which profession is screaming out for people?

[Wilfredohoney]

So that's my question.
I've been sahm ing with periods of self employment (niche thing requiring skill and no transferable qualifications) for the last decade.
More a decision based on necessity rather than reluctance to work.... Husbands job required several international moves and lots of periods away. I tried to be the one area of stability for the children .
My circumstances have changed so that this is no longer a viable option for me (time, childcare, changing industry ,etc). Now in a fixed place.
Going to university to retrain is too expensive, I don't want to do it.
I have had enough of self employment for all sorts of reasons , the admin, the hidden expenses, the 'never being able to switch off' feeling.
I have loads of energy, am organised, well presented, capable, love people, perfectly happy to get up at ungodly hours. Happy to travel anywhere, can speak bits of other languages.
I'm mid thirties.
So which industries are screaming out for people? ideally I just want to go to work. At this stage I'd (happily) do bricklaying, shit shovelling, most stuff . I just want to go to bed at night tired from an honest days work.
Suggestions?

Really @tontonmacoute. That’s interesting.

Are there any big insurance companies near you? The ones near me always have jobs, even if it's just admin

There is always a demand for good salespeople. No prior training necessary as any training is done on the job, and the money is really good.

My graduate son was a post man for 3 years and now drives supermarket groceries for a company. If you have a driving licence and are in a bit of the country like SE where there is a shortage you could do either of those. It's about £20k - £22k a year full time (and my son is working 4 long days for a 5 day wage)

@watsonCat I like sales. Is there a particular area of sales you’d recommend for someone in my position? (beyond Avon 😂)

So doing a trade would be best. Good pay and always a need for good people like plumbers. Thing is you do need to do day release type of stuff, always have - well for the last 40+ years anyway. There are loads of things like British standards and regulations you have to know and people like plumbers don't always work with water only. They also do boilers and have to know about gases etc.

Sales!

@wilfredohoney, I have a part time job working in telesales in a small call centre selling products to homeowners. We take on new people all the time that have no sales experience or who haven't worked for a few years. As long as you're fairly confident and able to talk on the phone it's definitely a good job choice.

"Digital Comms/ Marketing. We've been trying to recruit someone and been told by the agencies that there's huge demand and a massive shortage of people with the right skills ."

I've seen the occasional ad pop up on mn as well i think! How do you get the relevant skills though if you want to break into it - would you have to have a degree in marketing?

@leftrightcentre
What should I sell? Serious question!

I'm reliably informed that there's a shortage of legal cashiers. You wouldn't need a degree, but it would probably stand you in good stead to gain some specialist qualifications

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Check the makers Academy - they provide full pay you whilst you train to become a coder, as long as you work for them for 12 months after. A friend of mine did and absolutely loves it. She had no knowledge of coding before hand, it has allowed her to work from home around the kids and the courses are brilliant apparently

Bookkeeper?
Earns okay and you tend to train on the job or online? Career progression can be okay as well.

This is their site makers.tech

Thank you @arborea I will take a look.
At digital comms too

I came to say accountancy. There are always jobs going in my area (east midlands). There are lower level accounts assistants or finance clerk jobs that don’t always require a full qualification.
Alot of bookkeeping jobs pay around £15 an hour here.

I plan to do AAT level 2 next year, try to get into an entry level role (which generally pay around 20k) and then take it from there.

Or payroll. I see alot of payroll admin jobs going at 25k, supervisor level at 30k

Police

Secret Service www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/opportunities

Emergency Services call taker (Police/Fire/Ambulance/111)

Digital comms and marketing only if you have done blogging, vlogging or have experience. Accounting Technician springs to mind. Please correct me if I am wrong (I am basing this on what my old flatmate did) but I believe you can do the AAT exams very flexibly, eg partly by distance learning, evenings etc. Once you have a couple of units under your belt you can start looking for a job where they will pay for you to do your remaining units. You can then set these units off towards training as an accountant. All the while earning. My flatmate worked full time thoughout her whole training, going from an administrator to having a fab job as an Management Accountant for a TV company.

Ambulance service? Go in on entry level (NHS pay band 3/4) training on the job (well after 4 months in house training in general)
Most ambulance service trusts offer some sort of in-house progression to being a registered paramedic.

Digital comms/marketing is so hard to get into as it's a fast moving industry and they want the most up to date advanced skills with social media, SEO, PPC etc. Usually you need experience or at least an internship in it first to get a full time position.

Thanks @confusedmomm
That’s really interesting

People that do shellac, eyelashes and make up. Can never get an appointment as they are all booked up!

I can’t think of one degree that trains or qualifies you for a job

I'm really hoping you are joking but just in case you aren't, em, medicine, law, vet medicine, engineering, dentistry, nursing, teaching, pharmacy, architecture.

Of course which degrees lead to professional qualifications are neither here nor there since the OP only has GCSEs and no intention to study but still plans to walk into a reasonably paying job.

There are some great ones here. I’m open to lots of them. Ambulance also I fancy. But I have to say I’ve found the nhs referencing system a bit of a brick wall after so long being a sahm/ self employed.

Contact your local Ambulance Service Trust to see what's on offer. Lots of different roles.