joined the military out of high school as an ATC, got out, went to college and graduated in business, was hired on with a major oil company in marketing making some good $$ and began taking up flying lessons because I could finally afford to. Recently I was laid off and have been interviewing with numerous companies looking for decent jobs. Believe me I live in a major metropolitan area and it is still tough if you do not have a solid background in something with 3-5 years of experience. That is what I am dealing with anyway. The days of getting hired directly into management because you earned a degree in socialogy have been over for a long time now.
Its got to be tough for an out of work pilot these days because employers know that once the economy picks up and so does the aviation industry, they will probably lose those pilots that they hired back to aviation in a heartbeat. Find something you like outside of flying as a career in addition to having earned a degree, one without the other is just not enough these days.