Work from home jobs

[geek84]

Hi Folks

I hope you're all well. My son will be starting college in September and attending twice a week. He is thinking of finding work to fill the spare time he will have, and interested in "work from home" jobs.

Are you aware of any good opportunities or is it better if we just do a "Google" search?

Thanks

[megaphone]

What is he good at? What are his interests?

It would probably do him good getting a job out in the big wide world, will help him more in the future. No supermarkets/pubs/ restaurants locally looking for staff? My local Waitrose always has loads of college/university kids working part time

[geek84]

Thanks megaphone.

I did suggest those things to him but it's the virus that's putting him off from leaving home.

[rustyuk]

Have you seen the report today not a single healthy child has died from the virus. Tell him to get out of the house and start enjoying himself!

[Drezza]

Is it that he's scared of the virus or more that he's scared of hard work? Send him out fruit picking for £2 an hour

[KAgantua]

LAst thing a kid needs at that age, working from home, tell him to get off his lazy arse and get a proper job

[Countdown]

geek84 said:

Hi Folks

I hope you're all well. My son will be starting college in September and attending twice a week. He is thinking of finding work to fill the spare time he will have, and interested in "work from home" jobs.

Are you aware of any good opportunities or is it better if we just do a "Google" search?

Thanks

Hi Geek - i think he might struggle to find a "work from home" job. The best bet is to find an office job (ANY office job) and then see if it allows him to WFH

[geek84]

Thanks folks

[megaphone]

If he's starting college he'll have to leave the house anyway.

[Thankyou4calling]

Zero chance of finding that type of job.

[ooid]

geek84 said:

Hi Folks

I hope you're all well. My son will be starting college in September and attending twice a week. He is thinking of finding work to fill the spare time he will have, and interested in "work from home" jobs.

Are you aware of any good opportunities or is it better if we just do a "Google" search?

Thanks

Can he consider apprenticeships? If he enjoys the work, he can easily apply to apprenticeship through university later on, so no need to be under any fees and etc.. There are loads of apprenticeships available in construction industry currently, such as architecture, civil engineering, surveying and etc...

[hairy vx220]

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[RS93]

Would say he needs to put himself out there,

Most work from homes comes when you have been with a firm for a while and they know you can be trusted, of course it’s thrown everything up in the air with Covid. But for someone young, no experience , is not going to have a work from home opportunity. It will come in time..

[Mobile Chicane]

Pubs / restaurants are always looking for pot wash.

It's minimum wage, but pretty much hours to suit, plus (in the good places) share of tips.

[BritishBlitz87]

Unfortunately pretty much the entire part-time job market has been trashed by Covid, and armies of redundant middle-aged men with decades of work experience are fighting over the scraps that are left. A young teenager with at best a year or so of experience isn't likely to come out on top in these circumstances. A warehouse near me was in the news after it got 15,000 applicants for 4 £10 an hour positions. He'll be lucky to find any employment whatsoever in this climate, even if he is over 18. If not, I'm afraid it's a snowball's chance in hell.

Of course, this is assuming that he has no sympathetic business-owning family members or friends with jobs, which are the two surefire ways to get yourself on top of the pile. I'd say about 90% of all the people I know got their first job this way. If you only consider those under 18, that proportion rises to nearly 100%.

If he's looking to take the next step and go full-time, apprenticeships are the way to go.

[Pit Pony]

Do you have a garage and a work bench. Get him making bespoke garden furniture and selling them on line.

[Sheepshanks]

Pit Pony said:

Do you have a garage and a work bench. Get him making bespoke garden furniture and selling them on line.

Is he good on social media? I was going to suggest designing and selling sports wear.

[67Dino]

In the digital age there are plenty of options other than bottom-rung manual jobs for supplementing income.

Pretty much anything your lad is interested in is being bought and sold online. With a bit of research he should be able to buy low and sell higher and make money. I’d get him to choose something he likes and has some expertise in, and start looking for bargains on sites like FB marketplace, eBay and Depop. Buy them up, market them well, and make a profit.

Not only will it make some cash, he’ll be learning valuable skills in commerce and digital marketing too. Win win.

[hyphen]

geek84 said:

Hi Folks

I hope you're all well. My son will be starting college in September and attending twice a week. He is thinking of finding work to fill the spare time he will have, and interested in "work from home" jobs.

Are you aware of any good opportunities or is it better if we just do a "Google" search?

Thanks

Tell him until he finds a wfh job, to get his lazy ass into Retail like every other kid.

If he was entrepreneurial, you wouldn't be posting on his behalf!

[SSWGB]

As a younger person without masses of experience, I can confirm despite good grades and previous experience doing voluntary work that ‘get a job’ is like standing in the desert and saying ‘just rain’

The odds aren’t in your favour to start with but part time, usually retail was the answer but with coronavirus I’ve even been turned away from volunteering at multiple places due to the amount of applicants with more ‘relevant experience’ let alone paid jobs.

From my experience work online is usually a scam, not all but most. Surveys pay poorly and often don’t pay out, eBay is saturated with Chinese sellers so I’d probably say if there’s any skills you can help him develop such as up cycling old junk and trying to make a profit then go for it.

Apart from that just try and get as many job applications out there.