non target junior, need a job to stay afloat, any tips?

Currently a junior with no internship, networked quite a bit but ended up without an offer. I have done boutique banking last summer so I should be fine for full time. But I need a full time job for the summer months as well as the upcoming school year to pay of my heavy debt load and expenses.

I am currently making peanuts in PWM doing cold calling, but I want to get a higher paying job. I have applied for $13-20 an hour jobs doing data entry and shit like that, but recruiters for those positions say that my experience in banking and pwm is useless and it wont get me a data entry or entry level job. I have 0 experience working at restaurants either and can't get a job there or any type of server role where I'd make tips.

Any idea guys? I really need a job to keep me afloat financially and I want to know how you guys pulled it off.

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i've sold door to door the past 3 years, made 20k first summer, 46k second summer, and 84k last summer. not doing it this year due to summer internships but it definitely helped pay for all of my college expenses and more...

 

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