The FAA refers to both actually.

But as far as that first job is concerned, look and ask around at local airports in person. Check into skydiving operations, pipeline patrols, aerial advertising, etc. There are multiple types of jobs out there that can be found that are not instructor jobs. But I will be the first admit that getting those jobs is very hard.

I started out this past June flying skydivers. It was not a paying job, nor a job at all really, as if I had something else going on, I had no obligation to fly jumpers. It was a local mom/pop dropzone that catered to fun skydivers rather than tandems. They were just looking for someone to help on the weekends which is when they are the busiest from 11-5PM, however I would go out around 11AM and stay until we put the planes away. I had multiple friends that had flown there over the past years, building time while earning their CFI's, so I decided to do so as well.

500hrs is the magic number for insurance companies. It is very hard trying to get a company to take a chance on you below this number because of the insurance.

Two weeks ago, I flew myself to an interview in a Mooney and literally parked in front of their office. I know it left a positive impression on the person I interviewed with. Hopefully this week, I will be hearing back from them with a Job offer.