Not a mum but I need some friendly advice as I have no idea what to do. I am 20 years old and struggling to find a job in a town that its not what you know, but who you know that gets you places. And I know nobody that could help me. I finished school and since then I have had a couple of jobs in factories (only seasonal work) and can not find anybody that will give me a go. In school I was never able to get a part time job as we lived out of town, so I have no experience at all and nobody wants to employ me in the big chains now, they want either younger or more experienced people. I also suffer from depression and severe anxiety and sometimes I talk myself into thinking I'm not going to get the job before I even apply. I'm not confident enough in myself to go around handing my resume out and asking about jobs, nor do I have a cover letter or know how to write one or what I put in it (and nobody seems to want to explain it to me) so a lot of jobs I find online aren't an option already. I feel as if I'm a failure and being lazy, but it honestly scares the hell out of me. Meanwhile I'm getting further into debt because I have to borrow money all the time and it just makes me feel horrible, I want to be able to support myself not leech off others and have something start going well so that I can pull myself out of this depression, because right now it feels like I'm drowning. Not really sure what the question is here :/ sorry for the novel.
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Go speak to your GP about how you are feeling. Maybe look at studying online in the meantime. Also if you google cover letters etc you should be able to find examples..
You can get fee cover for some industries under the cert 3 guarantee, aged care, disability and child care are part of it that I know of there is probably more on offer. I get what you mean I had to be on call 24/7 for my first jobs as I was in a racist who you know gets you places town. At least if you are studying while unable to work you can get benefits &child care help without feeling like a bludger. I didn't find out about it all until I finished my studies that there was help.