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Originally Posted by sbdiane  You are young and without much of a work history. Don't feel compelled to be a business owner or whatever glamorous thing you may have in your head. Give yourself permission to start at the beginning. It's ok to have a full series of courses ahead of you. Start with the first one. Start at the beginning and you'll start forging your direction. You'll know better where to go next (even if it's never to do that again!)
A good way to find jobs is to walk around your town. I have found that sometimes this works better than scanning ads. Works for apartments, too.
The way most people get really good jobs is by networking. Fancy word for making acquaintances. Get yourself out there in your community meeting people and someone may help you find a job. Join something that interests you, take a class, something like that and start meeting people. But don't go just to ask people for a job. Contribute something to the other people there, too.
I personally avoid working for large retail corporations. I can't think of a worse kind of job. But if you like it, go for it.
I'd rather work for a small business. I've worked really interesting, quirky jobs that way. I stood outside for 7.5 years selling flowers in an outdoor market. I worked for a really small fast-food restaurant where I got to do everything from taking orders and serving to cooking. I've worked at a small parrot-only pet store with a sanctuary full of unwanted parrots in the back. I've also worked listening to the arctic whale migration in the midst of the industrial noise of oil drilling. I got these jobs between the ages of 18 and now by either walking around town or meeting people who got me the jobs. Recently I saw a help-wanted sign in a candy-making shop. That would be fun! I also heard about a job that pays $20 an hour to sit around and talk to old people at a luxury retirement home. Can you imagine the interesting stories you'd hear? I could write a blog just about the stories I heard.
Get out there and good luck! |
Where did you hear about that job? That sounds interesting.