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What about something where you sit down and work on your own a lot, like medical transcription?
What about looking for a job as a receptionist in a law office? Off your feet, and an insider's look at the profession she's interested in. An office job would also be more suitable if it came to taking classes in the evenings.
Even if she found a good training program (a lot of the remaining online programs are problematic, and many community colleges no longer teach MT) and could pay for it and complete it, she would then be a newbie competing with the increasing numbers of experienced MTs who have lost their jobs to technology and off-shoring.
Companies don't pay a premium for experience, so they can pick and choose among a large candidate pool of experienced workers, leaving the newbies struggling to find work.
OK, point taken, but with all this talk about a bum leg, I think she needs to think about a desk job. Temp agencies are always hiring and it gives the opportunity to pick up office skills and network too. My first two "real" jobs started everybody from temp-to-hire. Waiting tables is for high energy people, especially if you're just learning the industry.
What about looking for a job as a receptionist in a law office? Off your feet, and an insider's look at the profession she's interested in. An office job would also be more suitable if it came to taking classes in the evenings.
Considering the problems that you have with your leg, I would caution you against getting a job as a waitress. Depending on the restaurant you probably would have to be on your feet/legs the entire shift, carry huge trays of food and quickly move from place to place. While I have never worked in a place like McDonalds I suspect that being a waitress (in most places) would be far more physically demanding than working at a fast food place.
I'd say I did more heavy lifting in fast food, and more running around waitressing. Both were pretty physically wearisome.
Temp agencies are scams. They're just looking for a pool of contacts, keep advertising the same jobs, and when you contact them about a certain job they say it's filled.
Temp agencies are scams. They're just looking for a pool of contacts, keep advertising the same jobs, and when you contact them about a certain job they say it's filled.
Hmmmm. So they are just hoarding people's names and resumes, and never filling jobs? What a devilishly clever business plan!
Temp agencies are scams. They're just looking for a pool of contacts, keep advertising the same jobs, and when you contact them about a certain job they say it's filled.
This was my experience when I dealt with a few temp agencies. It was back in 2005, so it may even be worse now. I felt very mislead by them and ended up just finding employment on my own.
OK, point taken, but with all this talk about a bum leg, I think she needs to think about a desk job. Temp agencies are always hiring and it gives the opportunity to pick up office skills and network too. My first two "real" jobs started everybody from temp-to-hire. Waiting tables is for high energy people, especially if you're just learning the industry.
I've done both...waiting tables, and temping (office skills).
Hated the waiting jobs! Ack!
And every temp job I ever had, they wanted to hire me full-time. A temp agency is a great idea for someone with at least minimal office skills. You'd probably have to take some tests; I did back then.
What skills does the OP have? Basic cooking, customer service skills, cleaning? What was involved in her work at McDonald's?
And if the OP ever decides to go back to school, she will need a job schedule that will accommodate her class schedule.
Unless she gets some kind of grant or scholarship that pays living expenses.
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