I'm being Laid Off June 30 company outsourcing Marketing/Media to unpaid college interns

Custodial work. 😉

Get a job in marketing at Anheiser-Busch.

Nope. Firms are allowing folks to work from home so there is no need for office space upkeep.

I suggest package delivery due to the abundance of online ordering.

High specificity ensures indispensability, so write Java code for a plumbing car used by army reservist longshoremen.

If you like sitting all day, go into computer science. This is probably one of the most lucrative fields you can get into with only an associates or bachelor's degree.

If you hate offices, go into the trades. Basically any trade is lucrative. You can have all the hours you want, and you can basically live anywhere and have guaranteed work. You just have to suck it up and work hard. It's not really that bad.

Or, sell everything you have, by a plot of land in Montana, and become an off-grid farmer. This will bring you the most happiness of all the choices.

Programming is becoming more competitive during the current economic climate. If you have a passion for it, I say go for it. But don't do it just for the money. You will most likely burn out and/or fail.

Source: Lead Software Engineer

Life imitating "Office Space"? Maybe the key to happiness is trading the politics and cruelty of corporate life for an honest day's work at a job that creates actual value?

If you are good at marketing/media (your current role?) there is high demand for video creation/editing amongst folks trying to create their own wifi money. Wages are driven down by competition from overseas folks (and generative AI), but there is high demand currently.

Other than the guess that you were in advertising to begin with we cannot answer the question without understanding your aptitudes. But you'll want to leverage what you learned from your current job into what you do next (which isn't necessarily technical skills).

Blue collar work which has to be done in locally (e.g. landscaping, car/home repair, HVAC install, plumbing, etc.) is probably the "safest" career, but it tends to be hard work but we have no clue what you like and what you are good at.

Longshoreman.

Become a teacher

skinny runner dude? Look good in a skirt? bud light?

failing that - seems like you have legit no idea. what do you value?

Join up. Drumbeats have started but there's not a big war going on right now.

Police departments are offering hiring bonuses.

Join a trade.

Unpaid college interns? Try AI.

Unpaid interns? I’ve worked with that crack team before, see how that works out for your company. But this is about you. You know some things, you have a little time and there’s better money to be made, esp. if you’re not working for someone else. Learn more about sales + business. It’s easier than ever in Youtubeland. Pick a niche & position like hell and go to work for yourself, building on the stuff you're doing right now. You can do this. Or, go mow lawns.

You're under qualified for real jobs you listed. But I guess Soy Boy stuff like java coding is doable but I get the sense they're being laid off their too. Go talk to Brandon about Build Back Better.

says someone who has never done real labor in their lives.

Lol Brandon living rent free in the right wing hive mind. Gotta get past that hard on for Biden right wingers, go touch some grass!

It is illegal to have unpaid interns do a job someone would get paid to do.

dol.gov

Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act

Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet - U.S. Department of Labor

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