[Fey]

Okay, some secrets that hiring managers won't necessarily tell you.

For every job opening there's about 50-100 applicants. They want people with OPEN availability. This means you can't want weekends or nights off, you can't only want to work mornings or Tuesday, etc. A follow-up call is good, but five is annoying, they'll often move you to the bottom of the pile for that.

Myself and two other friends were all out of work around the same time. All three of us aggressively started applying for jobs. This meant we were putting in 6-10 applications a DAY. Again, look at the odds you're up against. Even with past experience you're up against 25-50 people that have that as well. Also, you may not think you have experience, but you DO! Have you babysat or pet-sat? There ya go, child care and animal care. Were you a club leader or something similar? Leadership training. Get creative with your verbiage.

Most importantly, keep a positive attitude, or you'll shoot yourself in the foot by presenting yourself negatively! You can do it!