Best paying part time careers

scooby088

Professional footballers are highly paid part timers

somethingcorporate

I'd suggest you avoid the accountancy degree and start with a job that pays for your qualifications. The degree will get you some exemptions but you will be qualified quicker if you head straight for the exams.

theone999

summer1978 wrote: »

Hi all I am looking at re training part time for a new career. I need something part time as I have 4 children. I thought of accountancy and am looking into the OU course and hoping to get a loan for the fees. Then I thought if I'm going to retrain I might as well train in the best paid part time career possible. Please could you tell me what you do that's part time and the hourly salary and if it's flexible? Thanks

AW, that's AdultWork to you. You could be a !!!!!!, highly flexible position, metaphorically and literally.

summer1978

Thanks for the suggestions especially the ones in the adult entertainment world.....not for me but maybe someone else reading this thread might want to explore that career.

I do not wish to insult anyone that has worked hard in their profession but I'm of the mind set that anything is possible and no career is out of reach if you work hard enough. This is with the exception of physical limitations. I'm ready to use my brain and put in the work. Keep the suggestions rolling. Let's inspire others to go for it too!

summer1978

somethingcorporate wrote: »

I'd suggest you avoid the accountancy degree and start with a job that pays for your qualifications. The degree will get you some exemptions but you will be qualified quicker if you head straight for the exams.

Good suggestion i couldn't think of anyone that would allow me to do this part time though.....so I thought part time study would be the way forward until I was able to work more hours. Unless you have any suggestions?

summer1978

FBaby wrote: »

Surely it is not just about few £££ extra you might earn, but what you actually want to do? Even with 4 children, you won't need to be part-time forever. Why not aspire for a career you would enjoy with the knowledge that one day, you will be able to work full-time and earn a decent income?

Yes I did think long and hard about this but I think for me it is about the money. I love being a mother and I also do lots of charity work so I get my fulfilment from these areas of life. Sadly this doesn't pay and in order to carry on doing the things I love I need to bring in some cash.

makeyourdaddyproud

Sadly there are NO short cuts to good money like there use to be.

Big money is only paid to those with a hard to find skill or qualification that would normally cost a very large part of a person's resource to obtain. Part time work even less money.

There are too many people with this lazy ideology; if you want something paid well, join the queue of fantasists or work extremely hard with LONG hours.

Simples.

Gavin83

tomtontom wrote: »

I know a few people that work in the sex industry and its fringes, and few make anywhere near £50 an hour! Those that do are doing far more than taking their clothes off

I used to be friends with a stripper who earned WAY more than that. She used to take home £2k a week and her hours were certainly what most would consider part time. Admittedly she worked at one of the swanky clubs up London and she was attractive so I'm guessing her tips were high.

martinsurrey

summer1978 wrote: »

Good suggestion i couldn't think of anyone that would allow me to do this part time though.....so I thought part time study would be the way forward until I was able to work more hours. Unless you have any suggestions?

summer1978 wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestions especially the ones in the adult entertainment world.....not for me but maybe someone else reading this thread might want to explore that career.

I do not wish to insult anyone that has worked hard in their profession but I'm of the mind set that anything is possible and no career is out of reach if you work hard enough. This is with the exception of physical limitations. I'm ready to use my brain and put in the work. Keep the suggestions rolling. Let's inspire others to go for it too!

When I was training for my accountancy exams (after my degree), which were paid for by my employer, I was working some 70 hour weeks if you count the time spend studying outside of work. they wanted thier pound of flesh, and they had 100's of people applying to do it for every position available.

I new earn very well, and could go part time if I wanted, but, when training it was all in.

Hard work is often entwined with long hours I'm afraid.

somethingcorporate

That's not everyone's experience. I work a fairly standard 40 hour week as a finance manager (management accountant) and have a number of unqualified/part-qualified colleagues that are part time and earn very well.