There is a help wanted sign in almost every car service window in the poor neighborhoods of State Island. Fast food is always hiring.
Not glamorous but I’ve driven the cars several years when needed.
20 years back it was plainly advertised that the government of NY was giving out 5k in free computer schooling for under and unemployed. Myself and three others showed up. Two Russians, an Albanian and me.
Good for you; the concept of that computer training has to be fit into school requirements so young people leave school with marketable skills. For some of the jobs you mention (like fast food and car service), I don’t think the employers in my area have any desire to hire an American; other jobs require Spanish or Portuguese in addition to English (bank tellers, cashiers, etc.) because the customer base doesn’t speak English.
“There is a help wanted sign in almost every car service window in the poor neighborhoods of State Island. Fast food is always hiring.”
I think the reason a lot of unemployed people don’t have jobs is because they’re unemployable.