Being broke sucks and I need a job until I get an apprenticeship to keep me busy.
apply to anywhere and everywhere and being willing to do anything (as long as it's legal) that should work out (aim for quality retail store like high street jewellers as they pay quite well considering the c**p they sell for the most part)
google for jobs in your local area, most places like supermarkets now do all their employment online - email a CV or click apply or whatever to as many as is available/your able to do
If you know anyone at university it may help to ask them if they could give you any details of opportunities that come up on their uni's student page. Since starting a uni I was literally hit with a wave of decent things I could apply for and got something really good that way. The thing is the employers are kind of vetted because once word gets out that the're **** no one would apply so you tend to find pretty good stuff on uni paged. Ask someone