Career Help and Advice
Related: About this forumI gotta find *something* ...!
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I can do most every type of virtual asst, desktop publishing gig. I have years of experience in journalism, webdesign and logo/marketing...
Been out of the loop for a few years - worked in education and ran programs at Boys & girls Club. But the physicality of the jobs were too much and I went on disability in fall 2018...havent really recovered.
I just need to find something online to keep afloat!
I'm 51, and because I dont do code or the serious techy stuff, and I dont have a BA, so qualifying on paper is hard. How do I get gigs?
Im looking at the pinned post of links here in this group. Any other ideas would be great. I gotta turn this around!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,193 posts)Over my life I've found that contacts are far more important than qualifications. I've gotten jobs I wasn't remotely qualified for on paper. I just knew people -and sometimes they knew people who could get me a job.
Somebody you know can steer you towards a job in all probability.
FirstLight
(14,079 posts)Maybe I can get a couple gigs...
markie
(22,920 posts)Bayard
(24,145 posts)They are usually just looking for experience, not a degree.
BTW--I'd rethink putting journalusm on my resume.
FirstLight
(14,079 posts)It was the best experience of my life and I learned SO much from interviews and even doing Obits...
Im proud to have worked in a "real" newsroom, before the internet crashed the industry
Bayard
(24,145 posts)FirstLight
(14,079 posts)oops
kacekwl
(7,504 posts)you could drive as school bus. Always looking for drivers and most pay 20.00 per hour + . That's what I did 11 years ago when I ran out of options.
littlemissmartypants
(25,483 posts)She's a former high school teacher and she loves it. She does individual lessons and says it's tricky scheduling because of the time difference but the pay makes up for that. I have no idea how to hook you up and she's moved to Maine and I haven't talked to her in months but a Web search might be a place to start. If I can get in touch with her I'll see what I can find out. ❤
FirstLight
(14,079 posts)maybe?
bucolic_frolic
(46,970 posts)FirstLight
(14,079 posts)bucolic_frolic
(46,970 posts)FirstLight
(14,079 posts)I cant do that right now... But I also signed up for the other one