Jobs/careers that pay well

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I'm in a rubbish zero hours job getting the London wage. I have a 3 year old who won't be getting her 30 hours until May so she's with a childminder 15 hours/week.

I completed 1 year of university 3 years ago but I don't want to go back.

I can barely save and would just love a stable income so I can at least have a little great here and there.

Which careers should I be looking at that pay well?

Yesterday I worked 13 hour shift with 1 hour break, other days 12 hour rolling shifts. Unsocial hours days & nights pay more. But possibly not very flexible for you ?

I could take on more hours of they're available. Bit I really don't want to spend 12 hours in a call centre getting abuse from people

I want to do something that at least stimulates my mind and where I can progress

Computer programming
Accountancy
Engineering
Medicine (eventually, it's a long route to get to the high salaries)

I don't work in a call centre. It's a technical job 24x7x365

Sorry P0p. I meant to wrote that I work in a call centre

I've considered accountancy. I was looking at doing the functional papers for ACCA, so F1-F3 to get my foot in the door. But I would need to save for the course.

How about an apprenticeship in something like IT? Some big companies offer them. Wouldn’t be a high wage from day one but could be in the future.

Sadly you'll struggle to get an interview for quite a lot of well-paid jobs without a degree. I don't agree with it in all cases, but many companies include a degree as standard for hiring. What skills do you have, people / technical / analytical?

Does your company offer any free qualifications or courses ? Some companies I have worked for have offered courses. I've also received extra for being first aider, fire warden, employee discussion person. Some people get higher wages by changing jobs every couple of years

With accountancy, if you can get your foot in the door somewhere, companies will often pay for your training.

As you’re already on a low wage you could apply for junior positions, without having to lower your salary, and work your way up.

Legal accounting is a good place to start - look for junior billing roles - you don’t need legal or accounting experience, but will train in the role. And they pay really well because of the specialist knowledge you’ll learn on the job.

Do you have a supportive family and partner who can help on childcare?

What are your A Levels in and what grades?

What degree did you start?

What do you define as well-paid?

Train/tube driver?

Tube driver is a brilliant idea MissCharleyP , the shift pattern could be tricky with childcare, But the ones i know get loads of time off as well as great money.

Sales is probably the obvious answer here, but it isn’t for everyone.

Would you consider an apprenticeship? I work with number of Project Management apprentices, who will be looking at pretty high paid careers. This is in construction/civil engineering/quantity surveying

It's difficult without a degree or family who owns their own business to get the higher paid jobs. However I read yesterday that store managers at Aldi get a starting salary of about 44k. I do know a few people who earn ok money without degrees though doing these jobs: working shifts answering emergency 999 calls, manager at a company that offers online/telephone psychic readings , insurance broker, sales rep selling chemicals to businesses, financial advisor. All apart from the 999 people had to work their way up however over a number of years before they started to get the decent salaries.

Whatever job the OP has here pays exceptionally well at £99k/year for 3 days per week!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3482462-AIBU-to-resent-DP-lying-in-bed-Baby-DC-in-nursery

I'd love to know what that job is

AAT2 to start you off, get you a job in AAT3/4 some employers may e en offer to contribute to pay.

A lot of accountancy firms offer apprenticeships with training - if you have good A levels then it might be worth looking at one or two of those?

I'm very entry-level. Only ever had jobs in customer service and did a short placement in recruitment HR. So I'm quite low skilled, got pregnant first year of uni and haven't managed to get my degree.

My call centre has a high turnover of staff. The only training I've got involved persuading businesses and consumers to complete surveys. Not sure that's transferable or even useful to many jobs with a good salary.

I've applied for some entry accounting roles, even admin roles in accountancy firms but I've never been called for interview. That's why I want to do ACCA foundation papers to get at least some interest.

I've looked at apprenticeships and even applied but again, never been called for interview. I thinking my age, I'm 26 with not great a levels. I did an Access Course which I did quite well on, but not the best.

I was just doing AAT Level 2 but dropped out ad I'm working a lot and tired most days to travel to the college. They wouldn't allow me to complete the course from home, which is a shame but I'm glad in some ways as its too technical- didnt enjoy bookkeeping- and I prefer the business management side of things that ACCA offers.

IT contractor like programmer, tester or business analyst.

call centre experience could get you a job in telephone banking/local government contact centre or insurance contact centre. That could be a foot in the door to work your way up.