Finding a job at my age is pretty tough.

@smileylovesgaming Depends on the country and the type of business. Sometimes you can apply for a grant but then if you get it you have to fulfill certain extra conditions set by the state. Also, becoming self-employed doesn't cost anything here (Slovakia) if you set it up online, you only have to be able to pay monthly fee for health care insurance, which you have to pay anyway unless you're registered as unemployed. So if you already have means and the gear to work on your own, you can start right away.

@Dlrannie I've considered that but normally that requires a start up cost and supplies. I'm only really good at music and hair.

@smileylovesgaming Not necessarily.

@Rhode57 Zero life expectancy?? 😐

@smileylovesgaming I still appreciate my psychology professor starting every semester off with information, such as what do you think you could do with a masters degree in psychology?

Answer, get a managers job at restaurant. Point being, you need a Doctorate Degree in psychology to actually get the psychology jobs. (Also if you're bilingual you might be able to double your demanded and therefore pay, so a minor in a common foreign language might be amazing for you).

Of course, I just took those as electives and I got an accounting degree.

@Viper the only really big jobs that are around me is construction electrician plumbing and roof work. So yea u would have to travel if u wanted something else

@ChipmunkErnie That's a shame especially when a degree is required for just about everything these days. I feel for your son. You meet the marker they set and just as you arrive the marker is moved again. Even those who have done all the right things have a hell of a time making it.

@Viper True but odd because companies claim they are so short staffed all the time.

@Viper That's what I don't understand. I took the time to fill out the application and submit to your little tests. I feel I'm at least owed a yes or a no. I don't like the silence. It's extra mind boggling when places say they need staff badly yet do this to those who apply. I suppose I can say bullet dodged.

@Cloud7593 I think companies are working short staff on purpose to save money, make the few do more work.

Or some can't find people they considered qualified... and there is some of error that where people can't find each other in this day and age.

@icedsky I'll see if they have any here in good old southern California

@NovaNine Quite a few by Long Beach, LA area

@nacnud That's true with tailoring your resume and even making different cover letters to show how those skills translate into other areas.

@TheDisciplinarian How does one really work for oneself though? You need clients, someone to buy stuff or order services from you. Therefore you work for them. Plus the government will tax you anyway. No such thing as truly working for oneself unless you go totally off-grid working just to sustain yourself.

@CrazyMusicLover Well if that's what You think
It is Ignorance though