What kind of job is good if your going to be relocating a lot

[mlowry]

Hi all!

I've been working random jobs for a few years, but wanting to get into a solid career path. My SO is in the military and therefore I anticipate over the next few years I may have to move around a little and so ideally need to find a career that will enable me to do that. I do have interests in certain fields such as psychology, particularly forensic and clinical psychology, so if anyone has any suggestions along those lines or sort of similar that would be ideal.

TIA!

Nurse.

Nurses, teachers.

Most towns have a school and hospital- so something there?
The NHS have over 300 apprentices, ranging from school leavers to more advanced higher bandings. You might find a psychology type one .https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/nhs-apprenticeships

Something you can do from home or by renting rooms- osteopath, sports massage, podiatry?

Do you anticipate relocating abroad or is this just in the UK?
Do you already have a degree?

Technology is an international career, can also be done remote. Lots of boot camps to learn the basics.

Any sort of caring profession Nursing, Midwife, Care home,
Teaching primary or nursery.

Secondary teaching is possibly too specialised
Accountancy
Lawyers

Its might seem that way but if you are employed by a UK company they might have restrictions on people working overseas, because it can have implications on things like income tax and employment law.

You’re correct a UK company will but its easier to get a new contract in a new country.

I have two degrees, a undergraduate in psychology and a masters in criminology and criminal justice. When I say random jobs, I more meant jobs that aren't career jobs, just jobs whilst I figure out what I want to do.

I have been working as a TA for the last year so teaching could be an option

I imagine at some point there will be some relocation abroad, yes. I don't know when but it it highly likely at some point in the next 10 years.

I imagine at some point there will be some relocation abroad, yes. I don't know when but it it highly likely at some point in the next 10 years

Have you considered not relocating each time and staying in one place? With him coming home when he can? You could still go abroad if the opportunity presents you itself.

You don't HAVE to follow him around the country. Getting a mortgage set up would be prudent - I know so many military families coming out to no home at all after they leave the forces....

If there will be international relocations then teaching could be difficult.

Not all countries recognise U.K. teaching qualifications and some countries would make you do their national qualification at expense.

There are a lot of jobs where vocational (healthcare, teaching, etc) qualifications don't transfer.

@mlowry
You've a good collection of qualifications there. I'm assuming your next step was to try and become a lawyer / solicitor (which ever one deals in criminal law).
I think I'd aim to complete that, even if it means staying put and having a distance relationship for a while.
Because completing your legal qualifications should in theory mean you'd be able to pick up legal work anywhere in the UK . Even if you need separate qualifications for Scotland

Do the military police have any civil employees? Would that be an option?

Do the military still have large bases with married quarters and schools, hospitals etc overseas.
If you were to end up in married quarters overseas what would the set up be? And would you be able to even work locally in a foreign country.
Obviously you'd be able to work in military schools and hospitals but would you be able to work in a local school.

Tbh I'm not sure I'd base your career choices on the short stints that you'd be able to join your DH overseas.

Something that is worth considering, future children, and childcare. If your likely to end up far from family then it really is worth considering teaching as a career. Which means you'll be covered for school holidays.

I haven't even considered looking into whether the military police employ civil employees so that is something definitely worth looking at.

If is definitely tricky to try and navigate and trying to balance both my own choices but also making choices for the future and how it will affect a future family.

Definitely one of the options, always the option to do that, but just wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions on this topic just to keep all my options open and know what I've got in front of me. But if it came down to it and I couldn't relocate with a job or whatever then that obviously wouldn't be an issue, just trying to look at all the routes

social work. It’s a 2 year Masters course. There are jobs everywhere.

Agree social work.
Or healthcare course you can do 2 year fastrack as you already have a degree

With your qualifications OP, you could consider university lecturing. I've worked across various education sectors in the past and, outside of private education, universities are by far the best funded and generally students are well motivated and want to be there. In addition, whilst in the UK, you can avoid the spectre of Ofsted if you work in HE!

If living abroad, you might consider an Associate Lecturer role with the Open University or another university offering distance/online learning. I taught for two UK universities in this capacity and had colleagues outside the UK, including those permanently based in Greece, China and the USA, which was never an issue for the university. The OU can be a great place to gain experience and other universities offering this kind of learning really respect experience from there. You can register for vacancies in your subject specialisms here:

www5.open.ac.uk/employment/advert-staff-category/associate-lecturer

You will probably need to gain a qualification in teaching for post compulsory education, but this is shorter, more straightforward and less costly than a PGCE for compulsory education and you can often get a teaching role in the post compulsory sector whilst studying part time for a teaching qualification:

ctccourses.org/product/level-5-diploma-in-education-and-training-rqf/

Alternatively, if you want a more traditional lecturing role you could undertake the PGCHE:

www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/online/postgraduate/pgche

You might also consider doing a TEFL course, which would qualify you to teach English as a second language either in the UK or overseas:

www.tefl.org/courses/

Good luck with whatever you decide.

I'm 25, I've been with him for over 5 years and we've spoken about marriage and is probably on the cards in the next few years