how to increase income when working somewhat unskilled jobs?

System

Or you could learn to invest...

Carmk2008

Look in to OU to get qualifications you need.

fitnessguy1

MatthewAinsworth wrote: »

Management is something you can get into more through skills displayed rather than qualifications, I believe

And agency care work perhaps, get good pay from when they're desperately short staffed

i'm not into care work, you gotta be a particular sort of person to deal with what care workers deal with. i don't have the patience nor stomach for it.

fitnessguy1

xapprenticex wrote: »

But are those courses acknowledged or taken seriously by employers? I really dont know the view on these courses. I tend to view them as personal achievements.

same here. it's really difficult to know which online qualifications or otherwise are taking seriously outside of a degree or similar.

it's kind of frustrating, but i am looking into starting my own business as formal academics was never my strong point. i just need better pay to be able to save up towards a business, instead of every month coming around with not a whole lot in my pocket.

dlmcr

You seem very unsure about what you are looking for and how to go about doing it and unless you break that cycle you will never move on from being in a min wage or near min wage job,

Do lots of research proactively about what kind of career you would actually enjoy doing for the next xx years (eg what the work actually involves) and then what you would need in terms of personal qualities and qualifications in order to work your way into it.

Nobody on an internet forum is going to be able to do that for you. The best advice we can give is do something that pays well, is in high demand and short supply... so over to you to fill the gaps in.

My one suggestion is that qualifications are near meaningless for a lot of jobs - what matters is your proven ability to be able to do the work. Demonstrate to an emloyer that you are good at what you do and that will mean more than pieces of paper.

Fireflyaway

Have a think about what area you want to work in. Unless you have a passion for it, its going to be hard to find the energy and enthusiasm to pursue it.
I believe there is no reason to be stuck in a low paid job forever. I have seen first hand someone retrain and go from a minimum wage packing job to a 60k salary. It took a lot of hard work and sacrifices but it can be done.

SandC

You'd have to pay for it but you could get your fork lift truck licence, then move on to things like cherry picker, scissor lift etc. Whilst employers often pay for this licensing if you've got them off your own back you are instantly attractive in terms of recruitment for warehousing jobs.

Often, once you're in somewhere, there are internal opportunities in other areas.

patman99

Don't bother with FLT licence as all the jobs and agency positions for such drivers require experiance and there are a large number of experienced drivers on the dole already.
Instead, go for a telehandler licene as there is a national shortage of these and the pay averages £15 p/hr.

I am trying to raise funds via justgiving to undertake such training.

SandC

That's very enterprising of you patman, I hope you manage to get your licence!

FBaby

Do you work 9 to 5 M to F? If so, you might find it easier to get a Saturday job sale. As you build experience and can talk about your experience of sale, you might be able to trade your main job for a sale one?