Job searching!!! Don't give up!!!

My friend' story... :)

I'm 19 years old and a college student. I spent my entire first semester in college job searching, and it took an employer 2 years to hire me. See if there's any jobs in your area available that relates to you experience. If you worked in construction (like you said), see if there are any retail stores that have a hardware associate opening. The thing is, getting a job in retail is mad difficult. When I was job searching I must have applied to work for 20-30 retailers that claimed to be hiring. Only 3 of them invited me for an interview, and 1 hired me. Even if your are the perfect person for them, they will still reject you.

Start applying for jobs anywhere you can think of. Ironically jobs are limited. I can garantee you that people who got laid-off are going insane job searching, and supermarkets, coffee shops, hotels, department stores, and restaurants are probably getting bombarded with job applicants. Plus people are spending less money than usualy during this holiday season, so most retailers are probably hiring less. Needless to say most retailers and restaurants are probably already finished hiring already for the season.

Apply for jobs online and in-person. Don't give up.