What do you do for a living?

[Didydani]

Hi all!

So, I was wondering what you all do for living? I'm looking at going back to work this year and haven't completely decided on a career yet. I want to go into something highly paid and something I'll enjoy.

When I say highly paid, Im talking about atleast £1000 - £2000 a month. Do any of you know what kind of career I'll make that sort of money in?

I'm not asking for exact figures either but if you could tell me how much you earn roughly a year, that would also be helpful.

Alot of you are probably wondering why i want something highly paid, and the reason for that is because I want to able to live comfortably and not have to struggle. I rent and want to be able to buy a house, to be able to go on holiday atleast once a year, to have something extra to save or spend and i want to learn how to drive, but a car and so on.

Thanks!

I am a nurse. My son has just graduated with degree in Biotech he is struggling to find work. Good luck.

Nurse.
Similar to you, all I done until I had DCs (at 20) was bar work, waitressing, few other odd jobs. I only had 4 GCSEs.
Once DCs were all at school/preschool I worked in care to get experience, did an OU course to get more qualifications and sat and extra GCSE to get the 5 I needed then went to uni and have now been qualified a year. I earn equivalent of £29k a year if I were to work full time, so nearly £2.5K a month.

I'm a nurse and earn between 1-2k for part time.

A possibility is care work. Care homes often offer NVQs and then you could possibly look into training to be a nurse associate? (Some cafe homes support the training while working). Or of course working towards nurse training.

All I had done. Sorry

Infant school teacher. 60 hours a week but I'm lucky to work at my DS' school and my DD goes to the Juniors next door. I take them to breakfast club and DH or a childminder picks them up. I really love my job which helps.

I have two part time jobs.

Job 1 actuary
Job 2 rugby player

You need to increase your qualifications, this can be done online in the evening if attending courses in person is hard due to childcare etc.

Priority is to get your qualifications - at the very least english and maths. As a benefits recipient, this is often free via a local college. Get that sorted first.

I work in something related to translation. I take home 3.5K per month. I have a degree in modern languages, a postgraduate, speak 4 languages and have 20 years of experience

And I work about 50 hours a week

I manage large and complex engineering programmes, earn £100k+ per annum and a decent bonus. I have a BSc degree, and MBA and an MSc in my specific field with various industry specific qualifications. I need excellent maths, good language skills, tech skills and good presentation skills.

Instructional Designer.

Anything that's highly paid is usually very hard work, long hours and needs experience and/ or qualifications.
To take home 2k you need to earn roughly £30k pa. £1k, clearly you don't because of tax thresholds.
Look at something you enjoy. If you're only in it for the money, it'll become a hell for you.
I take about £4500 a month out of my own business but I have been doing it for 20 years and my DH was/is a SAHP so it supports all of us. I work very hard and sometimes the hours aren't compatible with perfect family life. I don't love it. I wish I'd done something I did enjoy early on and worked my way up!
Try and get an entry role in something specialised. So you develop skills and experience.
If it's healthcare/dental, keep trying!!

I was thinking today that there must be a career in producing infographics. Turning information into pictures, and visual aids. Visual abstracts are becoming 'a thing' among scientific journals. This is a career path I would encourage somewhat arty somewhat creative attentive to detail & communication people and decent ability to understand science, into exploring.

I was asked today to produce an infographic, not happy. I will not be good at this.

I work in sales, part time, average wage with commission is 2,000 per month

Manager in a software development business 55k. Started as a software tester 20k approx 17 years ago straight from uni after doing a modern languages degree.

Junior doctor. Left a career in academia (biochemistry) and went to med school. Working up to 88 hours per week and not earning that much 🤣 but I love the job and don't regret starting from the bottom again.

I'm a lecturer, make close to 50K a year. But I have 3 degrees including a PhD to do that. You need to figure out what you are capable of training in and work from there. Many trades are actually quite well paid if you are self employed particularly.

£1000 per month is less than minimum wage so if that’s what you’re really hoping to earn you could pretty much do anything.

I work in HR, earn £60k with good prospects to continue to progress. But I’ve been doing this line of work for 8 years, and have a degree, a masters and several professional qualifications.

I think if you want to earn a high salary, you’ll need to be prepared to start at the bottom, and to invest time and money into your development and education.

An apprenticeship could be a great option if you aren’t in a position to study full time.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

I want to go into something highly paid and something I'll enjoy.

Don't we all

However, as others have said, I'm not sure the point in those of us who work in jobs that need Post Grad Qualifications, plus a degree, plus A-levels / other Lever 4 Quals, plus a good range of 6 or more GCSEs incl maths and English, plus years of experience telling you what we do, or what we earn is much help to you.

I suspect you know, deep down, that, without GCSEs, your options are limited.
Currently, options are limited for those with GCSEs. Indeed, they are very limited still for those with degrees.
If you are able to, then studying for at least maths and English would be your best starting point, and then take it from there.

Have you looked into sales jobs as you have call centre experience? Lots of jobs pay a basic of at least £1000 and commission on top. I've done this before and earned well at some companies, can start it with no experience too.
Or Royal Mail should be hiring now as its near Christmas and it would definitly be over £1000 a month.
I hope you find something that pays enough and you also enjoy

For 2000 pounds a month net you either need a qualification to walk into a job with no experience OR good experience ( I'd say at least 5 years) without qualifications

It's rough out there

@FTEngineerM

I’m surprised you consider £1-2k highly paid

To someone who's always been part time minimum wage, it would be. And plus, depending on where you live (and if there's another wage coming in) it's reasonable.

I think you’d be better to think of what jobs/ type of work you want to do or are interested in. Then find work related to that. Eg do you want to work with children, on computer, doing some manual etc.

I know quite a few people who have started their own cleaning business, built up a steady reliable customer base and are charging £13-£15 an hour for cleaning in school hours.

You can earn a good wage in a sales job. Sales jobs don't necessarily require qualifications.

But without experience, it's unlikely you'll earn 2 k in a sales job.

I started a office job as an administrator. I'm now a account manager earning between what you have put in your first post. No qualifications. I only do 28hrs a week.