Please help me work out what to do with my life -Need a new job

[40andneedacareer]

Hi.

I need help, despite a good education I've ended up in a zero hours minimum wage job due to bad decisions when I was younger.
I have hit forty and the terrifying prospect that I have no pension, no career and I'm half way through my life.
I have a English degree from a good university (sold the lie at school that any degree was worth it)
I could study for a MA or anything that would open up a career for me. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

www.charityjob.co.uk/ Currently has 374 remote/home based charity jobs listed, it’s a numbers game with job applications. Good luck.

Be careful of any scams or MLMs in this thread, OP.

Maybe HR could be a good direction for you? CIPD is a reputable org with decent courses that might be beneficial. (Disclaimer: I've taken a course with them and it's helped me in my career progression)

@ParkingFeud

I work in marketing and there is a lot of demand for good copywriters at the moment as content is a v popular marketing strategy. If you are good at absorbing information may be writing content could be good? Hubspot have free courses and there's loads of other free sites with information. A lot of communications and PR roles like English as a degree. Hope that helps!

I was thinking along the same lines as ParkingFeud. This coupled with good IT skills such as web design (online training) would make you unstoppable

Have you ever had an occupation or hobby that you have really loved?

Do you like customer service or that's just the part of the job that you are best at?

How about Book Publishers? Loads of choice, have a look at Penguin Books etc ,lots of jobs that your degree could be useful for, otherwise Teaching English for ESOL? Well paid easy and fulfilling job. Good luck...