I've been looking for my very first job since I was 18. I'm 20 now. it's been two in a half years and absolutely nothing.
Usually when people suggest I apply somewhere or try something I've already applied to dozens of those locations/positions or tried that strategy multiple times and still no job offers.
Two place I'm commonly told to apply to is McDonald's and home depot.
Multiple people have told me that mcdonalds is no requirements and hires anyone. So when I say that I've applied to dozens of mcdonalds locations, only ever heard back from six, only got interviews at five, and didn't get the job at any of them, everyone suddenly loses all hope for me getting a job, they tell me if i can't even get a job at mcdonalds they don't see how I'll get a job anywhere and they tell me how they've never known anyone to not be able to get a job at mcdonalds like me.
Someone even said they even know people who didn't have the best interviews for a mcdonalds position and still got hired. But I've had mcdonalds interviews go phenomenaly well where the hiring manager really liked me and still remembers me today but she still won't hire me and won't tell me why not.
I also have very open availability, i can work literally any shift on any day, but I once lost a mcdonalds job opening at a 24 hour location to a high schooler who can only legally work a maximum of 3 hours a day on weekdays and 7 hours a day on weekends and can't work past 10pm
as for home depot, well I've never even gotten an interview from them, so idk.
Am I really that unemployable? I have truly done everything right and have tried absolutely everything in my power to increase my chances of getting a job and two in a half years later I've still gotten absolutely 0 job offers. I've even sought help from 2 different organizations who help young people get jobs and I still didn't get any job offers so even they couldn't help me get employed :/
I have no idea why i can't get a job, but everyone else has lost hope in me after seeing me get rejected from multiple mcdonalds.