What can you retrain to do in your mid40s that will support a family fairly quickly?

[orchidsonabudget]

That really
Dh is unemployed and I am just wondering if there is another stone that we haven't unturned

Could also maybe get something in civil service-im sure he has a lot of transferable skills. If you register on the website you will get email alerts when something comes on that meets your criteria.

What did your dh do in the City. Like another poster said, that could mean any number of quite varied things.

It is always best to leverage his previous skillset to find something else to retrain into.

I am 9 years out of work and just got a job in a call centre. Low pay but I'm grateful and really really happy there and it sounds like if you stick out a year or so you start climbing fairly quickly (everyone everyone has told me there's a huge turnover in staff)

Facilities Management. Such a small world and you can get your name out there pretty quick, I nearly trebled my salary in 4 years starting at the bottom.

@stayathomer

I am 9 years out of work and just got a job in a call centre. Low pay but I'm grateful and really really happy there and it sounds like if you stick out a year or so you start climbing fairly quickly (everyone everyone has told me there's a huge turnover in staff)

You absolutely do!

@stayathomer

I am 9 years out of work and just got a job in a call centre. Low pay but I'm grateful and really really happy there and it sounds like if you stick out a year or so you start climbing fairly quickly (everyone everyone has told me there's a huge turnover in staff)

That's true I worked in a call centre once and the people still there are doing really well career and salary wise

[quote haggistramp]@Wombat64 assuming things have changed then, I'm in my 40s doing my training. My uni class was 80% women. I don't doubt there are certain areas of surveying that are overly pale stale and male but there is going to be a shortage in the next few years and maybe they realise they cent be so choosy. Atm the average age of a surveyor is 55.[/quote]
The average age is 55? Really? What age do they retire then?

@Howshouldibehave

I think a newly trained teacher salary we would struggle on long term

What a strange thing to say. You wouldn’t be on a newly trained teacher salary long term.

It hardly rises!

Project controls/management. Look up the area international engineering/construction companies. Depending on his work experience no training required. My ex boss who rose to SVP level had a degree in English lit.

What did he do in the City OP? There are people with a very wide range of roles/ professions/ specialisms in City jobs so pretty difficult to make appropriate suggestions of easily transferrable career paths without any idea of his area of expertise/ qualifications/ skills/ level of seniority and career experience, etc.

@stayathomer

I am 9 years out of work and just got a job in a call centre. Low pay but I'm grateful and really really happy there and it sounds like if you stick out a year or so you start climbing fairly quickly (everyone everyone has told me there's a huge turnover in staff)

There's a reason for that! 😬

@Rosecottage888

Facilities Management. Such a small world and you can get your name out there pretty quick, I nearly trebled my salary in 4 years starting at the bottom.

What kind of facilities? That sounds interesting.

@NotPersephone

One of my ex-City friends had a breakdown and became a MH counselor - would that be an option? Not sure what the money is like.

Yes it's odd, lots of people in finance seem to make this move. I guess the ones who aren't dead inside eventually feel that they want to do something useful. 😂😂

@drainrat

If he’s ex-City he must have a high numeracy ability.

Accountancy.

Data analytics.

Coding or programming.

Mortgage Broker.

Lettings Agent.

Lol! Yet to meet a lettings agent who is good at maths. 🤣 Some of these responses have been really funny.

Sorry OP, I know it's a serious thread and I have tried to help with my questions ^^ so I can try to give advice that's not totally random like he should become a childminder or nurse or HGV driver when nothing you've said indicates that any of that is related to his skills/ experience in any way. I mean he might be great at any of those, no idea as I don't know him, but many of the suggestions do seem rather random given what you've said about his experience to date in terms of skills/ experience that would help him get and succeed in a new role. 🤷🏻‍♀️

If you’ve never rented or been a tenant at a premium property, many lettings agents earn six figures .

Trying again as that made no sense.

You may not know many lettings agents earn six figures. It’s also a diversifying industry with Air B & B and short let managers in demand.

The corporate let in which our employer installed us for 12 months was £1000 per week, of which the agents were charging 12% ex VAT. For doing nothing, so far as I saw.

Sorry didn't meant to be vague. He was a deal maker for small cap companies
He is good at juggling multiple projects and bringing things together and good at understanding both financial and legal documents but is not aca or solicitor

He has looked at bursar type jobs and got one interview but they went with someone with experience.

Civil service finance role. He could apply down the main stream or fast stream

Posted too soon...starting salary around 32000. Could make G7 in 3 years for a salary of 50000

Look at companies that run apprentiships in the type of roles he used to do. See if they are looking for trainers for their courses. Did his job have a professional body, like a chartered institute or anything? See if he could get a job training their courses.
If he's motivated to learn how to become a good trainer, having on the job experience might be sought after.
Good luck

@orchidsonabudget

Sorry didn't meant to be vague. He was a deal maker for small cap companies He is good at juggling multiple projects and bringing things together and good at understanding both financial and legal documents but is not aca or solicitor

He has looked at bursar type jobs and got one interview but they went with someone with experience.

Project management sounds like an obvious match. There are fields (e.g. construction) where good PMs are paid mega because they need so many skills. Project management has decent demand right now so far as I know and you can do a PRINCE2 course online to get a formal certification in it pretty fast.

What about working for the LA in a strategic finance role

www.google.co.uk/search?q=finance+job+county+council&client=safari&hl=en-gb&ei=2Tn5YOedGbKDhbIP47aXiA8&oq=finance+job+county+council&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIFCCEQoAE6BAgAEEc6BAgAEEM6AggAOgUIABDJAzoICC4QxwEQrwE6CAgAELEDEMkDOgUIABCSAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOggIABDJAxCRAjoICC4QxwEQowI6CwgAELEDEMkDEJECOgUIABCRAjoICAAQsQMQkQI6BAgAEAo6CAgAEBYQChAeOgQIIRAKOgQIIRAVOggIIRAWEB0QHjoHCCEQChCgAVDTkAFY1OsBYLn2AWgBcAF4AIABmgGIAdQakgEEMzIuOJgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=tldetail&htidocid=HC3C0gWf3qT1hzZrAAAAAA%3D%3D&htiq=finance%20job%20county%20council&htivrt=jobs

Ps. If you can scrape together the funds, a good career coach (and by that I mean someone who helps people get jobs, not navel gaze about what they really really want) could help him identify jobs to target and package his experience and skills for them. It's all about the story you tell.

You could aim for something like driving instructor where the most demand is after school/ weekends so you can do a tag team with the children. Maybe then plan a longer term goal.