# Hey, new member. Job search questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-new-member-job-search-questions/726527 "2015-07-29T22:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![justjake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-new-member-job-search-questions/726527/1 "2015-07-29T22:01:22Z")
So, in my current area i’m having a lot of trouble finding a job. Most places if not ALL only hire part time (what reason is this? are there any corporations that hire full time for entry level jobs?) and it’s not enough money for me basically. So older people say to me(i’m 21) “go to college” … i can’t. I only recieve a limited amount in financial aid because from what i understand on the forms it asks for your household income. My household income is “too high” to get a decent amount of financial aid. My mom and dad have a lot of debt, the financial aid does NOT take that into consideration. So i’m more or less not ABLE to go to college. Literally unable.(Technically i can, if i wanna have a massive debt and might still not get a job due to the awful job market ALREADY) Older people (such as some of the ones probably on this board) always say things like “you’ll be making X amount with that college degree and will be able to pay off a debt in NO time!” Yeah right. The job market isn’t like it was and none of the baby boomers seem to understand how fucked our generation is. All the fucking debt they put themselves in and are now 80 years old buying golf carts and equipment with 10 maxed out credit cards. Just gunna make it harder for me to get a job once grandpa dies! Anyways, that rant aside, it really is becoming increasingly hard to become employed. So is it worth a risk for me to go 150-200k in debt to get a 2-4 year degree? There are people with 4 year degrees working at starbucks. What’s the best thing i can get right now very CHEAP that pays well? I was gunna become a phlebotomist (draw people’s blood) but when i called this cheap college (it is a technical college. looks ghetto as hell too) it costed 17k to become a phebotomist!! They only make like 14-15 an hour! That’s IF i get hired! What’s a CHEAP certification i can get where i will make at LEAST 11 an hour and there is a job market for? Don’t say cna. They make less then that where i live and most places. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-new-member-job-search-questions/726527)._