Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
What should I do???
I'm not exactly sure if I should be posting this here or not, but I'm kinda desperate for help and trying to get as much advice as I can.
So last week I was told that my father is selling his company because he can no longer afford to deal with it anymore. ( His health is failing and he has too big a company and not enough help). I'm his Assistant Manager and I was caught off guard by his choice. To top it off the deal will be done in about 2 months. So before this summer is over I will no longer have a job. And to make matters even worse, I'm in the middle of planning my wedding which is in November.
I don't want another office job. After working with family for 5 years I became extremely miserable and don't know how well I would do with another job like this. What I would really like is to work with kids. I would like to become a nanny or something along those lines and I have no idea how I would get into that. Kids make my day. I love playing and taking care of them. I have been helping others with their children since I was 10 and I will be 27 in November. Is this a good idea to try??? I'm so lost I have no idea anymore...
Any advice, opinions, or help would be great esp if you know anything about becoming a nanny. Thank you!!
Re: What should I do???
You might want to consider posting this on Money Matters as well.
I would first make a budget, if you haven't done so already. Then look at how far you can carry yourself without a job. Second, look around at different jobs that are available in the line of work you're interested in. If you want to do child care or something else involving children, research those type of jobs. Consider how much you could realistically expect to get paid. If you think the pay would work with your budget, then go for it. If you want to do something in child care, go for it! You should do something that makes you happy. Just make sure it makes sense financially. Good luck!
If you love kids, why not consider being something that pays well and involves youth? What about being a pediatric nurse? A physical/occupational therapist whose specialty is youth? An art therapist that specializes in child clients?
If you've got the aptititde for these fields, consider one of them.
I would recommend visiting a career counselor at a local community college and find out what sort of child care/early childhhod certification programs they offer. You will need some classes in order to get hired at a facility in the event you wish to go that route. And maybe discuss your other strengths and interests while you're there...there is other admin work out there that may interest you that you haven't considered.
All my jobs have been in child care or similar fields.
You can make decent money if you have experience and/or education in something child centered. Granted you'd probably make more in a different field, but depending on where you work nannying can pay at least $17-$20/hour and the same with child care. It can also be minimum wage-$13.I don't know what your other non-child care skills, education, or future plans are, so obviously it is not easy to give advice.
But....if child care is what interests you, and it works for your fiance (ie the two of you do not need a higher salary than what a nanny makes, etc), then why not go for it? You are young, it's the time in your life when you can try childcare and see if it is a good fit for you.
Go on the 9 to 5 board and ask if anyone is involved in working with children, and see what they say abou the plusses and minuses of their jobs. I'm sure you'll find teachers, nannies, etc. You might even look into being a secretary in a school if your administration skills are really great and see if you can work towards certification for teaching.
Why wouldn't you remain on staff when the company gets sold? Why do you assume you are out?
If you want to use this as an opportunity to change career paths, then go back to school for training, certification or a degree that qualifies you for employment. Do some research, make some decisions.
Well it obviously all depends on your education, skills, experience, etc., but do what you think will make you happy. maybe you won't get rich off it at first but if you're happy and can pay your bills I think you're doing great. If you have a college degree and live near a big city you could try looking into graduate programs run by the City for teachers. Some urban cities will pay you a salary to teach and pay for your masters in education at the same time. Or you could try and be a nanny while going back to school to be a child psychologist, pediatric nurse, something else with kids you think you'd like. I had friends in college who were nannies and worked their school schedule around the kids schedule.