help with finding job after college?

I recently graduated college with a degree in Spanish. To be honest, college was something that my parents wanted for me, and i didn't know what i wanted to do coming out of high school to choose any differently. So now, five years later (i changed majors from Biology to spanish at the start of junior year), i have a bachelor's, and though i know what my dream job is, for now it seems to be just that. a dream, because i have no idea how to get to where i want to be from where i am.

I speak spanish moderately (advanced low), can have a conversation in it but it would probably be obvious that i learned spanish in the classroom as opposed to from everyday people, but for reference, i could say everything i've typed here in fluid spanish without interruption.

even with that said, though, i feel hesitant to take up a translating job because there's still so much more vocabulary i feel i have yet to acquire in order to stand a chance against, say, a native speaker.

Looking back, i feel as though had i not been pushed into university, i would have opted for tech school, as there are many more options afforded tech students and the job training is hands-on, and now as i think to what type of work i could see myself doing for many years or decades, I know i would love to work with houses (not real estate, but more along the lines of contracting). The problem is that i am unemployed, with only about 3 grand to my name, two cars, a husband who also is unemployed (he is a college student with another year to go, as i entered college before he did), and a two-year-old. Plus, i have no skills related to housing, although i am eager to learn.

I would love to go to tech school and totally switch gears to either do something else altogether (in line with housing, preferably, but at this point i'm desperate enough to take almost any job if only i could find one), or find something that will gainfully employ me that i can pair with my degree.

i talked to a guidance counselor at the local tech school but she was of no help and didn't know how to advise me specifically to my situation, and career services at my school is totally useless.

What can someone do if they are running on E in the funds department and if they have little to no relevant work experience (all my experience thus far has been strictly customer service, and waiting tables, but i would not want to work in food service ever again if it could be avoided), but they need to find work fast? So far i've applied to a fair number of jobs with no response (customer service, administration), and most of the jobs i applied to instantly responded back saying that i don't meet the requirements for work experience (which is a given, since i've been a college student since high school).

so in summation:

1) how can i get job experience (barring unpaid internships or volunteering, because i have a family to support)?

2) how do i find a job in general, given that the market where i live is very horrid (valdosta, GA)?

3) suggestions for career taking into account my dream job and how i can get into that line of work? Some have suggested real estate, but i need money for that...is there something i can do now that doesn't require me to invest money that i do not have?

thank you!!!

Plus, if you have advice for beating through the online application process, it would be appreciated. i have next to no connections, as the people i graduated with are in roughly the same boat as me.

Whenever i apply online i get the feeling no one is actually reading the application- it's just so impersonal. is there anything i can do to work around this, or get through to a real live person who can make that difference even if they don't know me from Eve?