<prompt> Human: Hi everyone. This is my first time posting here and even really visiting this sub. I graduated college in May and recently moved to AZ to be with family. My money has dwindled down to only 100 as of today. I start work tomorrow at a restaurant but Ive had no luck getting a job with my degree. Im looking everyday. Luckily Im living rent free right now but Im stressed and worried. My only bills right now are car insurance, food and gas. I dont have health insurance now, but I will soon hopefully. And student loans dont hit until November. Am I doing something wrong? Should I be doing more? Im actually very responsible with money but this is the first time Ive been so broke. Graduating college hit hard cause my parents basically told me the day I graduated that all the bills they paid for me are now my responsibility. Which isnt the biggest deal. Ive had bills in the past. Just not so many. Health and car insurance being really the new ones. And now I cant handle it all. Thanks and sorry if this post breaks any rules or is formatted poorly. Im very tired.  <response>: Your basic task right now is surviving but your most important task is job hunting. If you didnt do a lot of internships or have a good network, finding a first career job is a terrible experience, even if you have a great degree.Here are some tips that ended up working for me:Be geographically flexible. By limiting yourself to a certain area you will miss out on many possible jobs. On the other hand it will be much easier to move back to your family once you have experience.A good rule of thumb for recent graduates is that you need ten applications to get an interview and five interviews to get a job.The first part of the rule only applies if your applications are good. If you send out multiple applications a day, they are not good. You are applying as a skilled worker and the application is the first piece of your work that an employer sees. - Finding good opportunities takes time. Getting to know the employer takes time. For every cover letter you need to rearrange and modify text blocks as well as add something entirely specific to the job. Your CV is not supposed to be the same for every application either. Finally, have someone proofread every single application.This is true, no matter if you apply to a job add or send out a speculative application. However, if your search is thorough and covers a large enough area, you should find more job offers than you can send good applications to. Job offers usually guarantee you that your application at least gets glanced at in the next 3 months. Speculative applications dont. Spend most of your time applying to job offers.When youve sent out a lot of good applications you will eventually get invited to your first interview. Get ready to be rejected. Its a terrible feeling but it will make you better at job interviews. Your goal in the interview is to have a professional talk about work. Being prepared to answer the standard questions is the minimum. Asking questions that get a conversation going is what gets you the job.Get a job to survive as you are already doing. As a waiter you should be making enough to live a rent free life. Accept that it is a shitty time in your life and hope that its over sooner rather than later.Now for the elephant in the room: What if it doesnt eventually work out? Set yourself a time frame a year sounds good in which you will only work your survival job and search for a career job. Afterwards try to get work experience no matter what: Get an internship. Work for almost? free. Yay.___Hope that helps at least a little. I know your situation well. 