Thank you for your good advice. I haven't posted in awhile because I was embarrassed that I wasn't making any progress despite all of the helpful things people have said. However, I got my first real job recently so I felt like I had something real to post. I'm only a substitute secretary (even that needed experience! but luckily they made an exception for me because one of the secretaries in my high school gave a very good personal reference for me). I already went through the training and I'm officially in their system, so now I just have to wait for people to skip work
It's definitely not my dream-job, but at least I'm getting somewhere
