Hi all, I’m just here looking for some suggestions and advice. I’m a single mother, I don’t have a degree but I have a level 3 NVQ in Business and Administration and a Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management. I didn’t finish my degree as I fell pregnant and moved home to the north to look after my mother who had been diagnosed with cancer (she died 1.5 years later.) since then I worked as a barista, in Admin for the NHS and for the past year as a PA to the MD of a company whilst bringing up my lovely DD. She is now in school. I am honestly struggling with money, I have to make up extra hours working from home in my laptop and we are on a very tight budget, I do get some benefits. I am generally happy in my work but recently a very new member of staff has started to take a dislike to me, she is a lot older than me. She sits directly behind me and really goes out of her way to make it known that she does not like me. On top of this my manager the MD has recently made some inappropriate comments to me (he’s married). All of these things have me feeling like I need to run for the hills! I have a huge interest in anything to do with nature and animals and I would love to pursue a career along these lines but I have no formal training in this area and I can’t afford to go back to working minimum wage to study for a degree with a child to support, it seems silly to pack in a fairly paid job. Is there any way I could jump sectors and has anyone got any suggestions of jobs that would be a good fit for my qualifications in those sectors or companies currently hiring?
Sorry for the long post! Thanks 😊