If you can't find someone to hire you, consider hiring yourself.
Not only can entrepreneurship bring great personal fulfillment, but launching a small business doesn't have to break the bank.
Here's my story and some of my favorite resources to help get you started.
My story. In 1999 I started Women for Hire to put on career fairs. I worked from home with no experience running a business, but I had a serious entrepreneurial itch -- that burning desire to run my own shop, do my own thing, be my own boss and provide what I thought was a much-needed service to the workplace.
I didn't have a lot of money and I didn't have much time. Because my household very much relied on my income, I had three months to launch the company and generate a profit. If the venture failed, I'd have to quickly get a traditional job, which of course I didn't want to do.