If you are 24 years old and have very little job experience, no college-degree either, are you screwed? doomed?

Question

If you are 24 years old and have very little job experience, no college-degree either, are you screwed? doomed?

Answer 1

Pretty much. I think you should go back and get your degree and it doesn't matter that much what degree you get. In the business world you're either a high school graduate or a college graduate, nothing in between.

Answer 2

sounds like me

Answer 3

i hope not

Answer 4

I agree that it does you no good to keep going to school when you have no direction, but I'm not sure what you'll gain by waiting a few more years to figure out what you want to do with your life either. There is nothing wrong with working minimum wage jobs to pay your bills, but I don't think they are going to shed any light on your future.



It sounds to me like you are in this situation now because you keep putting off this very question of what you're going to do with your life. The time to start planning for your future is now, not in another 5 years. Trust me, 30 comes really fast! Make a 5-year plan that allows you to start working towards your goals immediately. Maybe you can get in touch with a career counselor at your local unemployment office. Whatever you do, just don't keep doing nothing!

Answer 5

Do not worry about the college degree. What you require is attitude and desire to be a good business man. There are so many successful business people who have not attended colleges / high schools

Have a good ambition to be a top business man. You can do.

Answer 6

Not screwed or doomed. No employer should be looking at your age so that doesn't matter so don't tell them or put the year you graduated high school. I'd put your volunteer experience down but that wont do much since there is no one to say how dependable you were, what your job ethic is like or anything. You pretty much are only qualified for those minimum wage jobs until you can finish out your schooling and hope to advance.

Answer 7

Im 20 and i know what i want to major in you neef to go back to schoolthe less you work the less money youll get when your 60 with ssi which means a hard retirement you dont want to work until you die do you?

Answer 8

not if you have connections and/or willing to do anything