Help me come up with a plan

[Aerozord]

I'm out of ideas, so while my nihilistic tendencies tell me to assume thats because there aren't any options. However I am not perfect, and I am under alot of stress, so maybe there is something I didn't think of.

Now I am trying to figure out what to do with my life. Not long term, but short term, I mean like to survive kinda thing. So here is my current situation.

I do prepare well for things to turn south, so I have some time. I made extra payments on my car so dont have to worry about that till april. My savings are about four thousand dollars. With abit over 200 leaving my account for my student loans, and then there is my cellphone, and other minor expenses. So by the time my car payments come due again my finances will be so bad that my entire financial life will implode. Car repossessed, bank account empty, cellphone gone, and credit ruined, all with an ever snowballing debt that (at 30k+) is already next to impossible to pay off.

Ok forecast out of the way, here is what I've already exhausted.

I do not qualify for any government aid including work programs and vocational studies.

I have run out of conventional employment options (I couldn't even get an interview at McDonalds) and have already checked with friends and family to see if they know a place I could work and nothing worked out.

No marketable skills

Only a high school education

Family will not aid me more than they are currently (mostly by not letting me starve to death)

Finally do not suggest school, the only reason things are so dire is because I was dumb enough to try that.

Oh and any method must generate atleast 600 a month to cover all of my loan payments, car insurance, that kinda stuff.

So what do you think, any options I haven't thought about yet? Got about 9 months to solve this problem before my entire life is destroyed beyond repair.

[mauve]

Volunteer somewhere. Anywhere. While you're looking for work, you'll be gaining networking connections and maybe some marketable skills. If you have a branch of the United Way in your county, their website usually has a list of places looking for volunteer help. Volunteering can include ANYTHING-- shelving books in a library, delivering or sorting supplies for a food program, writing little blurbs for a nonprofit's website (that's what I do. Now I can say I have experience writing for the web/ managing a professional social media account. Literally all I do is research archeology news stories and rewrite a general summary for their Facebook and Google+.), general office work, giving directions to hospital visitors, even playing with dogs at an animal shelter. Just start looking for something that either interests you or sounds like a good learning opportunity. And remember, if it turns out you don't like it, you're just a volunteer. You're doing THEM a favor by being there. You can leave whenever you want.

[Aerozord]

I can look into that, but I have experience. I worked at a retailer for well over a year. Hasn't helped with the job hunting.

[Steel Shadow]

Do it anyway, it's a breath of fresh air and it's extra to pad out the resume with. It's even a good way to make connections and maybe turn into a paying job. Plus if you do well you get glowing references out of it because you're doing it for free, people appreciate that a hell of a lot.

[mauve]

Could help with networking, though.That's always a good thing. Plus it gets you out of the house and lets you meet new people, particularly people who are volunteering there because they WANT to be there, not because they HAVE to be there. They tend to be happier and friendlier (that's not ALWAYS the case, but for the most part.) Also, in terms of already having experience, that's great, and volunteering looks REALLY good on a resume. It can help you learn new things as well, or at least give you a reason to say "this PROVES that I can do ____; I have these contacts at this organization who can verify that." I can say how great I am at learning new software and applications, cuz it's true. But when I say I learned HootSuite and used it to manage a nonprofit's social media presence, then I have current examples of my skills.

[Satan's Onion]

Yeah, volunteering is a great option. You'll meet new people and learn new things--both of which should help polish up your resume. Just as importantly, it'll help you get outside your own head for a bit. I know well how easy it is to obsess over the bad shit, to the point where you can more or less convince yourself that you're inescapably superfucked and nothing will ever fix it. Getting out among other people--particularly getting out to help other people--is one of the best ways to make sure that this feeling doesn't eat you alive and become a self-fulfilling prediction. It's good for you; it's good for the organization you want to help; it's good for the people you're helping. Everyone wins!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

What about agency work? Even if you don't have any marketable skills, they should be able to find you something. That's what got my back into full time work last year, though admittedly I had some skills they were looking for.

Other than that, just apply for everything. I know it's depressing as fuck sending out applications day after day and getting few to zero responses at times, but the more places that have your CV the better. Hell my CV was sitting on a website for over a year before somebody contacted me about a job once, I'd almost forgotten I'd put it up on there by that point.

And speaking of your CV, how good is it? A lot of the time people get rejected because a cursory glance shows that it's badly written or laid out and doesn't look proffessional. Not saying that is the problem but maybe have someone else look it over and see if it looks ok. First impressions and all that.

[Aerozord]

The problem with trying to pad out a resume is no job around here takes a resume. They are all applications, like what you'd have for applying to McDonalds