No work experience but need a job

Savvy_Sue

Good suggestions, but now

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mvengemvenge

Has she gone to the Careers Office? I know they are mostly aimed at young people, but I believe they will give half-an-hour's free advice to older people, too. They also have a computer where a person can sit answering questions about themselves and it will give suggestions for the types of jobs they are suited to.

Lil_Mothachucka

if she has low confidence and no experience then you need to find out what she is good at and tell her to get a job in that.

She has been looking after the family for the last 30 years (don't mean to be sexist here) so she must be good at caring, which involves things like cleaning, cooking, etc.

As already suggested she can work in the social care industry but she will need good references as she will be dealing with vulnerable adults. It is best if she can join a local recruitment agency and get temp jobs from them. Social care pays well compared to cleaning and is bit more respectable.

duchy

Lil_Mothachucka wrote: »

Social care pays well compared to cleaning and is bit more respectable.

My goodness-this says more about YOU than anything else !
Nothing not respectable about working as a cleaner-unless you are the nastier type of snob ! Quite honestly I'd personally rather scrub floors than wipe someone's bum-but neither are more or less "respectable" jobs !

seven-day-weekend

Lollipop Lady
Dinner Lady
Both (if no lunchtime shift on the crossing)

bestpud

Lil_Mothachucka wrote: »

if she has low confidence and no experience then you need to find out what she is good at and tell her to get a job in that.

She has been looking after the family for the last 30 years (don't mean to be sexist here) so she must be good at caring, which involves things like cleaning, cooking, etc.

As already suggested she can work in the social care industry but she will need good references as she will be dealing with vulnerable adults. It is best if she can join a local recruitment agency and get temp jobs from them. Social care pays well compared to cleaning and is bit more respectable.

What's wrong with cleaning? Many are left on their own and so have to be trustworthy, and able to get on with the job in hand.

I don't understand why anyone would find it unrespectable? Going out and stealing for a living is unrespectable!

References may be a sticking point and another reason why some voluntary work may be advisable.

sillyvixen

cleaning is a good start - if she has spent most of her life bringing up her family it is somthing that she has skills in and takes pride in- it would certainly help ease her into the world of work. once she gains her confidence in the work place she could find herself in a position to start looking for caring roles - another job she has the skills for, but quite a daunting prospect at the moment. maybe a good starting point may be trying for a cleaning job in a nursing home where she will have interaction with the residents and build up her confidence from there.