@randomcdn OMG thank you so much for all of the advice! I'm making a list of things to suggest to him!
I hope it helps. If I can do anything else please PM me. If it's easier you can send an email to randomcdn at gmail.com but still PM me and let me know because I don't check that very often.
I talked to my husband about it again tonight. I tried going at it from the angle of "if you start looking now, you may actually be able to find a MANAGEMENT job. It would be easier to evaluate whether you want the job instead of feeling desperate and like you need to accept anything that is offered. It would be easier financially to take a pay cut now than to go who knows how long with no income" I was all prepared to share all the awesome advice shared here, but I actually didn't have to. We discussed how he could use his current skill set and how it would enable him to take college courses in person. I'm pretty sure that in our previous discussions, neither of us were even thinking of the possibility of him getting a management job. We were both just thinking about the low paying entry level jobs. He is going to start searching tomorrow!
Thank you to everyone for all of the advice! I don't know what I would do without all of you!