Advice From Anywhere...Finding a Job or Two

[fureverywhere]

As I've recently posted...I got canned from orange apron land. But actually I wanted out for quite some time. I was good at what I did but with a lack of lot guys it could be heavy labor. Any of you...walk a store length for maybe eight hours...about 10 miles, now lift 15 bags of mulch onto a flat cart, drag it another mile across the parking lot, now load a car with all fifteen bags and two trees...a compact car...and you might get a $3 tip which you aren't allowed to accept but you stick in your bra anyways.

I'm in good shape but really...My question to the general population is how do I find a job, preferably not retail and big corporate. I'm 53, BA in English but off by like four points in my GPA to go back to school on the teaching track. I'm a gifted artist and writer, great with dogs, cats and young children, a home DIY-er, physically stronger than most. But what job qualifications could any of that fit into? I have workable computer skills, fast cashier, a strong leader. I'm just stuck on a direction to go.

 

[jujube]

After I lost my husband, I didn't go back to my job for several months. During that time, I found that I could bring in quite a nice income doing "things" for people......house, pet and baby-sitting, cleaning out closets, organizing file cabinets, etc. A lady once paid me $100 for three hours of work, boxing up the stuff in a closet that belonged to her grown children and getting it ready to be picked up by FedEx. I got paid $50 to spend the night with two dogs. $10 an hour for overnight babysitting that started at bedtime.....so I got $10 an hour to sleep. I'd get $10 an hour to sit and wait for a delivery. $75 to drive to the local airport and pick someone up. $25 an hour to organize tax receipts. Word got around that I would come to your house and do whatever you needed. I'd have probably done it for longer, but the guy I had been working for on a contract basis said he'd kill himself if I didn't come back. So I did, but it cost him. Big.

Have you looked into substitute teaching? Some areas are desperate for subs and often you don't need a teaching license.

 

[fureverywhere]

See the problem is that hubby is hinting that I should start looking into disability for him again. They denied it the first time. But really...I know he's holding it together for now. An example is in the supermarket. There are people decades older-he's 58-and moving a lot faster. There was one day when he was putting juice in the shopping basket. The shaking on his right side takes over sometimes. Cleanup in aisle eleven...I try to do what I have to without making him feel helpless. But bagging the stuff and getting it in the car. Faster and easier if I do it myself.

So in other words I will be the sole income eventually. The taxes are still due even though the house is paid for. And they are high here...bloody house should be condemned but it's a roof over our heads. So I need to find steady income. One place I'll send a resume...child services...it sucks, but it's a state job and benefits, worth a shot you don't have to be a rocket scientist, just have a degree..." Okay ma'am, so tell me again exactly how your baby fell down the elevator shaft"...

 

[Butterfly]

Fureverywhere, If you are talking about Social Security disability -- seems like they deny most people the first time. IMHO, it would be worth consulting with a Social Security attorney to see what he or she thought the chances were. Initial consultations in this area of law are usually free (at least around here, anyway) and as I recall Social Security has a fee structure for attorneys where they take the fee out of past benefits -- anyway you don't have to pay fees as you go, and the fee structures are limited so you don't get gouged. I would certainly check into it and see what the deal is. In my experience, you have a lot better chance of actually getting benefits if you hire an attorney -- it's at least worth a look-see.

As to looking for a job, check into whether clerk jobs are available in your court system. Here, they are almost always looking for clerks, and people who are literate and can deal with people move up fairly quickly. Those jobs come with benefits, too.

 

[imp]

Considering your extensive abilities with the PC, many have found realistically acceptable incomes selling various things on-line. Might just be an answer for you. Just suggestin'.
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[Pookie]

See the problem is that hubby is hinting that I should start looking into disability for him again. They denied it the first time. But really...I know he's holding it together for now. An example is in the supermarket. There are people decades older-he's 58-and moving a lot faster. There was one day when he was putting juice in the shopping basket. The shaking on his right side takes over sometimes. Cleanup in aisle eleven...I try to do what I have to without making him feel helpless. But bagging the stuff and getting it in the car. Faster and easier if I do it myself.

So in other words I will be the sole income eventually. The taxes are still due even though the house is paid for. And they are high here...bloody house should be condemned but it's a roof over our heads. So I need to find steady income. One place I'll send a resume...child services...it sucks, but it's a state job and benefits, worth a shot you don't have to be a rocket scientist, just have a degree..." Okay ma'am, so tell me again exactly how your baby fell down the elevator shaft"...

I honestly don't mean to be rude here but he should be looking into and applying for his own disability. It's his job to fix whatever needs he has. My hubby did that. Is there some reason he can't do this himself?