Please help - I need a job I can do from home.

[meanieleanie]

Sorry to abuse AIBU in this way. I have found out I'm going to lose my job soon.

For various reasons, I really need to find something I can do from home but I have no idea where to start or what I could do but really need an income of about £1000 a month.

My skills/interests:-

I have a law degree but am not a solicitor
I am good with data analysis
I like beauty and fashion
I'm quite shy when I first meet people
New places scare me but I'm getting better
I lack confidence
I'm good at writing/grammar
I'm not good at tech stuff

Any ideas whatsoever for some kind of self employment I might be able to do from home?

I don't know much about company secretarying, so I might be right off-beam, but could you combine that and your law expertise and offer some kind of business/finance consultancy?

Or, as MrsAird suggests, offer company secretary services freelance. Companies may only need your services occasionally, but gather enough clients and (potentially/hopefully) you'll only need to work for each one occasionally to make a decent income.

Watson would you mind telling me a bit about what you do? Where do you source the clothes etc?

Sorry to derail the thread op

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Any likelihood of paralegal work - are you up to date enough with the law? Just a thought to support the growing number of "one man band" solicitors and conveyancers to do research, report writing, contract review/drafting, etc?

Just that it's a growing market in other professions such as independent financial advisors and tax advisors for the "one man band" front person who has the qualification to use experienced but not qualified people to support in the background.

Ediscovery and document review

Requires a legal degree and being good with data. Often this is a contract job so hours are not guaranteed, but it is work from home

Some interesting ideas on this thread.

I’m semi retired and earn the amount you require as a self employed housekeeper/companion for the elderly. I choose the hours ( a combination of school friendly days and evenings). My work allows flexibility (if i need to nip away to sort out my mum’s chemo needs for a short while). If you are self employed you can to a certain degree dictate your availability.

I thinks couple of jobs earning £4-500 might be the answer. Companionship. Cv writing/proof reading/accounts/virtual pa

I used to be a holiday cottage quality assessor
That was 18 hours a week. £12 an hour
I enjoyed

@WatsonCat

I sell women's clothing on eBay part time alongside my job and easily earn over 1k per month. Would something like that be suitable for you?

Is that before or after your outlay?

Could you be one of those online PAs? Basically project manage people's lives and sort out all their tasks online eg remortgaging, sorting bills, booking travel, do their shopping etc. I have read about this but don't know whether it's a viable way to make a living. You would need a good few clients, I think.

licensed conveyancer?

I'm really glad I came across this thread! I've been thinking about trying to do find freelance work - I noticed that there are a lot of jobs on peopleperhour involving excel, VBA etc. It's a skillset I picked up as a bit of a side thing in previous jobs (I started out as a process development chemist, got into statistics via statistical process control, then became a "statistician" working for a government body that collects financial statistics - still don't actually have any stats qualifications though) and it looks like I might be able to make a bit of money, particularly if I brush up my skills a little. Does anyone work in this sort of area, do you have any tips?

might not be something you're interested in, but I'm a childminder, I earn £1400+ a month, and works round the kids

wonder after! Hence why I said I earn that much per month. I have run my own business for years and know the difference between turnover and profit.

@MamaRaisingBoys feel free to PM me and I can tell you how I started up etc

@WatsonCat if you wouldn't mind doing a copy and paste, I would also be really interested to know more. Thank you

Watsoncat-please can you PM me about it too? Thanks

I've been working from home as a research assistant for the last month or so. You may have to go present your findings at meetings though which you might not like if you are shy.

I've seen really well paid wfh research jobs advertised before (45k)

I’ve worked from home for the last 14 years, for 8 years I sold second hand children’s clothes on ebay, then the market changed and just by chance I got into selling second hand books, mostly on Amazon but also other sites. I also have a child with SEN who is HE so I can’t get a job anywhere else.

I think the key thing is to be motivated, for me money is a great motivator, and I really enjoy what I do which also helps. And be aware that markets change, so you have to go with the flow and change what you’re doing/selling if needs be.

I also so some freelance selling of other people’s stuff for them, some private a level
Tutoring in my degree subject, and dog sitting. It’s good to have fingers in different pies because as others have said there’s no security in self employment, so if one thing bottoms out you still have an income.

what about clerking for schools?

Each job wont pay much if you go for individual schools, but you might find an academy chain or a central service like babcock.

A lot of it can be done at home. You need too go in some meetings some of which are in the evening though.

Legal editing for specialist companies such as Butterworths is reasonably well paid. You can do that from home and have the right sort of credentials.

Hi, would also love to know where you purchase clothes to sell online @watsoncat. I sell some second hand clothes but have no idea where to buy wholesale stock. Could you please PM me as well. Thanks.

watsoncat, id be really grateful to know how you started your business too please

You could definitely make somewhere close to that doing freelance editing and proofreading. But you do need training - look at either the Publishing Training Centre of Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SFEP). Start with a proofreading qualification and once you've mastered that you can start working and eventually transition into editing, which pays better. If you join the SFEP they have lots of resources to help you get started and you'll be taken more seriously by publishers etc. X