What should I do ?

[Rekkovitch]

Hi all

So since last posting on here my personal circumstances have dramatically changed. I am no longer self employed and now have a full time hybrid job.

My work is volume based as opposed to time restrictive so as long as the work gets done theres no issues. I can go slow and its barely a 5 day activity or, as I plan to do , work at a normal pace and get the work done in a matter of hours not days.

Its email based, no teams, phonecalls or monitoring - if the works completed theres no issue and the work is very light.

Ok so theres some context for my next question ;
What job(s) would people reccomend for someone working from home to run alongside their current 'full time job' ?


Eventually my aim will be to grow the business and go back to self employment as being employed does not suit me - its just a stop gap to keep me ticking over. I have ran a business for 18 years before and only stopped due to relocation as I couldn't take it with me

Thanks in advance

 

[CardMachineGuy]

Are you any good at cold calling? Lead generation? appointment setting? I need help getting new business and i would pay between £100-£200 if I close from any introduction made.

 

[fisicx]

Do you have to work from home? There are plenty of job around, just had a quick look locally and there are around 200 vacancies for which few qualifications are required.

 

[EnterprisePro]

What job(s) would people reccomend for someone working from home to run alongside their current 'full time job' ?

Brainstorm your top 5 talents. Pick the lower hanging fruits in terms of what you could do with your eyes closed (well not literally, I mean, being able to deal with it while context switching). Consider fit for purpose and/or any contacts in your network (pick a few good ones) to see if your work would align and if so, create some offers. Tip: Don't spend too long on this task. You shouldn't have to think too hard.

Examples could be bug fixing or code review, mentoring, bookkeeping, assembling process documentation, etc etc.

 

[Rydale]

Not a great idea - just something I have considered from time to time - and there is an email in my inbox to this extent..... part-time Amazon delivery driver. Pros: super flexible - you're never obliged to work. Cons: I expect the work to be sporadically offered. More seriously I expect the take home pay to be minimal!

 

[Rekkovitch]

Do you have to work from home? There are plenty of job around, just had a quick look locally and there are around 200 vacancies for which few qualifications are required.

Yeah it would need to be working from home but theres decent scope to extend and hopefully if it takes off I can quit the employed role

 

[NelaKo]

I'd probably avoid taking another actual job if your main goal is getting back into working for yourself. I tried doing that once, had two employers at the same time, and it just felt like I was always switching gears. Was earning a bit more, but I was tired all the time. If your current role is really that flexible, I'd use the spare hours to test a small idea instead. Doesn't even have to make much money at first. Thats basically what I did after moving, and it was a lot easier to grow something that was mine than keep chasing extra shifts somewhere else.

 

[Gecko001]

The essence of your original post is that you are doing a full-time job working from home that seems to have very generous working conditions, and you are looking for a part-time job working from home to do as well as your full-time job. You are not asking a lot!

Sarcasm aside, your present job working from home will be affected by a part-time job working from home. That cannot be avoided in my view. Either do one or the other, or get part-time work not working from home where you will be easier to set boundaries between the two jobs.