I'm male, been in a small town factory for 15 years, and need something else. I have no post hs education, except for carpentry.
I'd like to start a business, but don't know what to sell. Or maybe go to college for something.
2006-07-11 06:02:15 · 10 answers · asked by michael_0218 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
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2006-07-11 06:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Scottman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest that you visit the closest college and check out their career center. All universities and most junior colleges provide the exact services you need in their career center. They can help you by administering interest inventories and aptitude tests to see what you are interested in and what abilities you have that will match up to a career field. They can also provide you with the information on how to go about getting into that field, be it training or education you might need. They can also tell you if you already have transferable skills that will relate to some other vocation that would be more interesting to you.
If there is not a college near you, then you might ask at the high school in your town. The guidance counselor will have access to all of the same tools a college career center would have, just the high school counselor will have no real vested interest in helping you, so you might have to pay them for vocational services.
2006-07-11 06:11:23 · answer #2 · answered by rackinfratchin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-11 06:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by Luke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your any good at carpentry then I would start designing and building custom furniture from your home. You can sell it on e-bay or at local flea markets on the weekends. Youwon't have alot invested in it and you could still keep your other job.
Don't wait for others to be interested in your work. Create the interest yourself.
Try and design something unique and then sell them at cost to doctors offices or other places where they will be noticed. Be sure to get a metal tag with your companies name and address and phone number and put it in a not so hard to find spot.
Have fun and good luck
2006-07-11 06:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sensei Rob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you enjoy carprentry get back into it and learn that, you can become an independent contractor eventually and hire others to work for you and start your own crew. maybe pick an area to specialize in. i highly recommend getting a business degree if you go back to school because it is a very broad field and can get you a job in a variety of places. never too old to go back to school, i took business law at night with a 72 year old grandmother and many people in their 40s and 50s lookin for a degree.
2006-07-11 06:11:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your interested in college, but don't know what area your interested in yet, you could get financial aid, work part itme still and for the first year take general (ie required) classes and a couple in areas that interest you, but are not sure of. Such as psychology &/or business management (since you mentioned intrest in starting one. Really you could go for a " Liberal Arts" degree & figure it out along the way...... IDK I hope this helped a little.....
2006-07-11 06:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by Nik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get into a community college where you can get a good foundation. And it's good to start with very little idea of exactly what you want to do with the rest of your life. Get a little taste of every subject, and then you can decide where to go from there. Who knows? You might even be able to teach one day...
2006-07-11 06:08:28 · answer #7 · answered by Luann 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never too late to go to college. My dad went back to school when he was in his 40s, and ultimately graduated with a Master's degree. I applaud him for being able to do that. And he managed to work and raise the family at the same time.
2006-07-11 06:08:09 · answer #8 · answered by indianalee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The medical field is where to go. Everything from technicians, nurses, to marketing medical items is wide open. They can't "out source" medical services. Nurses pay is very good and hours are flexible. Many community colleges have nursing programs. If you like it you can advance into surgical nursing.
2006-07-11 06:11:20 · answer #9 · answered by Gregory B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out for yourself or go to a career coach and find out exactly what you would do with your time even if you were wealthy. Then figure out how to make a living at it. You will love your job and you will be the best at it since it will be what you love to do. Good luck.
2006-07-11 07:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by barbiequedcat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋