There was once a time when people would stay in their first job until the day they retired. They’f be rewarded for their loyal service, while people who moved jobs were frowned upon.
Thankfully, those days are gone. People aren’t expected to stay in one place for too long. Those who go back to education or take training courses are admired for being brave and taking the risk of a new career. The truth is, you don’t have to settle for being bored in a career you don’t like when you could be training to do something you love.
New Career Inspiration
These career ideas should help you decide on what the next step should be for your future. Whether you’re after something that will excite your artistic streak or fancy something a bit more formal, these suggestions will help inspire you to take your life down a new path.
Become a Life Coach
It’s not just celebrities who hire a life coach these days, it’s caught on in the world of non-celebrities too. Modern life is often complicated and can be filled with anxiety, which is why more and more people are turning to NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) to help them get by. You could become a certified life coach by training in NLP, then advertising your services online.
Learn to be a Nail Technician
The path to qualify as a nail technician is relatively straightforward (providing you’re up to scratch on the practical side of things). This usually entails paying a fee for a kit and course together and attending some training days before practising on real people.
Working as a nail technician can be a particularly good job if you have children because the hours are flexible if you work for yourself, meaning you can attend sports days and parents evenings without having your pay docked.
Qualify as a Personal Trainer
If you’re a fitness fanatic who’s always motivating your friends to work out, then personal training might just be for you.
There a lot of training schemes out there at the moment where you can learn while you work. This might be the best option financially, but if you’re after more freedom, you could fund the course yourself and become self-employed once you’re qualified.
Assess your needs before making any big decisions – if you pay your own way through the course, you’ll still need to work alongside it to pay the bills!
Set up Your Own VA Business
Working as a virtual assistant the same as working as a PA, except you can do it remotely! Most VAs I know work with a range of clients and help them with admin tasks for their business. There are distance learning courses you can take if you feel the need to brush up on your computing and social media skills. Otherwise, you can advertise services in only the areas you’re confident in.
It’s most likely you’ll be working closely with bloggers and small business owners doing things like scheduling their social media posts and replying to emails, but the type of work you do is really up to you – it’s your business! Advertise your services on Facebook, Fiverr or other freelancing sites to get your first batch of clients.
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