What is your major?
Ping for a job.
Great you want to work, but do enjoy living with family now. You’ll understand this comment much better in about 30 years when the memories mean so much to you.
You’ll think of family times a lot more than the jobs you’ve had.
What did you do in high school: sports, band, theater? There are lots of sport, band, theater, etc camps that will be hiring for the summer. You might want to try to be a counselor. While you are doing that, you can look for another more permanent job.
When I was 21, I flew to Alaska looking for work in a cannery. One day the fish came in, and all the folks who had jobs went into the cannery to start working. On the dock were 50 people just like me, looking for work. I sat there next to them for a few minutes. Then I stood up, went into the cannery and starting working. No one hired me, but I worked and got paid just the same.
I made $6,000 over the next six weeks because of that quick decision.
Don’t make the prospective employer take a risk on you. Show him that the risk has been assumed by you.
The number 1 is persistence. If you pick 5 places and check in every week, it will pay off. Fill out your app and go in every week to ask if there is an opening. Your persistence will show your willingness to be responsible. I did it for dish-washing in the 70’s.
Always make sure a potential employer knows what you can do for them.
If your smart enough to be here, your smart enough to make your own job. You’ll make more money, you can hide it easier from the government, and you won’t have to worry about getting re-assigned to a manager who is a bleeding heart liberal jackass.
Start by helping out around the house with chores and home/ yard maintenance and etc. It will help with your feelings of guilt and get you primed for other possibilities in your area.
I’m not even 30 but here goes. Right after HS, instead of working at McD’s for the summer, 2 capitalist-minded friends of mine pooled our money together and created a site where u can upload umm..’video clips of an adult subject”...and made money of the adverts.
The morale of the story is: we didn’t want to work for a burger joint and enjoyed what we were doing and worked for ourselves. YOU have to make things happen. Obama aint gonna give you a job unless your ACORN or SEIU.
Go get yourself some training and technical job skills that will provide someone else with a service that they will need. It could be anything from computers to plumbing, or heating/air conditioning.
Having a degree in the skill you obtain will help some in your career advancement, but hands on experience is king.
Certifications in your skill area are great too.
if you have social skills then target a business that will have use for that, such as sales
if you have mechanical skills market yourself there
if you have academic skills and talent then try to find something that uses those skills. For instance, if strong in math, surveyor trainee, retail cashier, machine shop
Check odd places like the zoo or a small airport . First and foremost exibit an air of confidence in your abilities. Be persistant, do not give up easily. Become talented at finding the right person to ask for a job, dont get discouraged when they say "we aren't hiring" When you get an interview , be a little early. Dress above the position you are applying for, it shows respect.
think out the answers to these questions in advance : what have you done before that applies to this job ? , why do you want to do this job ? Why should we hire you ? ....if these questions are not asked , offer the answers anyway.
Make a job of looking for a job everyday, make lists of prospects, get out and network ask ask ask
never give up
Wait tables if possible. Smile, and speak well and you can make some nice tips. I recommend it highly.
Many employers have a hard time finding hard working people that will show up on time and not cause trouble. Since you don’t have a work history, you’re going to have to convince the person doing the hiring that you are a dependable and trustworthy person that can get the job done. When you get an interview, look the person in the eye and express your self-confidence. Contact some people you can use for references.
I just went back to work but I would be considering donating spare change to anyone one person or small groups organizing a militia.
Call it a job if you will, I;m sure many people would in this dark time kick a few bucks out knowing that you are working for freedom.
I bet its more of something you can have faith in than flippin burgers.
My advice would be to volunteer while you’re looking for a more permanent and paying job. It looks good on a resume, it gives you experience, and also helps with networking. You can find a ton of different volunteer opportunities at a variety of places. A place like Ronald McDonald House or another similar non-profit might be able to use your marketing education to raise $$ or market their fundraising events.
Also, utilize the career services center at your school. Ask one of the counselors or advisers about any internships or job openings. They should also have info about any career fairs in your area. The most important thing to have on a resume when you graduate is experience. In this economy, experience is what will get you hired. Employers aren’t hiring a lot of grads fresh out of college with zero work experience. They want to know they’re getting someone who has a work ethic and understands how to manage their time and responsibilities in a job setting.
1. Take a CPR or First Aid class. Having those type of certifications look good on applications and resumes
2. Look into the local Adult Education school. They have all kinds of classes for cooks, data entry, computers tech, plumbing, carpentry, MAs CNAs, LVNs, Pharmacy techs and host of others. They will offer you the classes for free or at a greatly reduced rate.
3. Network with friends, neighbors, former teachers, etc.
4. Volunteer, it also looks good on your resume and is also a source of networking.
Good luck
You could clean houses, detail cars, sweep chimneys, babysit kids or pets or houses or old people, get a cordless drill and a supply of those lensed peep holes for doors. Go to each aprtment that doesn’t have a peep hole and offer to install one which takes about a minute. Charge the cost of the hardware plus $5 or $20 whatever the market will bear. Spring is arriving. If you have a pickup or a van or a car with a utility trailer go to a plant nursery, or Wal-Mart or Lowes and buy up a variety of outdoor ornamental shrubs, Women love plants. Go trough neighborhoods and sell the plants.