There are a lot of free online classifieds.
I need someone to wax my cars My arthritis bother me with all that polishing, be glad to pay $40 bucks to get the job done right and I will supply the polish. I have gutters that need cleaning and a ditch I need to be cut.
I wonder if any of them think to place a free ad.
Might be hard to get those jobs filled. When I was in school we had auto shop, wood shop, and Agriculture class. We learned the basics of car maintenance, carpentry, gardening & canning, even some basic home repair and maintenance. All of this along with regular studies.
Those courses have been replaced by cosmetology, Sexual education, and social media courses.
This summer I had an intern(college Junior) in my department that I worked with daily that couldn’t address an envelope, write a check, change his own oil, or identify basic hand tools.
I talked to him last week I promised I would be there next spring when he receives his BS in mechanical engineering.
I think you have hit the nail on the head. These people are so conditioned to working for someone else, they haven't though to start their own business.
Even an 'odd jobs and handyman' business could help pay the bills, and could grow into something bigger.