I mentioned that I visited a recruiting agency for a part-time, contract, or full-time jobs that I can do, and I felt they tried to take advantage of me by trying to convince me to take courses that cost 1000s of dollars with an employer whom they seem to collaborate with. I told them I can do an internship with the employer, but they didn't seem fond of the suggestion. Other than that, I am not aware of any other resources that can help me. Do I need these agencies for a survival job? For me a survival job is to do something that doesn't require high skills and university degrees. I thought these are easier to get. My issue is what survival job I can do. I am not good with customers, and I need to have time to try to work on myself and develop technical skills and apply to other jobs (sometimes I need as long as 2-3 hours to prepare a job application), but at the same time I need some money to pay the bills, or a large part of them.