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Explore your options, make a job if you have too. My daughter is an entrepreneur and with a little support (mainly childcare) from me and her mom she has her own job. Doing reasonably well she can support herself and make some progress towards her goals. She bakes cakes and decorates them for kids and she's really good at it with a growing clientele. She's also a soup chef and saucier.
If you're staying at home with a chitty job save your money and invest in a skill.
It's always been hard to find a job when you are first starting out.
employer: we hire only those with experience.
me: how do I get experience?
employer: find a job and you'll get experience.
repeat.
Have you thought about volunteering....? Try the library (gain organizational and customer service skills). Schools (gain skills working with young people) Hospitals (gain skills working with elderly). Also, look at in-home care jobs, they are always looking for people who are responsible with flexible schedules. There are also short-term courses for caregiving, coffee barista, etc.
I hate volunteering. No one likes you if you're unemployed, and it takes gas money that you don't have to get to the service location.
The problem is kids these days don't want to work! I got my first job at eleven, delivering papers. At 14 I worked for "student" wage $1.50/hr at an ice cream shop. Later a sandwhich shop where I served, mopped, washed dishes and everything else no one wanted to do.
I also shoveled snow and cut grass, rode my bicycle 15 miles to load hay bales onto a flatbed for $15...for the DAY!...THIS is how you get experience.
All these kids today think they should start at 50k without anything to offer!
I don't feel sorry for the OP...22 and never had a job? What a slacker! @22 I was finishing up my first enlistment in the Marine Corps, married for three years and living on my own for four.
To the OP:
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned networking. 75-80 percent of jobs are filled by networking. You don't know any friends or family members that are looking for a candidate to fill a position? I'm pretty sure you know someone that has a position to fill at their job. It may not be the position that you want right now, but i think you should find anything to keep you occupied-a job that holds you accountable and where your input is greatly appreciated. NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK. You can continue to apply anonymously behind a computer screen, but knowing someone will give you a leg up on most of your competition.
How's your resume? Are you writing a cover letter? Are the cover letter and resume grammatically correct? Have a professional look over your resume. Your local EDD office can help you with that. I had a lady from EDD look at my resume and I use that template every since. And you know what, I have gotten more responses! Just changing a few words and formatting your resume "correctly" makes a big difference. Actually, you should use EDD as a resource with your job search because they always have job postings on their website and they have workshops on how to get jobs.(resume writing, looking presentable, key buzz words, interview techniques, etc) If I were you , go to your local EDD office and present yourself to the local EDD worker and build a relationship with him/her.
You don't need a college degree to get a good job, but since it seems that you can possibly take some classes at a local community college to get your feet wet. Learn how to be on time, participate in group discussions, work on class projects in a group setting and turn your homework in on time and do well on tests. These attributes are important as employers want to see if you can work in a group setting, contribute and come up with solutions on how to solve certain problems, and if they assign you a task, that you can do the task on time or even before the task is due. (being accountable)
The good thing is that you're only 22. Screw everyone who is being negative on this thread. I had an ex girlfriend who DIDN'T HAVE A JOB until she was 27 and she's making over 100k now. (32 years old-However, she went to school) However, just because you're young doesn't mean you should slack off. You have a goal in mind, now achieve it, brick-by-brick. We will be rooting for you. (at least most of us will )
That's me ranting and just being depressed. I guess I could be out by then if I learned a trade of something. College would take a long while for me because I have to pay out of pocket.
Is there a reason why you could not qualify for financial aid? If you are 22, have worked low paying jobs, and presumably have periods of unemployment lowering your annual earnings even more, you will likely qualify for grants (free money, no need to pay back) that will cover the cost of community college and help with housing.
I always figured it was easiest to find a job when you’re first starting out. It’s much more difficult once you hit your 30s and become experienced and more educated etc because then you become “too expensive” in the eyes of the employer. They want to play it cheap and they know they can with kids in their 20s. I had an easier time finding work at 22 with no college degree with limited experience than having a college degree with 5-10 years experience
No. Are you an attractive female? Attractive females are often highly privileged. Your looks must've fallen off somewhere between then and now.
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A wonderful example of deception. This post is written to obscure the real facts.
This poster has mentioned that he was employed as a warehouse worker for 5 years.
It isn’t too hard to get a job as a warehouse worker. It is a numbers game, you simply put in your application and get swept up in seasonal hiring.
Fast forward, and if you are in your late 20s with a college degree and 5 years of warehouse work, you don’t look so good to employers anymore. The college degree is going to turn off many manual labor hiring managers, because the6 think you are going to leave for something better. The 5 years of warehouse work is going to turn of professional hiring managers, because you have been pointlessly spinning your wheels, so they see you as an unfocused underachiever with no relevant experience.
Both attitudes are somewhat naive and presume a lot, but your situation is very different from a person with a degree and relevant experience.
OP, listen to 49er fan. I was going to write something similar, but saw that post and realized that I would only be saying “me too” because of the excellently written post.
I'm a 22 y.o. with very little work experience and no credentials or accolades. At this rate, I'll still be at home well into my 30s.
Well, sitting at home & posting on C-D is a sure way to achieve your goals, right?
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