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How do I find a job, 19 years old, no work experience :(?

  • I'm 19. I've had 4 part-time jobs since I was 17, & quit all of them without giving 2 weeks notice. Stupid, I know. But there's nothing I can do about it now except learn from it and never do that again. =/ I just finished my first year of community college, and I can NOT find a job! I've been looking all day every day for the past month. I've gotten 2 interviews, one as a housekeeper at a local hotel and one as a team member at Burger King and I didn't get either job. =/ I've filled out *countless* online applications & called back in a week to speak to the manager, all to no avail. I've tried my best to research places that are hiring and then going to apply in person to those places, but nobody is hiring! & Most applications are done online, so looking for jobs in person is pointless. I have 24/7 availability and will do any job. I just look bad because I'm 19 & have no work experience (I check 'no experience' on my applications because I don't want them calling my previous employers & learning I didn't put in my 2 weeks). How can I get a job? The next time I find one I will NEVER quit, at least not for a few years. Any help? ='''(

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    I would still put down your prior work experience. If you were a good employee in other areas your past employers should mention that. They probably will bring up that you left without two weeks notice, but your positives should outweigh your negatives. Then if you get an interview and the interviewer asks you about why you quit without notice for your last jobs you have a chance to explain your reasoning and convince them you won't do it again. It's no guarantee that it will help much, but I think employers like to see experience. They know that nobody has a spotless resume, and if they see that you have already been working for two years they hopefully will understand.

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look at supermarkets, McDonald's, factories, farms etc... you can find a job be aggressive and take anything you can.

liberal.i.am

First you'll have to fix your resume and make it look more appealing to companies you will be applying. Then print a lot of these resumes and send them to every job opening you can find. Be always prepared for an immediate interview and take time to practice. Remember that you will be going into a battle so there will be a lot of questions you should answer correctly. The more you provide good answers, the more good impressions you will get and be hired. Next is don't get impatient, always put every turned down application as a sort of training for you. You get more experiences and exposures to different questions and this is a plus for you. Use it constructively and you're moving a bit forward to your success. There's that job waiting for you at the proper time. Just learn to wait. Do your best and let God do the rest. Just ask him to give you the proper guidance, and he'll do it for you. Good luck.

Mar

See if you can get an apprenticeship. You will make a modest wage, and develop skills which you can take to your next job. Contact your prior employers, beg and plead, and see if you can get them to provide you with a decent reference letter.

Robert H

Your resume seems like it might be a tad empty have you done volunteer work? yes - put it on your resume, no - do some volunteer work, then put i on your resume put compitencies, past jobs and school years completed, and the schools down as well don't forget the references, they are key to getting a job, because the employer can see whether or not you have good dilligence or not add a cover letter to the specific emloyer, to show what qualities you may have in the area of which the job is but, the key to getting a job, is persistance your failures make you just as much as your successes hope this helps! :) good luck with getting job!!!!

Jack Harckness

Ah man! I am NOT the one to give advice on this issue because I have been looking for years! But I will. (It is harder because I have a Master's Degree and employers in Michigan are into garage sale employees). The best advice I can give is write a resume (with NO errors) and under no circumstance say anything negative on it or at the interview. Especially about yourself. Just don't mention that you did not give notice unless asked (I have never been asked that question). If you walked out because you were angry, just write, or say, you "left to seek other opportunities." Again, NEVER say anything bad. About ANYTHING! The exception may be when they ask "what is your greatest weakness." Then use a real weakness but not your worst one. Just a so-so one. One of my favorites is saying I "get frustrated when things are not done right." But personalize it and make it real. If they think you are fudging, that will sink you. Which is a catch 22 because if you tell the truth that will sink you also. Just frame everything in a good light.

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