I need a new career! Please give suggestions…?
Ok so I am 32 male. From the UK living in the US.(Permanent Resident) I studied Russian at university (no longer any good at it and never graduated because sister was very ill) I played guitar for a living in a band for a few years and had a few call center jobs when I was younger (early twenties) I moved to the states (Florida) and was a furniture store manager for 3 years and spent 4 years in the car business which I want to get out of SO badly. The hours are killing me (60 a week) and I just want to do something that’s more regular 40 hours a week that pays well.
Skills
I speak fluent French, pretty good spanish (good enough to sell a car in) basic Turkish and Russian. I pick up languages very easily. I am pretty skilled in creating websites and very computer literate overall. I play guitar and sing. I am very good at sales (although I don’t think I want to work in that pressure field again not knowing where your next paycheck is coming from especially in this economy) I have a good easy going personality and easy to get along with. I don’t smoke, drink (anymore!) or do drugs. I am looking for something in the 35k + a year area. (I was making 80k in the car business til the economy took a dive) I don’t have formal qualifications in most of my skills. (I obviously have equivalent of HSD (good grades) and what I believe would be an Associates Degree here)
Any ideas? This is really serious I can’t do this anymore. I work way too many hours 1 day off a week. Virtually no vacation and we are paid like dirt now. Basically minimum wage which we have to pay back if we make commissions.
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I left nursing once to sell cars. It really is sort of a brutal way to make a living! Good thing for me that I kept my license current =D
You know in the past several years hospitals have to keep either on staff or on contract people who can translate for patients. It sounds like you might be a natural for something like that. You would probably work in the business office or marketing department, even the nursing department uses non clinical staff for scheduling, etc. Anyway you could work your 40 hours in some department and they could pull you to the ER or where ever they needed you for translation.
I know you wouldn’t make 80k, but you’d get call pay if they had to phone you back in and overtime if you stay over in your department.
Plus, when you get inside a system it’s pretty easy to find out what’s available. Just a thought.
Best of luck.
You’ve expressed an affinity towards languages, is it possible for you teach them to adult classes or at a community college? I have no idea how much that would pay.
Alternatively, you could take up a Masters in Education at university and become a primary/secondary teacher of languages. It may delay employment for a couple of years, but imagine the years that will follow doing what you love. If that is, indeed, what you love.