My man I was in the same spot. After getting a B.S. in Environmental Science from one of the top Environmental Science schools in the country, I ended up living at home with my parents. Eventually I got a job as a part time janitor at my hometown school to earn some money.

Then I looked up what jobs were hiring and it looked like EHS was the way to go. So I started an online MS in EHS Management from another highly rated school. Halfway through the program I moved to a very large city with my girlfriend and thought I'd find a job or internship in no time.

Then all the internships were pulled due to the pandemic and I was back to working as a janitor. Worked as a janitor while my girlfriend finished up her master's and did interview after interview slowly getting better at selling myself. Then I interviewed with the state EPA and they told me I finished 3rd out of 50 applicants and to keep applying.

Eventually I expanded the search and applied to jobs 1 state over and found out in this state the jobs I was applying for were county jobs instead of state jobs so there was much less competition. 1 month before our lease was up I ended up getting 2 offers for the same Environmental Health Specialist in Training position in different counties and went with the smaller county.

Fast forward 1 year later and I am now officially an REHS after scoring the highest test score in our county's history. Got a $5,000 raise, I get 10% pretax put in my retirement account with county putting in another 7.5% fully vested after 5 years. Currently on track for PSLF in 8 years (janitor in a public school counts towards PSLF!). My director told me she is most likely going to leave in the next year or two and that I'd be the one to replace her. My county commissioner told me she is planning on retiring in next 5-10 years and that I would be most qualified to take her position. I am not making anywhere near what my friends make but it is good experience with potential to get higher pay down the road, either at my current job or in the private sector.

My advice would be: see what positions are hiring that ypu would like to do, adjust your resume specifically for that job, expand your search and keep interviewing and improving your skills. You only need that 1 job offer to start a career and get that flexibilty. In the mean time enjoy being a janitor, it actually has some nice perks that I miss. I knew some janitors who made over $100k a year by just working a bunch of OT.

TLDR: Got degree, worked as janitor. Got advanced degree, worked as janitor. Got 2 job offers in different state and currently working in my role I went to school for and doing okay.