working from home

[rosie727]

i would love to work from home-something to do with computers

[squeezing_mwah]

the arthritis is in my hips and knees, hence the walking difficulty, but my hands are unaffected. not sure which direction to take, but i think i need to sort something out soon because we move in a few weeks

Well something arty and crafty should be ok if you're a bit talented that way but I don't think you'd make a living wage doing something like that. Anyway, if you're moving soon (somewhere nice I hope) might be best to wait til then. Have you thought of online secretarial work maybe? You don't need to be computer literate to do that, just know your way around MS Office. what do you have experience of in the past?

Still got thinking hat on.

hi Molly,
thanks for the advice. During the 11 years I've been working i have:

waitress
bar steward
hotel manager
wedding planner
office manager
insurance clerk
dental nurse
music teacher
supermarket asst manager
baker

so there's been a little bit of everything.

[MollySoo]

hi Molly,
thanks for the advice. During the 11 years I've been working i have:

waitress
bar steward
hotel manager
wedding planner
office manager
insurance clerk
dental nurse
music teacher
supermarket asst manager
baker

so there's been a little bit of everything.

Well you've certainly been around, but there's not a lot of that that's useful if you're homebased, except maybe the wedding planner bit. Maybe you could do that from home? Do you still have contacts?
Just curious how you managed to get the qualifications for those different jobs. Did you work your way up? go to college? Either way you've been very busy so it must be hard for you now to sit and do nothing.
Hope you're enjoying the weekend.

[squeezing_mwah]

the only bit i'm licensed and fully qualified for is dental nursing, i spent two years working full time, going to uni, and trying to run my home, it was definately a challenge! i went to the RSAMD to study music and a few people in our community had me teaching their kids piano, clarinet and guitar.

my qualifications aren't that great tbh, i've got 8 standard grades, 3 highers, a degree in business management and an hnc in dental nursing, i've always wanted to study journalism but i think i'm a bit too old now to go and do that:(

our house plans have just been pulled from under us, so i've got some extra time to come up with a plan for working from home, it seems

[MollySoo]

the only bit i'm licensed and fully qualified for is dental nursing, i spent two years working full time, going to uni, and trying to run my home, it was definately a challenge! i went to the RSAMD to study music and a few people in our community had me teaching their kids piano, clarinet and guitar.

my qualifications aren't that great tbh, i've got 8 standard grades, 3 highers, a degree in business management and an hnc in dental nursing, i've always wanted to study journalism but i think i'm a bit too old now to go and do that:(

our house plans have just been pulled from under us, so i've got some extra time to come up with a plan for working from home, it seems

TF I came across this today on the BBC website, maybe a good excuse to eat chocolate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7018055.stm

Youre not too old to study journalism but it's a hard industry to get into, and your health probably wouldn't let you do something like that. also if you don't actually have teaching qualification in teaching music then you couldn't do that from home. I assume you have the instruments in question. Looks to me like your pc could be the way to go, just what you decide to do that is the question.

By the way, sorry to hear about your house. What on earth happened? It's horrible when something like that happens.

[Loopylinda]

Sorry to hear about your house sale falling through TF...you must be very disappointed. That happened to me twice before I finally got my flat. So annoying

Would it be easy for you to become qualified to teach music? That seems like a good option as you don't need to go out and I think you'd enjoy your work.

The only other thing would be to use your business degree to set something up from home.....wish I could be a bit more help but you've done so many different jobs that it's hard to know what to suggest.

The main thing is finding a job which doesn't aggravate your health problems