factory? retail? temp? asking friends/family? self employment? Amazon? currently some countries are offering out a higher welfare and unemployment benefit including other government assistance.  probably is a good time not to suddenly quit a job but just deal with it until after the pandemic passes. postal service could be hiring but you have to meet certain requirements.

What about going door to door offering to rake leaves for money?

Maybe you could look for remote jobs like Data Entry, that's what my brother does and he certainly doesn't have years of experience-- unless you count sweeping floors at Wendy's as experience, but I really don't know how that would apply to Data Entry.  If you aren't dyslexic (or something else that makes it difficult to transfer text and numbers accurately from one thing to another thing) it might be a good option for you.  It's a thing companies need, and not a job people think of looking for very often.  Similarly sometimes companies need somebody to transcribe audio into text.. idk what that job is *called* but it's another one that people don't usually think of when they're looking or work so you might be able to find something.

The recommendation only thing sucks but perhaps it can be used to your advantage.
Have you asked all friends and acquaintances of yours if they know someone who's looking for an employee, even if it's a small job or (paid) internship?
It could be in completely unrelated businesses but may be worth a try for now.

For the online job you mentioned, did they explicitly say your current headphones aren't okay? Because maybe they'll let it slide if you do it with them.

In our area, you can get money for donating blood plasma. Maybe that's something you can try too if it's available.
When I did it, it made me feel very light-headed because I'm nervous around needles but at least they gave me tons of dextrose candy so I don't lose consciousness, lol.

Also, be bold and apply to art jobs in the forum and try different platforms whenever your time allows it.
Best of luck

Same here, especially now with the whole virus thing. There wasn't work to begin with and now tons of people are jobless.

Oh the employment situation is shit all over the place, the amount of freelance work has also gotten worse, sure there is a fuck tonne of manga/anime and comic work for folks, especially here, which I suppose is good for those who focus on that... not for others though, the 'free market' and gig economy is very trecherous, decent work is sparse now, in part because few can afford to patron an artwork or design project, and those who can are often more interested in a high return at the expense of the artist/designer. All I can say is to not to give up on what you do, there will be times when you feel under pressure, keep on persisting and practicing, you aren't alone in this, many major artists have been through the same experience except for the predatory economy. Also if you start to take on more freelance work... join a Union, or even a like minded community and defo learn how to negotiate with clients for better conditions.

If your biggest concern is buying that professional grade headphones and not eating to survive then I think you are doing okay as compared to 90% of the world's population right now. Just saying! Don't @ me.

Hey I feel you bro,

My parents, friends, neighbors, most of the people I know have been struggling to get a job. It's nothing we can do though but I'm very sure that it'll be over soon. After all, this virus isn't going to last long now that a vaccine is already in the making.

My advice is to just keep on practicing and learning on your preferred profession/career if you have free time especially in this pandemic. You still need to keep your eye out and grab every job opportunity you get, regardless if you can get hired or not. 

Also, If you're not confident in your art skills then at least try your best to improve it. I always think that my art isn't good before and up until now I still think that it sucks. Now I'm currently working as a comic artist for a start up company. Is this a good thing? Yes and No... It's good that I have a job now to pay the bills at least but I'm pretty inexperienced with making western comics as most of my artworks are semi-realistic pin ups of sexy women... the art style alone can't be applied in comics due to the dreaded deadline forcing me to do lots of crunch times. That didn't stop me from doing my job though, hard work and perseverance is key after all.

It's tough when you can't find a job yet. But if you can at least do a particular skill that most people can't, improve on that, and eventually jobs will find you.