Nervous and upset about getting a job.

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When I move back to the states in a year and a half, about, I need to get a job.
I feel kind of stupid, because I've never really earned a cent in my life. I'm looking at all kinds of job options that I can do without a degree (since I'll be in college), and NOTHING is interesting. Everything requires too much socializing, or pressure, or is too repetitive.
Ugh. And my sister is a successful waitress at a country club, and she makes pretty good money. So I'm sure whatever I do, I won't be making as much.

What do I do? Grrr. Anyone have any words of encouragement? And can give me advice on the best way to go about job hunting? And is the socializing that bad? I loathe being on the spot, and can't give presentations well, at all. I wish someone could just pay me to play with reptiles all day. XD But any jobs that seem awesome, like being a zookeeper, are competitive, and require me to give presentations and stuff.

Sorry, I probably seem whiny. I'm just feeling kind of lame about it right now.

Don't blame yourself if you have trouble, the unemployment rate is high. But maybe you should try for jobs that are more solitary and don't require so much socialization.

Honestly, I'd just take what you can get. Jobs aren't all that easy to come by right now.

Be polite, be respectful, bite the bullet.

Build up work experience---> go for a better job.

I agree with the above.

Personally, I had a lot of success working retail when I was your age. I got a job at a store I frequented so I knew the products well and could talk about everything with some level of comfort/understanding. Plus, with the frame of being an employee, I was given direction on how to speak to customers and even my coworkers -- conversation starters, directions for where to go with discussion, etc. It helped my social skills a LOT.

good luck

I wish you, the best of luck.

I hate job hunts. But I also know that stretches of unemployment looks really bad on future resumes and when you're trying to apply for passports and whatnot. (Although I know a lot of short employment periods - aka getting 'let go' - are bad too. Not sure which is worse.) So probably anything is better than nothing. Who knows, a job you get might not be as bad as you thought, or there could be some really supportive people that work there. Good luck in any case!

Best thing to do right now is work for your family and get to know people. I might be getting a job as a mechanic through my friend Zack but even if I don't I'm probably going to make at least $120 this week doing work in the family.

A couple jobs that I've had that where low on social skill requirements. Late Night Security Guard, Remember as a security guard you job is to monitor your charge and call the police if you have to. Parking Attendant, most of the time you sit in a booth. Maybe do some cleaning up around your lot. Patrol around looking for parking violators. Interaction with customers are quick and straight foward. If your sister's country club has a valet service you might want to try for that.

I sent out 67 resumes and failed at three interviews good luck, do not try the job market in Buffalo its dried up.

Ughhh.......Jobs suck. I wish I just had money given to me forever. XD

If you don't like the job search, go through a temp agency.

walmart? mcdonalds?

In the states, isn't there a place like Jobcentre (in the uk) that can help and advice you find the right job just for you and the available one available, what I think they do is pick out the right job for you and advise you what your skills and your qualities are and they was to able to find the right for you.

Maybe I might be wrong, because I know there have something like that where I'am?

I'm pretty sure America doesn't have anything like that. It's kind of just fend for yourself.

If I understand what he's talking about certain states have them. Washington State has a place called Worksource that unemployed people are supposed to use to find jobs. There's also a big list from labor and industries that tracks jobs that are in demand vs jobs that are in decline. My problem is I work construction and no one is constructing anything in this economy. At some point it has to come back but, how long will it take is the question.