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Every OP response I've read is that they won't have time. I've worked these minimum wage jobs you think you'll need 3 of.... you'll have time.
If you want ALOT of time, spend 2 hours and get your guard card and be a security guard. Pay is alright, and you'll have time to apply for jobs, etc, at work and can probably take a couple of classes and study on the job too.
What you lack is something only time will give you, which is job experience. There are a lot of hiring managers who won't hire anyone for a role in a team if you've never had another job. Being someone's first boss can suck (I managed a grocery store for years and was lots of peoples first boss) they don't know all the most basic stuff about how to get paid or communicate time off/sick requests, and usually new workers want the business to bend over backwards for their ever changing schedules.
The minimum wage job may not seem like progress towards your goal, but really, it is. Show that you know how to work and have some time in the workforce, and that holds value to the resume readers, even the automated ones.
WTF is a guard card? I've been a security guard twice and never heard of this.
It's required by law in California and several states to be a security guard. Usually it's paid for by the company hiring you