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Job search engine ignore where job qualifications come from and what it costs to get it. If you Google search for professions by salary, people ignore how long it takes to be trained in those professions or if they don't, the training periods are sinfully long and expensive.
What are the fastest and least expensive paths to getting $20+/hr so you can buy the books, go to school and learn what you actually want to learn?
My temp jobs pay 20+ an hour, but that's because I have a specialty in the legal field and years of experience.
A temp job for a receptionist in my city pays $15/hr.
Look at temp/seasonal work in a big city. Do you have special skills? Something you can do that someone would pay you to do that not everyone can do? If not, you may have trouble. Few jobs that pay for no skills and that anyone can do will pay decently, naturally.
Without a degree? I recommend banking. I just started and I'm a bank teller making $14/hr. Moving up the ladder is an option and very easy (just need more time).
Job search engine ignore where job qualifications come from and what it costs to get it. If you Google search for professions by salary, people ignore how long it takes to be trained in those professions or if they don't, the training periods are sinfully long and expensive.
What are the fastest and least expensive paths to getting $20+/hr so you can buy the books, go to school and learn what you actually want to learn?
My BIL went to PCC for 2 years, got trained in machinist. Makes $50 an hour now at Boeing, but it took 15 years. He also owns 3 houses.. Don't be in such a hell-fire hurry to make the big bucks. I could win 100 million on 6 balls hitting, but I know the odds aren't great for that to occur. The best bet is to LEARN a "Sell-able" skill...
Job search engine ignore where job qualifications come from and what it costs to get it. If you Google search for professions by salary, people ignore how long it takes to be trained in those professions or if they don't, the training periods are sinfully long and expensive.
What are the fastest and least expensive paths to getting $20+/hr so you can buy the books, go to school and learn what you actually want to learn?
Truth be told, technical certifications are usually the most assured way to get you to $20/hr and beyond. A lot of times it requires going to a community college to pickup the knowledge to prepare for the certification tests, or sometimes you can just buy a book for $30 bucks (or borrow from library) and can get more than enough knowledge to pass the test. Some certifications I know off the top of my head that meet this criteria are below.
1. Certified Pharmacy Tech (they make up to $20.00)
2. A+ Certified Technician (they make up to $20.00 with 2 years experience)
3. Certified Paralegal
There's more of course. Just know that whatever field you have your eyes on chances are that their is a certification program you can study for that plunges you into the $20/hr realm for that field. From there you can then have enough muscle to power through whatever it is you really want. Good hunting!!
One catch-22 though. All this is assuming you have a high school diploma (or GED). If you did not complete high school you have higher hurdles to leap over than all the things I just mentioned.
HS.
Last edited by HighSpeed; 08-23-2015 at 07:33 PM..
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