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Finding a job!
Okay so I've recently turned 17 years old and i haven't had a job before. I did my school work experience (placement) for two weeks at a pet store and that was it. I've been looking for jobs, handing in properly made resumes, applications, visiting stores and asking for any positions but they all keep rejecting me. I know I've made my resumes properly because i used a template from a website and altered it for my preferences and got some family members to take a look just in case. The thing is, now I'm in my final year of school so i can only work casual, and no one ever seems to be employing!
In certain jobs I've applied and re applied over and over for casual jobs because the applications expire over so many months.
I dress well, particularly as i wear a school uniform so I'm always wearing neat, clean and ironed clothes, i speak well and smile a lot but i haven't even gotten an interview!
I live in western Sydney, Australia and even the small stores around where i live want people who have had experience which i don't have.
I need help with finding some work. I want a job for a lot of reasons, one is that my family doesn't have a lot of money so i have to make my own, particularly for things like university which i will soon be going into and have no money towards it. I also want to get out there and explore the 'working world' so that when I'm in uni i will be able to have some experience under my sleeve.
I just don't know what to do. Kids at my school younger than me find work easily and kids my age have already had a job for a few years. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to find work anywhere and i really want to learn to become independent and start saving. Advice?!
Also i've even tried things such as seek and job websites and none seem to help.
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When it ask for work experience, put down any babysitting you have done, put down the put store, if you cleaned anywhere put that down, anything that you did work for. now it would be hard to get a job with the way the world is these days. Try getting certified in CPR, and First Aide to make you stand out a little more then the other people. I only had to pay 5$ for both, and I'm an State tested Nurse aide and I'm only 17 and have a good job. But the classes for what I am are 800 american dollars but I got it for free by my school class. So whatever you can get certified in, do it. Try going to Assisted Living places, Thats what I do and I love it. You help the elderly with daily living, and once in awhile they will have a "mess" and you would clean them up. Its waaay better then a nursing home though. Good luck!! :D
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Well.. Keep applying! Interviews! But also.. try and network. If you don't know what networking is.. Let's give you an example. You meet me, I work somewhere... Perhaps I can put in a good word for you? Or With any adults you know, ask them!! I too had trouble... I think I still would... But luckily i had a family member who put in a good word for me and I will be working this summer :D look around.. use those friends and family wisely hun! Good luck!!!!
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