YOU COULD ALWAYS BECOME A PROFESSIONAL COSPLAYER

Try local hospitals. There are usually at least a few no/low experience entry positions.

From there you can get to know people from other departments and move to a better paying job with more hours.

You start volunteering to get experience. You ring up places and politely ask if they would look into your resume and check up a week later. You be friendly with the employees so they remember your name.

Most of all, you use your connections. 95% of the time, that's what is most likely to find work. If you have a friend in a fast food restaurant, try to see if they can put in a good word.

I finally found a job through craigslist out of all places as a server.

Follow-up on all applications, but don't be obnoxious about it. If you demonstrate a true desire to work at the places you've applied for, this can go a long way. Demonstrate a willingness to learn and take the initiative in asking for a manager or someone who might have an effect on who gets hired. If they have a hiring manager, ask to speak to them and get specifics on skills and other requirements. Do not go in hangdog and exhibiting the attitude of only wanting to work for the money. The money is the bonus, not the reason for working. Stay positive and remember a lot of people are job hunting and it's rough for everyone. This demands you give them that extra something that will make them hire you. Good luck.

Don't give up hope anon! If you can hang on just a bit longer, hiring for the upcoming holiday season should be starting. A lot of retailers pick up extra staff for the holiday shopping season. It may be temp stuff, but if you can get one of these then you'll get the experience you need for more permanent work. In the meantime, just keep checking the places you would like to work. Visit them and just ask the manager. Obviously, make sure you're presentable and courteous.

>>4931703
>connections

This entirely. My boyfriend got fired from his old job for a bullshit reasons (like, his manager hated him so much she found a way to fire him.....by changing his schedule without telling him, making it appear that he's lazy ass who can't make it to work on time).


At any rate, my friend was able to get him a job where she works the same day HR flat out refused to help him.

>>4931712
>>4931703
>>4931701
Thank you all, these tips are gold!

Temporary Agencies will hire you off the bat. But enjoy working 12 hour shifts for that sort of thing, however.. experience is experience.


Also UPS is always looking for employees, but you have to apply online. They give you a time to come in and stuff if they are looking for employees. It's actually an alright gig if you're going to college (Tuition reimbursement), but it sucks outside of free health insurance, and employee discounts, then there's also being able to transfer job facilities if you so move from one college to another..

Also, good friends help but I know that some 4channers (at least from a /v/ perspective.) are socially retarded, and don't really have friends that'll pitch in a term for them. But it helps as well, otherwise. Spam applications like an asshole, ask to see the manager and give the app directly to them, call them every now and then to check up on the application.

For places like Target and what not they try to weed people out with that personality survey. You know, those questions that are like "Do you like working in a team or by yourself." "Stealing small things like pens is ok." sort of questions. Places like this want people who are team spirited and focused, get along with everyone, are hard workers, don't miss much work/school, can work anytime, have a strong stealing is bad no matter what ethic, etc. Basically, they want someone who doesn't exist. They know people don't exist. Just tell them what they want to here on those surveys and you're sure to get an at least an interview.

Also, Protip: If you do get an interview and they ask you what your biggest strength and weakness if for the love of god don't say "my biggest weakness is that I work to hard!" It's lame, over used, and shows nothing. Instead, tell them what you feel a weakness of yours is AND how you are counteracting it. For example:
"My biggest weakness is I sometimes procrastinate, so I try to do tasks as soon as I'm assigned them, or I'll make myself to do lists."

Good luck!

OP, I know how you feel, I'm in the same boat.

we have to keep at it, you'll find something eventually.

it is partly the way the economy is right now, but try not to let that get in the way of your searching- instead, let it make you be more proactive about searching.

it's hard, it's so easy to get discouraged.

>>4931734
>Places like this want people who are team spirited and focused, get along with everyone
FUUUUuuuuuuuuuu, I will never be this.

What are some job ideas for people who aren't good with other people?

finding work is all about knowing people, seriously, it's far more important than experience if you have connections

if you're just starting out, you need to do volunteer work, it's always available so this shouldn't be hard. use this time to meet as many people as you can and get a list of references. from here it's pretty straight forward

on another note, in this day and age, i would never enter a post-secondary program that didn't have internship or co-op opportunities, it's just plain stupid and having no experience with a degree wont do you any good. i had a job before i even finished school simply because i was able to connect with employers while i was still studying.

>>4931712

I just wanted to second the "Follow-up on all applications, but don't be obnoxious about it" advice.

For my current job (game tester) I sent in my resume after seeing the job listing and didn't hear anything for 3 weeks. Kinda figured they weren't interested, but I sent a very short follow up email that basically just said, "Thank you for considering my resume, I'd like to reaffirm my enthusiasm for working at your company, please let me know if there is any more info I can provide, etc." Literally the next day (again, after 3 weeks of silence) I got a call for an interview!

For any company that gets spammed by resumes, doing even a tiny thing like that to show that you're genuinely interested in working there can go a really long way.

>>4931745
For limited-people-skills jobs, assuming you're not already qualified to work in IT, you're looking at laborer gigs. Either skilled labor like plasterer, masonry, power-line rigger (in which case: look for apprenticeships) or grunt labor, like the stuff LaborReady or your local bodies-for-rent agency has. Driving gigs like freight and garbage are another possible option, but long-haul driving is absolute shit and you'll need a commercial driver's license anyway.

There's a reason that most jobs not requiring people skills are either technically demanding or really shitty. It's because you're working for people and with people, and being able to deal with your fellow human being is a basic life skill. Lacking that basic life skill fucks you over in the job market, just like not being able to read or use a telephone would.

>>4931745
>Job
>Solitary work


Unfortunately, most jobs rely on logistics. Unless you want to work in a warehouse, where you're pretty much doing the same monotonous task all day every day. As far as I know, most cubicle jobs actually require certification, or a degree.


Actually, I was going to suggest telemarketing, but then you did not want to talk to people. Despite having to just say lines from a script all day.

>>4931745
>FUUUUuuuuuuuuuu, I will never be this.

Then lie and fake it...or good luck finding a job.
Seriously.
It's very rare to get hired with a "FUUUU" attitude. Part of the responsibility in having and holding a job is knowing you're going to have to work and/or interact with people who you probably aren't always going to like. But there's this thing called being "professional". If you have to force yourself to be social and pleasant for 4 to 8 hours a day then so be it. Hell, most of us have to at least 1 or 2 days out of the week, but that's life my friend.

With an attitude like that no wonder no ones even bothered to interview you. Hell, I sure wouldn't. Waste of time.

Advice from someone who's managed and hired people for a living.

I always think I'm lucky whenever I think of it, but I went to a store and asked if the manager was in and he was, so I got to talk to him about general stuff and asked him if they were hiring.
They weren't at that time, but they told me I could leave my resume. So I did, but I was sort of tired of waiting around. I returned after a couple of weeks, as I usually shop there anyway, bought whatever I needed ,asked about christmas and discussed upcoming titles.

Repeated this two times more and then they eventually called me in for an interview and I ended up getting an employment for the holiday season.

Before I got this job I used every day to apply for so many jobs. I got interviewed for a couple, didn't even hear from more.
This is how it may be for a while, Anon, but don't give up because eventually someone is going to take you in!
If you do get anything for holiday season, give them all you got. They can always decide to keep you after christmas!

I wish you the best, Anon!

>>4931745
You can try looking for a warehouse job. I work in the office at one and it doesn't require constant talking to other people, although talking to others does help pass the time. And the guys that work in the production depts don't have time to talk to others except during breaks and lunches. To busy working.

>>4931770
Actually labor work sounds easier, I was just one of those people that was never born or can learn how to deal with other humans. Some one has to be the mule :I

>>4931909
I used to work in a warehouse and you will find just as much drama and people issues as you do everywhere else. Naturally it depends on what type of warehouse but believe me when I say that you are going to have to just get the fuck over yourself and learn to nod and smile for a few minutes every day.

No one gives a shit about your "social ineptitude" and you aren't going to get any pity over it.

You might also want to work on those reading comprehension skills because >>>/adv/

>>4931987
Is some one on their period?

>>4931987
I can not like and agree with this post enough.

A part of life is learning to work with people you don't like, and to force socialization when you don't want to.

I'm not going to say "no place will hire you." Cause there are exceptions to everything. However, the majority of companies and places, even were social skills aren't really a must, will want someone with some kind of non "FUCK YOU" attitude. If someone is "FU" about people, and won't even be bothered to try to be cordial, then what else are they going to be "FU" about? It just makes someone seem like they have bad character all around.

I'm not saying you have to change who you are, or pretend you have rainbows and glitter coming out of your ass. I'm just saying having an outright poor attitude towards working with others and making it blatantly known either in an application, survey, or interview is going to greatly hinder your success in finding a job.

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>>4931987
Thanks for taking the time to post but I think I did not explain my self right in my other post. Sorry.