Well, I know it's tough trying to find work in this day and age, especially for young people, so I just wanted to share my story, for some encouragement to you guys 
Ever since I was 14, I wanted to try to get some sort of job, except I had horrible luck. People told me to go to my "Local Teen Center" when I was 16, to get help with my resume and stuff: Well, that place shut down a couple months before my 16th birthday! Also, with health problems hitting me hard from a church missions trip, I could hardly do school, let alone work!
Then a lot of companies kept on saying "Once you turn 18, we'll hire you!" The companies included: Hollywood Video, Game Crazy, CompUSA, Best Buy Borders, Blockbuster, and Verizon Wireless. See what most of those companies had in common? Verizon, the only company that didn't shut down, apparently changed policies to require employees to have a BA, so I was up a creek there.
When I turned 18, one of my friends offered to give me a part time job, at his company that makes apparel for race car teams. I was basically the shipping consultant, so I organized shipments that came in and out of our warehouse. The job was alright, but I didn't enjoy it. He ended up basically letting me go 6 months later, because he needed to hire someone with experience in screen printing T-Shirts.
In 2012, I got hired at a Honda dealership to do auto detailing. It was a pretty fun job, but health problems kept me from working at my full potential, and then had some other issues arise, so I ended up quitting 2 weeks in.
In 2013 I had interviews with these companies
Best Buy (3 interviews at 2 locations)
In-N-Out Burger
Five Guys Burgers
Sprint
AT&T
Target
Ford Dealership
Toyota Dealership
Honda Dealership
And had no job to show for it. Then I decided at the end of 2013 to just be like "God, I give up, you pick!" and stopped "trying".
Ten days later, I got a job, working as a blogger for a website, which covers one of my favorite hobbies, Sim Racing! I had been following the site for around 4 years, and then the guy in charge posted a help wanted ad, so I decided "ah, why not?" and applied. I then got the job, and have really been enjoying it
So bottom line, you may try a lot to find a job, but God has a better plan for you, so just be patient and trust
Ever since I was 14, I wanted to try to get some sort of job, except I had horrible luck. People told me to go to my "Local Teen Center" when I was 16, to get help with my resume and stuff: Well, that place shut down a couple months before my 16th birthday! Also, with health problems hitting me hard from a church missions trip, I could hardly do school, let alone work!
Then a lot of companies kept on saying "Once you turn 18, we'll hire you!" The companies included: Hollywood Video, Game Crazy, CompUSA, Best Buy Borders, Blockbuster, and Verizon Wireless. See what most of those companies had in common?
Verizon, the only company that didn't shut down, apparently changed policies to require employees to have a BA, so I was up a creek there.When I turned 18, one of my friends offered to give me a part time job, at his company that makes apparel for race car teams. I was basically the shipping consultant, so I organized shipments that came in and out of our warehouse. The job was alright, but I didn't enjoy it. He ended up basically letting me go 6 months later, because he needed to hire someone with experience in screen printing T-Shirts.
In 2012, I got hired at a Honda dealership to do auto detailing. It was a pretty fun job, but health problems kept me from working at my full potential, and then had some other issues arise, so I ended up quitting 2 weeks in.
In 2013 I had interviews with these companies
Best Buy (3 interviews at 2 locations)
In-N-Out Burger
Five Guys Burgers
Sprint
AT&T
Target
Ford Dealership
Toyota Dealership
Honda Dealership
And had no job to show for it. Then I decided at the end of 2013 to just be like "God, I give up, you pick!" and stopped "trying".
Ten days later, I got a job, working as a blogger for a website, which covers one of my favorite hobbies, Sim Racing! I had been following the site for around 4 years, and then the guy in charge posted a help wanted ad, so I decided "ah, why not?" and applied. I then got the job, and have really been enjoying it
So bottom line, you may try a lot to find a job, but God has a better plan for you, so just be patient and trust
