maybe an assistant, or find office work of sometype

Small offices that do not have customers come in. Delivery work. Driving a taxi. Working with children. I would not tell yor employer you are shy. That is none of their business. It can also make them uncomfortable. I am sure you have special traits. let them know about those. marcia, your confidence coach http://www.blogcharm.com/iamshy

Go for the food business job, it could be good for you. My daughter was super shy, had a hard time talking to people. She went to work in a fast food restaurant, and it helped her get over that shyness.

Office work would definitely be a good choice; auto dealerships are always looking for inexperienced people to do MV work and so forth. At 18, no-one really expects you to have a work history, so you could probably even leave that completely off your application.

I don't like to travel - (the reasons : don't like heights cause my ears are messed up abit - am allergic to hotels (feathers and really am allergic to soybean and fish etc - makes eating at a fancy restraunt hard plus I think travel is boreing) The Point: I went with a recruiter and said - look I do not want to travel - he came back with : Nobody ever says that - I have the perfect job for you. I ended up doubling my salary. Perhaps saying your shy will be an asset. (I am curious what you are shy about though - I can say why I don't like to travel even if I don't want to say why)

My sister is super shy, she is 18 y.o., and very pretty, she likes music and style and other intellectual endeavors, but she keeps it all in her head. She is probably more shy than you, or just as much. I mean painfully, dreadfully shy. She never thought she would work any where. But she was shopping at the mall in a clothing store, her favorite one, filled out an application and the manager saw that she was a nice girl that was obviously shy, so she trained a little a day or two and than ended up in the back room unpackaging clothes and stocking them full time. She is happy and doesn't need to interact with customers or employees hardly, and will soon become the supervisor. (she also met a boy that worked there and went on her first date!!!) which she found boring!!! So you have to start somewhere to find your niche, even if it is as a dishwasher, starting small is better anywayz. I was shy too. I first worked as a fastfood cashier, than delivery of furniture, than account manager, and now I am still trying to find what is for me, I work construction mostly now. Remember every one is in the same boat, the less support you have, the better the leader you'll be in the long run! good luck!!

I'm 25 years old and I still haven't found a job that I think suits my sometimes shy personality! I am confident when it comes to guys and social life in general but anything to do with jobs and my shyness comes out again! (I was really shy as a child). I'm think I'm fairly useless at jobs to be honest- I have a degree but I think I lack commonsense! Anyway my advice to you is find a job that is really straightforward that you know you can do with some people contact so you can build up your confidence a little. Cos you don't want to be doing jobs all your life hiding from people I think deep down you'd like a sociable job! You sound really sweet and nice and I think you just need a little confidence boost!

I am 30 and a very shy person also. I'd have to say in my experience that being a banquet server is actually a good one for the shy. It pays good--between $15 and $28 per hour where I live--and you really interact with the guests very little. I work with a small bunch of coworkers who are nice. We prepare the room, then when the guests come, its non-social. Just drop food and clear food. Then at the end, everyones pretty quiet cleaning up. Not a bad gig if you are shy.

If you don't mind cleaning rooms or doing laundry at a motel. Not much interaction with people there. You usually work alone. You don't need prior experience either.

I'm exactly like that. I worked in a fish and chip shop for about four weeks in the hope that it would help me come out of my shell... but it didn't work. at all. I now babysit. Its a great little money spinner. I also make jewelry and (will) sell it. People pay quite a bit for hand made stuff. best of luck. x

I was a really shy teenager too, but I got a job as at the checkouts at Kmart and it was perfect for me. I developed so much socially - you learn how to make small talk with strangers, which has really become an asset in my life. You know they're only with you for about a minute or less and then gone, and they don't usually expect you to converse with them (if you still don't want to). Give it a try, I think it'll help you too :)

I had a part-time job working in a bookstore. My job was to keep the books dusted and make sure they were in their proper sections. After awhile I got to know the books and the stock very well and the department managers would come to me to see what books we had left..that was before the computer age of perpetual inventory kept daily via shipmens in and sales out... when physical inventory was taken by handcount. I didn't have to deal with customers..the department managers were very happy to have me keeping their departments orderly..and I got to be among books, which I love. It was an ideal job for a shy person! :)

If you don't want to try to come out of your shell, just get a job as a parking attendant. You are alone for most of the time, warm and protected inside, and can just read books or do whatever to kill time.