My daughter is a high school graduate of 2008 and has 1 semester of college. She wants to work in an office doing office work but is unable to find a job. She has applied at temporary agencys and looked in newspaper and applied. She has went through a million interviews but no one hires her. She only has cashier experience but does not want to do that, she wants to work in an office. Where can she go that they will hire beginners? She can't get experience if no one hires her. HELP She started going to school at night for cosmotology but now she says that not what she wants to do in life.

You can try posting a resume on sites like Monster, Hotjobs and the like. But the job market is somewhat brutal at the moment and experienced well educated people are flipping burgers to get by.
But keep trying. Ask friends , check out the local state agencies for leads or programs to help you get some experience. Some will have you work in their offices (at no pay) to get experience while you are job hunting.
Also if she was taking classes related to office work instead of cosmotology that could help.
Good luck and keep trying.

Tell her to apply at area public libraries. At the front desk, there would be enough customer service and paperwork and phone work to keep her happy until the cows come home. Workers tend to come and go from libraries, as people's lives change, and she doesn't need a college degree to work at the adult or children's main desk.

There also could be a position possible in tech services, say, opening boxes of new books and DVDs, checking them in, doing some processing to get them ready to be cataloged.

If she's hired, she would have her foot in the door for other opportunities for which she's qualified. She might even change her schooling to become an LTA (assistant librarian - certificate program) or professional librarian (master's degree). I started shelving books for $3 an hour when I returned to work after raising two kids and ended up spending 30 years in libraries.

Other places to apply are at area hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. They all have offices.

Why does your daughter want to work in an office? What skills does she have?

Hi, whitchurch!

Yes, knowing about her skills is important. How are her typing and ten-key skills, please?

Thanks!

Also it is a great benefit to familiar with as many computer programs as possible like Excel, and Microsoft Office, for example. Computer knowledge is essential and impresses older people like me who struggle with them.

Also, when a person uses the temp agencies, typically the person can be tested there on all sorts of programs and skills that might involve a computer.

If a person doesn't meet typical, minimum requirements as far as computer skills for a job, then a lot of the temp agencies will also offer free classes.

Thank you everyone for your answers. They were all helpful.