I'm using a throwaway, because I would never want my true work history to be associated with my name.
My dad wanted me to work while I was in college.
18 year old me laughed, with visions of paid summer vacations dancing in his head as an education major.
If I had a resume, it would look something like this;
- Graduated from [high school], class of 20*[XX]*, GPA 3.2
- Worked at [pizzeria] as a crew member, terminated three days later for no show.
- Worked at [sandwich shop] as a sandwich assembler, terminated the same day for leaving work early.
- Worked at [fast food restaurant] as a closer. Terminated 1 month later for no show.
- Worked at [fast food restaurant2] as evening crew. Terminated 2 months later for no show.
- AT THIS POINT, I DROP OUT OF COLLEGE [Dec. 2018]
- At this point, I am offered two jobs simultaneously, and blow off the easier, lower-paying one, [retail store] cashier.
- Worked at [newspaper carrier, ind. contract] for two weeks. Terminated for a bad throw which damaged a customer's vehicle. The first time I actually fucked something up instead of walking out.
- Once again I'm offered two jobs, and I choose the more difficult, higher paying job, and becoming unhirable to the other like an idiot.
- Worked at [car wash] as an interior detailer. Terminated three days in, "not a good fit"
At this point, I'm 21 years old, and I have no resume. If I were to be even remotely truthful about my work history, any employer in their right mind would shred the application while laughing... but on the flip side, anyone my age with allegedly no work history looks highly suspicious.
I have been submitting between 3-15 job applications per day for the last month an a half since I left college, and only one decided to bite, then fire me. I'm not kidding - the only communication are emails from their bots telling me "hey, your application has been submitted and is pending review, just letting you know that we haven't forgotten about you!/s".
I feel like I've pigenholed myself into becoming a NEET for life. I have no idea how to get a job at this point. I cannot serve the military (asthmatic, birth defect). I can no longer afford to attend college, nor do I have the mental fortitude for it any longer. I have no resume, no work experience, no degree, no references, no friends, and no connections. My father, who owns his own business, does not believe in male secretaries, and would thus never hire me.
I feel like I'm under house arrest, living in the world as an invisible spectator.
I don't know what to do. I may have had a reality check, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm an unhirable NEET.
I've been offered by a certain, highly trustworthy family member an in to the legal cannabis business in Colorado. He said he would give me a chance, and hook me up with a job, rental condo, and enough money to survive until I can prop myself up. The catch; to prove that I'm not just gonna quit again, I need to earn 1000$, and scrap my half-dead car before I leave the state.
That offer is, so far, irrelevant though - I'm literally out of establishments to apply to - everyone is either applied to, a place I don't qualify for, or a place that I've quit.
I don't know what I should be doing here - does anybody have advice to offer me, to help me avoid derailing my life?
Submitted February 15, 2019 at 01:48PM by RegrettableQuitter97 http://bit.ly/2BDH8AB
