Second, find out what the employers in your field of interest NEED, and learn how to fill that need. No employer cares how great you are. You have to be USEFUL to them.
First, take whatever you can get that will put beans on the table.
Second, volunteer your services to a worthy cause, and start your second career (the one you really want) from there. If you're really as good as you say you are, you will be recognized.
Third, quit the whining!