I’ve been wanting to start working again since my kids are older but due to circumstances I thought I may try to do it from home. Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks Lanolin. I’m hoping to go through a company. I’ve been looking and no luck yet but not giving up.You need your own computer, and desk and preferably a room of your own that is separate as your 'office'. Depends what you want to do, join a company that lets your work from home or become self employed.
If you are self employed it might be harder because you have to set it all up yourself, pay all taxes, and work all hours to break even. But the upside is you call all the shots, make all the decisions etc. However getting word of mouth put to clients will be on you as nobody else will know what you do unless you tell them. so it will be a lot of online hustling. You might need a separate phone line and bank accounts etc.
if you dont want to do computer work you can...do catering, using your kitchen, do sewing (if you have a machine) hairdressing (you can set up a home salon) grow plants (need your own shed) or create art (need your own studio) teach ( set up your own homeschool or day care)
you can use your garage as a workshop. But depends on how big your garage is. You might actually want to park your car in there!
Or if you have spare bedrooms operate a B&B esp if its in a good location, and host students and guests.
I think the downside to working from home is you might then never go out and see people lol.
Thank you Donnayes I work from home now. I love it!
but, yes, eventually, you have to find outside sources to keep yourself 'socialized'.
some quick youtube referrals:
Best Places to Find Remote Work - How to Find Work From Home Jobs
Ginny Silver
3 Work From Home Jobs with No Degree Needed that Pay Well
Ginny Silver (she's GREAT for EDD information too)
High Paying Job Google No Degree Needed - Make More Money with Google Career Certifications
Thanks JohnDB. I do have a office assistant certification but that’s not much to lean on.Also depending on your skill set....
There are lots of administrative type jobs for the research community and for universities...
A lot of these jobs aren't difficult but they are tedious and involve lots of reading and writing.
But they are a fairly good consistent paycheck...just saying.
For research hospitals and universities it's plenty more than enough...Thanks JohnDB. I do have a office assistant certification but that’s not much to lean on.
I’ve been wanting to start working again since my kids are older but due to circumstances I thought I may try to do it from home. Any suggestions or advice?
I’ve put in several applications and no luck yet. I’ve just been out of the workforce too long. I will probably have to take some online courses or just go back to schoolhow is the job hunt going
I think you'll always find work to do at home! Whether you get paid for it is another matter.