Any careers in particular that are in high demand now?

[MauraMC]

So, long story short, I'm moving from NYC to London with my husband and two girls (7 and 2) in April. I have degrees in English Lit, Speech Language Pathology and Linguistics and have been working in education (as a Speech Path and a Reading Specialist) on and off for the last 10 years. I had originally planned on going to law school in the states but decided I wanted more work-life balance, so I didn't pursue it. However, I've been wanting to career change for some time now - with interests spanning the gamut from social work to law to nursing - and I'm viewing this move as an opportunity to refocus my efforts. So, my question (which is a difficult one, I know) is are there any careers that are in particularly high demand over there now? In NYC, all of the related services, for example (Speech, OT, PT) are eminently hirable, as is nursing and tech, etc. Just wondering what the job market is like over there, if one could even attempt to proffer an answer to this. Eek.

Some schools are buying in private speech and language therapists, so there is scope for this. It's good for flexibility as schools buy in sessions as needed or some will buy in for a day a week. Ed Psych, you need to do the 3 year doctorate, but good prospects and money.

Definite shortage of secondary teachers particularly maths, science. Look into if you could do a pgce with your existing qualifications. Hours are long but so are those in tech, finance, tbh most roles!

Yes looks like is a lot of study for EP. 3 years psychology degree then 3 years doctorate but last 2 of those are paid so more like 4 years study and 2 paid training. Starting salary was £30k to £40k in 2009 then after around £60k was not uncommon, not sure what current fugures are - maybe around 25% more. Does say you maybe able to convert another degree to a psychology degree - looks like that route would be 2 years rather than 3 years then so 3 years of study then 2 years paid training. So fair bit of studying but good prospects afterwards.

NHS are crying out for Healthcare Assistants and trained Nurses. Far fewer vacancies and opportunities to rise up the ladder for Speech and Language Therapists in the NHS so if you are ambitious I would give that a miss personally.

NHS are crying out for Healthcare Assistants and trained Nurses. Far fewer vacancies and opportunities to rise up the ladder for Speech and Language Therapists in the NHS so if you are ambitious I would give that a miss personally.

NHS are crying out for Healthcare Assistants and trained Nurses. Far fewer vacancies and opportunities to rise up the ladder for Speech and Language Therapists in the NHS so if you are ambitious I would give that a miss personally.

Health visitors and social workers are in desperate need

Are you planning to return to the US? If so don't forget that for things like nursing you may need to do additional study once you return in order to register in the States.

Don’t be a nurse, it’s bloody awful

Nursing and other Allied fields - you'd need to do a degree here. Despite an apparent shortage of nurses spaces on degrees are competitive. You may also find you have to pay overseas fees rates. Then a low paid job at the end.

I agree with your dh though - combing your linguistic skills with tech could be a lucrative niche.

If you want to do another Masters:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/postgraduate-taught/slp

Health Economics - a global shortage of health economists.

For Ed Psych - Do a one year conversion psychology MSc and then a three year doctorate. You get a tax free bursary for all three years (not two).

More training places have recently been announced so it’s a great time to retrain!

Also to get a place on the EP doctorate you would need to have been resident in the UK for the previous three years.

Also, to get Student Finance funding for any undergraduate degree you will need to have been resident in England for the prior three years so re-training via a degree will be out for the immediate future.

Nursing is a desperate shortage industry in UK, although not esp. well paid, but work is always out there. Esp. if you can work bank so not pinned down to only taking full time long shifts.

Also, Beauticians, actually, honest to god. It's a boom industry.
So is anything to do with cyber security, cyber forensics, information analysis.

Definitely not law. It is incredibly competitive to get a training contract after your law degree. So much so that it is increasingly common for graduates to paralegal for years but never manage to qualify. If you make it the pay can be extremely good (well over £100k at a top firm) but you will have no work/life balance at that kind of firm and for every 1 that makes it many don't.

OP, we have the same degrees! Well, almost. I did English Literature and then Speech and Language Therapy.

Working as an SLT was so unbelievably shit that I left, got a "temporary" job in a call centre while I decided what to do with my life - then realised that I was making better money for a fraction of the stress, so I'm still there now.

Sorry, that's probably not very encouraging 😂

Working as an SLT was so unbelievably shit

Can I ask what was so shit about SLT?

As a parent living in the US, when looking at returning to the U.K. I couldn't find a suitable private ST for DS. Most only work for the NHS and it's very difficult to get enough help. We stayed here because of it.

If I were you I'd look into private ST work. You would make more than the NHS starting scales and yes parents are very willing to pay. I was happy to pay £100 an hour in the NW (45 min session with 15min admin).

@Holidayshopping It's really difficult to get a permanent SLT job here (may be different in other parts of the UK), so I was working "in the community" - i.e. spending most of my working day driving. I found it immensely frustrating and inefficient, and on a personal level, I hate driving and struggle with directions, so I got lost a lot.

I also thought the pay was poor, and the amount of paperwork combined with time spent on the road meant that I felt like I didn't help as many people as I could have. I'm happier now, in a much less prestigious job.

These posts are immensely helpful, all - I cannot thank you enough. I’ve learned so much more from this than I did from hours scouring the internet.@firstbornunicorn I’ve no real interest in working as a speech therapist either. @edpsy educational psychology was something I had really considered but sheesh it sounds like a slog in regard to schooling. @titchy that program you linked to at Sheffield would be a dream come true. Seriously, perfect. Do you know of any such programs closer to London???

Massive shortage of speech and language therapists, nhs and private,

There's not a massive shortage of NHS speech and language therapists in the SE, randomsun.