The worst part of filling out your first job application is deciding who to put as a reference, amirite?

And then you start to think "Does my mother count? She works me like a slave around the house.."

Yeah, and even though I know a lot of people, there's only a very, very, very select few I can use as actual references.

I'm dealing with this now. I'm trying to get a volunteer job at the animal shelter first, so whoever I work under can be one of my references.