Try looking for whatever job you can find - at $10 or whatever - but pick companies where there is advancement opportunity. The mail room in a big corporation, or an entry level job in a manufacturing plant. Pick an industry or kind of business where you'd like one of the higher level jobs, and work toward that.
At McDonald's, there's no place to go. In a corporate mail room, or a sales organization, if you do your job well, no matter what you are paid, and you show you are a dedicated hard worker, that will give you a leg up.
Lots of kids just out of high school and college are still just kids and don't settle down and take responsibility. So being a bit older may be an asset. It's all what you make it.
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