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?

@Camomila - could you tell me where you look for the research jobs? Thanks!

I employ proofreaders, copywriters and editors and there are SO many out there. I don't employ anyone with no experience who has just done a course. Qualifications mean nothing to me - I usually look for someone who has worked in my industry and who has flawless grammar. Also - copywriting is one of those things that unfortunately many people think they can do and only a few actually can. You might be able to get into it in a legal niche though.

I mark KS2 SATS, GCSE’s and A Level papers! Nice and flexible

Also Hi @PiperPublickOccurrences do you enjoy copywriting? It sounds very interesting and one of those jobs I didn’t even know existed. (Just thought it was “marketing” because I live in my public sector working bubble and have no idea about business at all! No offence intended)

@watson please can you let me know the info too!

Some of it's interesting. Some of it is dull as ditchwater.

piper much the same as with any job then eh? Just seems much more vibrant than teaching because I’ve done my job for so long and am shattered after a long week!
I imagine you get to work alone a lot, which sounds great considering today two six year olds fished a shit out of the toilet and carried it over to circle time! 😂🙃😩

@Givemestrengthorgin (love the name!) the one i'm doing now I got through someone I know but the well paid one I found was just through typing 'researcher' on Indeed. Sadly it was much too senior for me/not in my field. Might be harder to find if you don't live in London or a university town though.

What skills do you have? Do you have any qualifications or not? For copywriting you should ideally be able to think laterally, have be resourceful and driven.
Look at all of the options. You basically sound like you are qualified to do anything which requires office skills. Bear in mind that you will have reduced job security however this is expected really. Can you work freelance or not? Do you have any experience or not?
In my previous life pre children I worked at a office for a travel agent essentially doing the paperwork. I’ve also handled the paperwork for a college when I was starting up the career ladder. Both positions involved me working in a office.

reigniteacademy.co.uk this literally just came up in a fb group for freelancers. It's a back to work program for lawyers after a career break. Probably not what you're after, but might help someone

I think there's a huge untapped market in contract reviews.
I own a small business and have had big clunking T's and C's foisted on me by large (and not so large companies). Usually my accountant and I sit down together and plough through them, clause by clause, though we recognise that we're not legally trained in any way and there's a risk to this.
I'd happily pay a few hundred quid a time to have someone cast an eye over it, but don't have enough volume to retain a solicitor (though I have stumped up when something is clearly off or the contract is large).
How many other builders, freelance programmers, the IR35 brigade, locums, are in a similar position?
Must be loads.
Market your wares through business clubs, guilds, LEPs and even pay accountants for a referral.

Good luck with whatever you do. It's not easy.

This is an excellent idea Disquieted1

I make a good living on EBay selling clothes. It helps if you live near an outlet centre or discount charity shop.

Certain labels/sizes sell better than others, but you learn this as you go.

I make about £200 a week doing this, very part time too, about 5-10 hours a week.

What about sales or marketing jobs?

Anyone done the teaching English online and know who is reputable? Thanks.

I'm a lawyer and had a serious illness during which I had 2 jobs working from home. The first one was specialised international contract drafting for a previous employer and the 2nd was teaching English to Chinese and Japanese students online, which made me a £1009 a month if I worked 25 hours.

I now work from home as a lawyer for a tech company.

I have spent 14 years selling second hand books on Amazon.

Profits were usually £1K a month.

I now make and sell craft items, on ebay and Amazon, I make three times that amount. I am allowing my book business to dwindle, I have no time to do both.

Penguinsetpandas I did the CELTA course, which isn't cheap but is the Cambridge one and is very well respected. You can do it in a month intensive, or more flexibly. It gives you lots of practical teaching experience as well as the theory so you feel ready to go into lessons straight away. It was about £1,200 about (ahem) 15 years ago

Speakout what craft items do you make and sell?

The CELTA is a good one to have and is required by the bigger online 'schools' such as itutor.com. Many places offer it as a blended online course, where you do the theory stuff online and attend only a few hours per week for teaching practice. This is great for those who need to be more home based.

@Mycatiskillingme did you use a certain company for teaching english?

Also intrigued about options for selling from home on Amazon/eBay - is there a topic or thread for this?

There's lots of information on the ebay /Amazon community boards.

Thanks very much Byron and Oldgimmer That looks good.

I WFH as a translator. Can take a bit of time to build up a business but I've had more work than I can handle for years now.

Watson - please could you PM me too. Thank you!