A friend of mine works part time at a retail store sales assistant 2-3 days per week.
She's asking for ideas for some additional income for her, she doesn't want to go out and drive to another job and would like to do one of the remote jobs such as Data Entry.
Her IT/Computer skills are not bad, so hoping I can give her some ideas from you guys.
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Go find a full time job instead..?
no that makes too much sense
What do you mean by IT skills?
If you're referring to basic tasks like typing, locating the control panel, installing and uninstalling programs, updating software, those aren't truly IT skills.
I would also argue that using the terminal in a Linux distribution doesn't necessarily constitute a skill. Many people claim to be proficient in Linux merely by copying and pasting commands into the terminal.
Data entry is dead unless you want to earn less than $5 an hour, and most of those data entry jobs are ghost jobs. Many of these positions are actually scams designed to steal personal information, i.e. TFN, passport details for resale on the dark web.
What do you mean by IT skills?
Can do use an iOS device to do Facebook, Instagram, Amazon shopping etc. You know, the IT things.
But IT skills not quite at a higher enough level to create an account on an internet forum.
I have a lot of experience with the whole computer thing you know, emails, sending emails, receiving emails, deleting emails, The web. Using a mouse, mices, using mice. Clicking, double clicking. The computer screen, of course. The keyboard. The… bit that goes on the floor down there.
Yep, my ex fell for one of those. As far as i know nothing ever came of it
Apple have tier 1 tech support people work from home. Lots of talking on the phone or IM, going through prompts for basic stuff, connecting people to real tech support for real issues. Kind of strange calling support and getting an Australian or American tbh.
This is going to sound judgemental, but in my years of trying to help people (family and friends), the ones who say "give me job ideas" are always the ones who never end up getting a job.
Ultimately, it is not difficult to go onto LinkedIn, SEEK, or any other number of places where jobs are regularly advertised and start looking for things which you have experience doing or are qualified for. If you do not have relevant qualifications or experience, then you can have a look at the courses on offer at your local TAFE, which will most likely be free. If you do not have the motivation or wherewithal to know what sort of jobs you would want to do, then there's not much that others can do to help you.
Your friend is asking you for ideas because she doesn't want to go out of her way to look for a job herself and wants to have the excuse of being able to blame other people when she ultimately will not get a job, the whole "I did what I could, I asked people for ideas" line.
Her IT/Computer skills are not bad, so hoping I can give her some ideas from you guys.
I'm assuming she actually does not have any IT / Computer skills? Otherwise, she would already be aware of what jobs she would be qualified for and could apply for.
If by "not bad IT skills", you mean she has a similar level of IT literacy of a junior high school student, then I would be looking elsewhere.
Give me job ideas, get the job for me, do the work for me, osko the pay to me
additional income for her
People aren't going to throw money at you. You have to add value and perhaps take the initial risk. The easier the conditions/the greater the supply for/of the potential employee the lower the pay/the sh*tter the work conditions.
In my early 30s, with a high paying corporate job, I took a full week off (that is forwent a week's worth of pay) and did an expensive sales course in a particular industry with existing/newish sales people - it cost thousands but was paid for me by the group looking to place me. Then I door knocked for two weekends (my time) putting into practice what I learnt to pass the practical part of the exam. I was offered a sales job but turned it down.
(I undertook the course to glean insights into how the other side operates to strengthen my side endeavors and later on to ensure my book was comprehensive. And some personal development getting out of my comfort zone.)
Haha you sound like you're giving a STAR response to an interview.
This reads like a LinkedIn post 😆
So what you're saying is it's not worth doing expensive training? Sounds like you lost a week of income and a bunch of time and got nothing out of it.
It is worth it, especially the particular course I did - theory and practical. I could have gotten a sales job as a result of it. But it depends on your needs and situation and the quality of the course.
I deliberately did mine to be able to deal more effectively with sales people (and make more money from my investments when the time came) and also learn about their business, in case I wanted to buy one down the track. And it informed sections of my book.
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I think she has to know her typing speed. words per minute? If she knows that then she can make up a resume with this particular work as her objective, then do a search for data entry positions, perhaps not from home at first to get more experience and have something to put on resume
IAG/NRMA inbound call centre work. It pays alright, but the perk of the job is half-price insurance.
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