When your 18 year old son won't get a job what do you do?

there's a number of things you could do. is he outwardly refusing? why? has he tried? if not, you could, give him an ultimatum, say have a job by this time, or "send in this amount of applications" because of how the economy is. make him start paying for stuff, like gas, insurance, even start charging him room and board (at an extremely low price but just to give him enough pressure in feeling the need for funds). this is the most "charitable" way I guess you could say, this he starts to learn he can't just sit around and expect everything to be spoon fed. as a last resort you can legally kick him out but I would only do that if he really starts becoming a scuzzball.