This week the Windsor Star reposted an article from last spring on the difficulty that graduates from the University of Windsor face in finding employment. I sense that not much has improved in the past 9 months.
The article indirectly highlights one of the problems I continually saw as an employment counsellor. Most job-seekers take a passive approach to their job search. They assume that employers will advertise their job openings, and they wait until that advertising reaches them. Of course they put some amount of energy into finding and reading job ads, but their approach is essentially to wait for an employer to reach out to them. If this method of job searching isn't working for you, try a more active approach.
Ask yourself what need you are capable of fulfilling, and then go out and find that need. If you are trained to be a teacher, don't despair if the public school system has few vacancies at the moment. Just ask yourself where else students learn. Make as long a list as you can, and include learning/reading centers, private schools, community services, boarding schools, night school, summer camps, private tutoring services, language schools, daycares, and any other alternative education options you can think of. Research everything on your list to determine where your talents will fit best, and then approach these organizations or start your own service.
These options may not seem ideal if your plan was to teach in the public school system, but at least you're doing relevant work and gaining valuable experience while you wait for your dream job to appear.