Mid 20's No Work Experience -Advice Thanks

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Advice -No work experience.

I really need a job. I am 24 and never had a job. I know this is my fault. I have a bachelor degree. The reason I ask is because I live in a small town and have applied everywhere. I mean I have applied at all the places people tell you to like McDonald’s Burger King, Walmart, Home Depot, grocery stores, and temp agencies. I would try to get an unpaid internship; however, there seems to be nothing in my area. There are hardly any volunteer opportunities either. Another problem is I don’t have any references; literally, because I don’t have any friends or acquaintances to be personal references. I mean even volunteer applications are requiring at least 3 references. I don’t know what to do. Anybody in their 20’s without work experience get a job? How were you able to do it?

what is your bachelor's in? can you get some of your professors as references? that is generally looked upon well.

Hi, Welcome to Wrong Planet!

You could probably get a job at H&R Block for about five weeks from late December to early February. The main benefit is that you work with real live clients, and I think it's great experience for medicine, business, architecture, or any other profession with clients. The major negative is that Block does not disclosure in a real way substantial negatives of its loan and bank products. It's buried in the overly long paperwork (such that Block and 'partnering' bank may take a client's entire tax refund for purposes of third-party bank debt collection---yes, really!). But, the client is much better off with you there disclosuring than with someone else not disclosing. One year out of four I was fired. Which means three years out of four I wasn't fired, and I'll take those odds. If I had to do it again, I would underline these parts in the bank application with a pen without saying a word as if I'm required to by the company, and hope that the client's interest peaks and he or she asks me about it. Of course you have to play it how you think is best.

You can take Block's class, which used to cost around a hundred bucks, or just pass their test starting late November or early December, and back in '08, they'd even let you take the test multiple times.

If this interests you, I'll tell you more.

And please try to remember, we Aspies tend to develop late, which is fine. We still develop. We still aquire skills in various areas.

I have a similar problem, though I haven't applied for all the fast food places (I think I applied for Olive Garden, Petsmart, and Target, and, after their extensive personality and whatnot tests, never heard back from any of them.) I have applied for janitor positions, IT positions (I have a Bachelors degree in computer science), have applied for data entry, have applied for jobs in my state in more urban areas, and have even applied out of state. Only had like 4 or 5 interviews to show for all of that and none of them went through.