Hi all,
History: no professional qualification but education to degree level. Had a good ten years in the voluntary sector where on being made redundant whilst on maternity with DC1 I was doing really well. (Well I thought so). Supporting the CEO of a national charity, prince2 in project management, managing a small team and earning just shy of 40k.
After maternity I struggled to find a part time job but my hobby of cake decorating had kind of turned into a job and in fact I went on to have a good few years with a successful cake business which worked around my two DC so all good. I earnt probably 15k a year which I thought was ok given I only worked 1 or two days a week max.
Back end of 2013 I felt the need to go back to the real working world (no disrespect to cake businesses out there) I just wanted a different challenge. I was nervous having had nearly 4 years out of that type of work so I searched only for voluntary sector jobs (sticking to what I knew) but despite very few part time jobs I was successful at getting a voluntary sector job doing project delivery much lower down the pecking order than when I left the sector 4 years before but I was ok with that thinking a stress free job on two days would create a perfect balance with manic life at home. Very early in the job I was bored, no challenged and didn't really enjoy the project delivery.
Roll on now and I'm 6 months pregnant and just redundant. I have enough money saved to be out of work for 12 months give or take a few months.
I really want to retrain? Get a new type of job. I am certain project delivery isn't my thing I know I'm more a planner, analyser, ideas person. I'm also quite creative.
Anyway with all that waffle I was after ideas of careers I could look to do! I am happy to retrain and get qualifications. My catch is I don't want to work full time and preferably a flexible industry!
Can anyone help? Advise? Share experiences?
Thanks. Sorry if there are shed loads of typos I'm on bus!!
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nutelladipper · 28/05/2015 18:01
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