What would you do if you CANNOT get a Job ?

[GuestUser450]

Can you offer anyone anywhere anything of value?

If not, you could always be a guru. Google '200 ways to make money online', then scrape that content and shovel it into 7 emails. Run traffic to an opt-in page giving away the mini course and build a list of people to sell affiliate garbage to.

Or you could be an 'influencer' and make videos about how everyone is actively trying to destroy you, the market is rigged, the invisible hand is holding you down, how you had a hard childhood, suffer from a touch of every disorder under the sun, get a dna test, find out where your great great grand pappy came from, slap that label on yourself, join a coalition and wait for adsense to drown you in riches.

Or...

Go door to door downtown and offer to clean something.

"$25 from petty cash and I'll make your windows pristine. Pay only if you're 100% satisfied."

It takes you 20 minutes, that's $75/hour.

Hustle and you can land 5-10 jobs a day.

You'll have a full 8 hours worth of work (25 jobs) by the end of your first week, then hire a friend so you can just focus on sales and keep pounding pavement.

You pay your buddy $9/hour, which means you clear $20 per job for yourself, or $550 a day, rinse and repeat.

Replace window washing with anything, garage sale arbitrage, pc repair, whatever. Adjust as necessary. What's the best job you're looking at now, pushing paper around for 30k? It sure as hell beats that.

 

[jon.a]

Something like that but I'm not in the worst case scenario. Just asking what hustles you would do in that case

There are several good hustling threads here. Go find them.

 

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[JAJT]

I can't fathom a situation where getting a job isn't possible.

That being said, there's a million things you can do make money without one.

What do you want to do?

 

[loop101]

If I had absolutely nothing, and was young, I would join the US military, then use the GI bill to go to college. It's not Fastlane, but it would keep me out of jail, while I accumulated some money. If I was in the military, I would get the highest security clearance as possible, since they are worth a lot to contracting companies.

 

[McFirewavesJr]

Thank you so much! Genius ideas to put into action!

but really people fall for that kind of money making course? LOL and after you made the email list you just send them affiliate offers?

also for affiliate stuff I was thinking of making a facebook group, giving people something of value for lead magnet (email )+ get people into the group to share things and affiliate links.. can It be good strategy?

Woahhhh hold on man! Let's back track for a second. We were just talking about a fictitious improbable scenario in which it was IMPOSSIBLE to get a job. We're talking zombie Apocalypse or nuclear war here. Other than this, it's never "impossible" to get a job.. Why don't you tell us what your situation really is so when can help and offer realistic solutions?

This forum is one of the few that is actually legit for entrepreneurs instead of feeding them delusional fantasies on how to make quick bucks without putting in the work.

Maybe I don't understand your situation correctly, but here's how I see it. I just moved to the States and my diplomas / experience is not worth much here. I literally had to take a job flipping burgers and other gigs 6days/week while I'm building my business at night. So once again, why don't you tell us what's really happening?

 

[jon.a]

If I had absolutely nothing, and was young, I would join the US military, then use the GI bill to go to college. It's not Fastlane, but it would keep me out of jail, while I accumulated some money. If I was in the military, I would get the highest security clearance as possible, since they are worth a lot to contracting companies.

That's exactly what I did. It may or may not be a good choice.

 

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[Almantas]

You CAN'T or You DON'T WANNA get a job?

Remember: Slowlane is a mindset. Having a job doesn't mean you're a slowlaner if you've a mindset of a fastlaner.

 

[jon.a]

Just asking what would you do in the worst situation you cannot get a job?

what kind of hustles would you do if you have 0$ and cannot get a job ?

would you ask for alms in the street ?

I don't understand the question. Do you need ideas to make money to support yourself?

 

[GuestUser450]

Thank you so much! Genius ideas to put into action!

but really people fall for that kind of money making course? LOL and after you made the email list you just send them affiliate offers?

also for affiliate stuff I was thinking of making a facebook group, giving people something of value for lead magnet (email )+ get people into the group to share things and affiliate links.. can It be good strategy?

Good Lord did I just become a guru? Bro, there was only one real idea there, I was being facetious. Don't scam people. Offer something real, please.

 

[Ika]

ive applied for a job at a bakery that rejected me because i have no experience (minimum wage) not being to get a job is a very real thing..

also gave a reference where my previous employers would vouch for me saying im a good worker...

Not being able to get *that one* job is a real thing.

Not beeing able to get *any* job is another.

 

[amp0193]

yeah good points

but if a guy doesnt have any money how is he supposed to buy low items? if he doesnt have any money?

Mow two lawns.

Now you have $60.


The first purchase in my 2-year electronics flipping spree was $50.

Every time I made a profit, I reinvested most of it, and bought more items.

5-years later, the profits have bankrolled a business that will soon be selling for $xxx,xxx.

It all started with that $50 Nook.

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

Good Lord did I just become a guru? Bro, there was only one real idea there, I was being facetious. Don't scam people. Offer something real, please.

You could sell him a course on how to sell courses

 

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[Xavier X]

*extended from above post*

For the heck of it, I just looked in the free section of my local Craigslist (or former), and found a few interesting items there.

Like this boat which needs a new motor. Some boat mechanic would probably haul it out, fix it up and sell for a profit.

And this lawnmower, the owner says "suddenly won't start." Stuff like that is usually just a part needing replacement.
Someone will pick it up, identify and replace the broken part = profit.

These two examples are for more advanced/technical hustlers, but a lot of turnkey items can be found on there for just about anyone to flip.

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

I'd get a job. Any job. It's almost impossible not to be able to get a job if you're willing to work for minimum wage.

But let's say, in some crazy scenario, that it's completely impossible... then I'd take unemployment/welfare/food stamps.

Those programs were created (originally) to help people when they're down on their luck.

No shame in buying more time as I continue looking for a job.

 

[Caramel]

Prostitution.

Hey, it's totally legal over here!

 

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[jon.a]

ive applied for a job at a bakery that rejected me because i have no experience (minimum wage) not being to get a job is a very real thing..

also gave a reference where my previous employers would vouch for me saying im a good worker...

25 yo applying for an entry level job in a bakery. Maybe they said that just so as not to hurt your feelings.

 

[Xavier X]

I love when people tell me they have done everything, and haven't been able to get a job.. any job, for the last 3 years.

Then I ask the last 10 places they've applied to this month, and get:

Checking out at the grocery line once every six months and casually asking the indifferent cashier "y'all hiring?" isn't quite a job search.

Most jobs today require an online application, with unpaid questionnaires and tests which typically average 2 hours to complete.
That's usually the first layer of items to weed out the chronically lazy.

@topic
If you had zero chances of a job and no money, you would do essentially what most entrepreneurs do:

Option 1: Learn a marketable skill for free.
Option 2: Buy low, sell high.

 

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[Almantas]

people that sell courses online are the entrepreneur version of mosquitos

It depends on what courses they're selling and how. If it's a guy like MJ selling a course on how to write best-selling books, I would buy it if I was into book writing and I am damn sure the course would be beneficial.

However, the market is saturated with guys who are self-proclaimed gurus. Guys who are broke and trying to sell courses on how to get rich. These are mosquitoes who deserve to be sprayed with fire.

Differentiate between a mosquito and a hornet my friend, lol.

 

[minivanman]

ive applied for a job at a bakery that rejected me because i have no experience (minimum wage) not being to get a job is a very real thing..

also gave a reference where my previous employers would vouch for me saying im a good worker...

Tuesday go out and apply for 10 jobs. Wednesday go out and apply for 10 jobs. Thursday go out and apply for 10 jobs. Friday go out and apply for 10 jobs. If you do this, then you are actually trying, if you go and apply for 1 job that means you did it so you can say that you applied for a minimum wage job and was turned down. If no one calls you by next Monday, go back to all the places you applied at last Tuesday. On Tuesday go back to all the places you applied at last Wednesday. On Wednesday go back to all the places you applied at last Thursday. Thursday go back to all the places you applied at last Friday. See what effort looks like.

 

[Xavier X]

Guy has no money and your advice is to take out a loan based on a high risk, single transaction?

High amount of idiocy on these forums lately.

Those who are not willing to take risks (within reason) are nearly guaranteed to fail.

If a $100 micro-loan to kick-start a series of buy & flips on small low risk items (Apple products) is too much risk to bear, then I have bad news for you.

You're not cut out for this shit!

I don't instantly resort to name-calling like you've just done. If you have a better solution for the OP, then by all means present it.

Some of the options I've stated in this thread are things I did a decade ago and bootstrapped exponentially, starting from a single used laptop bought and resold.

Repeating that process in different variations got me to the point of opening a full service video and media production company. A company with a good sized video production studio, operated by 3 full time employees and 1 part-time employee. Not taking into account independent contractors. This studio/business ran for years before I re-invented it to what it currently is, and still being molded into.

Now, with your significant lack of "idiocy," what exactly do you have to your name in the entrepreneurial space? I'll wait.

You said yourself in this thread that you graduated college and couldn't find a job. That says more about you than it does of the job market.
I see one of your posts talks about publishing your mother's books. My guess is you still have your umbilical cord intact.

Show some respect.

 

[alan3wilson]

Just asking what would you do in the worst situation you cannot get a job?

what kind of hustles would you do if you have 0$ and cannot get a job ?

would you ask for alms in the street ?

 

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[ZCP]

3 card Monty....

 

[SquatchMan]

Someone (@AllenCrawley maybe) in a hustler thread mentioned going door to door installing peepholes for $25/each. Sounds like a good start.

And NO I wouldn't beg for money. That's pathetic.

 

[minivanman]

I've always been in the opposite situation... I wouldn't know what to do if I had to get a job. I guess I'd cry.

The saying is true. When you get sick and tired of being sick and tired.......

You will figure out a hustle to do. The first one probably won't be the best or last one but you will learn from it.

 

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[sparechange]

people that sell courses online are the entrepreneur version of mosquitos

 

[Sequential]

I graduated from College (University here) and couldn't find a job so I created my own. It literally forced me into the Fastlane! Of course back then the Fastlane for me was full of speed bumps but that's the way you learn!

 

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[GuestUser450]

Addendum to my earlier post: Here's someone literally doing what I proposed. He grossed 14K last month. Yeah it's reddit, but his process checks out.

 

[ZF Lee]

yeah good points

but if a guy doesnt have any money how is he supposed to buy low items? if he doesnt have any money?

Option 1 then. Then move to option 2.
But seriously....it's kind of impossible to have no savings at all, even for lower income people.

Even when I meet with non Fastlaners who don't save, they still find money to buy shit lol.
Money isn't a problem, the ways of using it IS.

 

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[Ninjakid]

So let's say I had no money

No job, and no way of getting a job?

Bro, I'd become a F*cking pirate.

 

[Brian C.]

Alright, I'll play along.

For whatever reason, I can't get a job. Can't even work at McDonalds. There are literally NO options for work.

So, I get on Upwork. I take small gigs and continue to work my way up the pay scale. Maybe I take some of that income and invest it into flip opportunities. Maybe I flip items from eBay, yard sales, or craigslist. Maybe I move some of that income into investments; maybe real estate. Maybe securities.

Perhaps I generate a following from Upwork and start a business based on my abilities. Maybe I sell products to my existing client base.

Or maybe I start a different type of business completely. Maybe I shovel driveways when it snows. Maybe I save the income and buy a truck & plow and hire additional plows as we grow.

So many possibilities!

 

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