Idk if this is the right comm, if not, please do not hesitate to beat me over the head with a large stick.

Necessary background: without doxxing myself, I'm 21, I live in the US, in a red state, and I have hella ADHD. I've only ever had two jobs in my life, one when I was sixteen, and one when I was nineteen, both in the food service industry. I live with my dad and stepmom but I've been paying for college with inheritance/social security money I saved up from my mom who passed away a bit ago. Anyways I'm taking this semester full time and I don't have enough in my bank account to pay for it and I REALLY don't want to take out a loan. My family is willing to help out this time but I need a job for future semesters. I have zero work skills and I don't want to get a job in the food industry again since last time was one of the worst periods of my life and I genuinely wanted to 300gorillion myself. Since I have ADHD my motivation and executive functioning are both pretty awful so I'm scared to get a job while I'm also taking a semester of college but it's looking like that's what I'm gonna have to do anyways.

What do I do? Does anybody have suggestions on what would be a good work environment that doesn't involve food but is still entry-level/wouldn't involve working for like Amazon or some shit (although monopolization will inevitably have every job mean working for Amazon so maybe that's not as worrisome as it seems).

Thank you in advance, sorry if it's wrong comm/dumb question.

  • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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    2 years ago

    I was in a similar situation and landed a clerical job at a hospital that is affiliated with the university. Might want to see if there is any health research program or something you can help work on. Paid a little better than sweeping up trash at the student union and they get a lot of students there so were pretty flexible. Since you are studying a healthcare related field that could be a good entry point too.

    • GingusBingus [any, any]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      This is a good tip, thank you! I am starting to think that a front desk job will be a really good bet for me tbh