To consider retraining at 40?

[Pottymouth101]

Mainly posted here for traffic. I’m a mum of 3. Youngest is 6months. I’m 40 and living hand to mouth. The industry I was in previously(self employed beauty industry) just wasn’t working for me. I’m not particularly academic, love socialising, great with people etc. what on earth could I do? Ideally from home too. Ideas on a postcard please. I’m at a loss and don’t want to rely on benefits any longer than necessary. Thanks

Oh wow. You clearly don’t know my personal circumstances(which changed dramatically recently!) so it may be best you continue your clearly bad day, in a dark corner somewhere. Cheeky mare

Oh give over Pains! What a reply

Why didn't beauty work for you OP? Might help us help you narrow it down. What are you interested in?

I would definitely say it's not too late but you should book a session with a professional career guide who can discern your strengths and point you in a realistic direction (eg, it doesn't much help that you like socialising if you also want to work from home.)

Couldn't you do beauty treatments from your home? People pay a lot of money to have their eyelashes done. Lash lift or extensions. Although would you have help to look after the kids while you did this? Maybe cld move on to doing nails etc eventually.

Don't worry @Pottymouth101 pains and aches lives up to their username by trolling a number of threads at the moment. Ignore them.

When you say from home, do you mean a career that will be WFH or just the training? You mentioned being very sociable and most WFH professional jobs are more academic and introverted (examples being IT roles, accountancy etc)

I’m qualified in nails and makeup but it’s hard to do that as I have no help with baby now. So isn’t ideal until they start school/nursery. Wfh online would be ideal in my position

Ah yes

Someone who disagrees with you is trolling

Definitely not too late. You have another 28 years left to work if you are 40. If you started at 16 you have worked less than you have to go.

Wow - what a bitchy comment @PainsandAches

"Actively" having a baby?!
Presumably this baby was conceived around 15 months ago.
Even if it was planned and 'actively' tried for, the OP's circumstances could well have hugely changed in the intervening time. The reasons for such changes may well have been traumatic for her (losing a partner/ job/ home/ health or similar) and your judgemental comment seems likely to make her feel worse.

It might not have been a planned or wanted pregnancy, it may not have resulted from consensual sex...

Your post demonstrates a complete lack of empathy or humanity, and I sincerely hope that you're not a parent yourself, or occupy any post that's meant to involve 'caring' for anyone.

Are you wanting to work from home while also caring for the baby because that really changes what your options are. It's very hard to work while also caring for a child.

Agree with PP, employers would require you to have childcare if WFH with a baby. Sympathetic ones will let you be flexible about hours eg logging back on at night when little ones are in bed, but that's not always possible. Most online jobs still require teams calls at specific times and you need to be available.
I think if you want to be working with young children at home you'd need to find a way to set up your own business (I appreciate that's easier said than done and is the reason why M LM schemes often target single parents)