What other jobs could I do besides teaching?

[Muckogy]

i qualified as a teacher in June 2014.
I have been doing some subbing work here and there since September 2014.
I realise now that teaching is the wrong job for me. I don't like it at all.
Does anyone have any advice on what careers I could transfer into?
I have no more money to retrain.

[futureme]

watching.

[Rivercam]

What is it you don't like about teaching? Maybe try teaching in a different environment, with smaller classes etc. Or go into an associated field working with children. Or go into one-to-one tutoring. Or work in an education centre.

Lots of 'Or's above!

[Rivercam]

Or adult education

[Muckogy]

i don't like the prep time and marking outside of school hours.
i've been unlucky to work in some dreadful schools where the students were out of control and I was sexually harassed.
i don't like standing up in front of a class and explaining things. i dislike the actual job of teaching.
i dislike the general school atmosphere.
i hate telling people i'm a teacher.

i should not have retrained as a teacher, even though i did get a first as my final grade. i made a mistake and wasted my time and my money.
now i want out. life is too short.
i worked in various admin jobs for 7 years before but i hated that too.

[Rivercam]

What attracted you to teaching? Maybe you can use that in another job.

www.theguardian.com/careers/career-change-options-teachers-classroom-boardroom

blog.reallygoodstuff.com/20-job-ideas-for-teachers/


targetjobs.co.uk/career-sectors/teaching-and-education/330569-alternative-careers-in-education

Suggestions for alternative careers

( I started doing the PGCE many years ago but gave it up because I decided teaching was wrong for me).

[Muckogy]

i thought i would enjoy teaching and i have an interest in my subjects.

1 year later.......
i've lost all interest in my teaching subjects. i don't want to teach them any more.
i don't want to deal with children who conduct themselves like wild animals and i no longer give a shit about whether they want to learn or not.
i just don't care any more. i never want to work with children ever again.

i would be motivated by moving into a job that has the opportunity for me to progress over time.
i have a masters and can turn my hand to many things.

[Snoozebox]

Sales and marketing is surprisingly good as teaching involves working out what motivates others and communicating the message in the right way too. It's all a psychology game.

[futureme]

I'm teaching adult education. Its impossible to get a proper salary as its sessional. I'm also expected to have a detailed lesson plan (showing embedded maths and English , differentiation, equality and diversity and how every activity will be assessed) for every single lesson to be shown if an observer turns up....

I'm enjoying it as I'm v part time but honestly questioning what's happening I'm esucation. My daughter only has an hour a day that is not English or maths drills.

[Muckogy]

no interest in teaching anyone any more. futureme.
i just don't care about anyone's educational progress any more. not my monkeys and not my circus.
thanks for the suggestion though.

[TheFallenMadonna]

What is your subject? If you don't enjoy being around children, teaching is definitely the wrong job for you!

[Muckogy]

Geography. (i know........ )

I like children. but not feral children, which is what i was dealing with.

[futureme]

I was counteing the adult Ed suggestion saying its just as bad! I've considered social work, occupational therapy, clinical psychology.... Wondering about a basic level job and tring to work up. I wish I'd made different choices earlier!

[Muckogy]

social work - a 'no' from me.
i'd want to have a death wish to get involved in that. i have admin experience of the social work sector and it is a nightmare.

in social work you are dealing with some people who have addictions, who are violent, who have killed their own children only to be released from prison following a laughable stretch inside and then reproduce once more.
i worked for a local authority where a 2 year old child who was under a social worker was killed by his stepfather. he has been released from prison. the mother is pregnant again.

as society continues to break down in front of our eyes, i am done with vocations of any kind.

[futureme]

I've similarly ruled them all out for one reason or another. I think I'm less generous minded or something in my old age. I want to progress, feel professional, feel I know when I've done a job well. No idea what though. Most well paid jovs take fresh graduates and train them.

[futureme]

That is a scary experience :(

[MonicaBilongame]

There are many 'geography-related' jobs you can get into.
Cartographer.
Commercial/residential surveyor.
Environmental consultant.
Geographical information systems officer.
Planning and development surveyor.
Town planner.

Just a fiew thoughts

[Muckogy]

town planning - hell, no.
i don't want to have to deal with angry stakeholders and landowners. writing development plans is a really horrible part of the job - similar to writing theses, except they are under scrutiny legally and by the general public and worst of all - the media.
i know a few planners and i do not envy them. a few of them have found themselves in exceptionally deep, deep shit over seemingly innocuous planning decisions. name in the newspapers and all. i would die.

sorry, i don't mean to sound like a mardy cow. i really don't.
its just i'm not young any more and have been around a bit, so i know what's what.

and thanks so much for all suggestions. i'm very grateful - please keep them coming.

[ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

It sounds like it's not just kids you don't like but people generally! Maybe this job would work for you.

[BobandKate0]

Lighthouse keeper ?
Librarian ?
BBC Producer ?

but seriously,i thought one had to dislike kids to be a teacher.

[taxguru]

Have you thought about getting into business training courses, i.e. going into workplaces to teach their staff, or joining a training company where staff are sent on daily or residential training sessions.

You won't have the stress of trying to teach people who don't want to learn or are disruptive and you won't have all the hassle of lesson planning, homework marking and having to deal with the "school" situation.

Lots of the training courses are fairly basic, ie basic desktop IT training, receptionist training, or maybe you could retrain yourself on H&S, food hygiene, etc., or something a little more in-depth such as book-keeping. My brother is currently working in a prison to provide H&S training to their inmates as part of the process to get them back into work upon release.

It would be a great shame not to use your teaching skills, so I'd really suggest you explore opportunities to continue to teach but outside the school environment and to people who actually want to learn.

[DitheringDiva]

Banking? A relative of mine hated his degree, packed it in halfway through, and was taken on as a trainee bank manager.

I know someone else, who, after recovering from a mental breakdown (and he was in his forties I think), just took whatever job he could get at a recruitment agency - he was eventually taken on permanently by a company, and is now doing great (he sells boilers!).

Another person I know, left school at 16 with no qualifications, drifted for years, worked as a car mechanic for a while, tried to set up a couple of businesses, which failed, and then eventually in his late thirties, started selling stuff on ebay/amazon etc - he now has a very large on-line business, employs a whole office full of people, and earns more money than anyone I know. Remember, a job is just a means to an end - you don't actually want a job, you want an income, and for most people, the easiest way to bring in an income, is to have a job, but there are other ways of earning an income (like setting up a business)

Another possibility, is working as a driver - lorry driver, train driver - they are surprisingly well paid. Maybe some logistics companies will train you on the job?

Would you consider working overseas? You'd still have to decide what, but working overseas can open up other possibilities eg. in the travel industry, charities etc.

[CalebHadToSplit]

Travel agent?
Tour guide?

[partialderivative]

I know you have stated many times that you want out of teaching, but do yoou remember why you first wanted to get into the profession?

I taught in the UK for several years and hated it. I would drive past postmen and milkmen in the mornings on the way to school and would really envy them their stress free work life (I was blinkered by my own misery)

Then I decided to teach overseas. It has completely changed my outlook. I have taught all over the world, my pupils have been lovely almost without exception. The pay has been good (though you do need to keep an eye on pensions).

I do what I love to do with people who appreciate what I do.

Do not dismiss this option without some thought, it could represent a complete change in lifestyle.

(I have a family, they get free education)

[wizzywig]

Ed psych?

[Muckogy]

thanks for the suggestions.

i don't want to go abroad because my parents are pensioners and i don't want to be away during their old age. none of their siblings lived much longer than the age my parents are now and to go abroad would break my heart.

training adults would be something that would interest me.
tour guide i would like too.