>>Are you sure you have the qualifications for the job you are seeking?

That's the problem: there are so many retail stores out there, but I have no experience in retail. Same goes with so many other places... Like I said, my work experience is very patchwork.

>>As for the lack of reliability, you could try to do an internship as a stepping stone, so that you get to know the people and they get to know you,...

Internships do not pay. I need money here, people. What the hell is a man supposed to do?!