How can a middle aged female find a decent job?

Question

I have education and experience but the only jobs out there seem to be for minimum wage.

Answer 1

Check out USAJOBS. The Federal Government has positions open everywhere. I am not sure what you classify as "middle-aged" but there are thousands of Federal employees that are retiring over the next five years. Even if you start at the lower end of the payscales, those higher jobs will be opening up soon.

You will earn vacation time, sick leave and a fairly decent salary and can get a qualify for a pension.

Answer 2

An excellent field for a middle aged woman is sales. When selling, the trust factor is the biggest hurdle towards closing a deal. A middle aged woman, "mom type gal", has this hurdle already beaten at the beginning of the presentation. The potential for high earnings is quite favorable.

Answer 3

A really good place to look for answers to your question(s) is the US Dept. of Labor. The US Dept. of Labor has a great web site for researching occupations of all sorts. You might want to check this out to do get the best answer(s) for your question(s) and to do your research: http://www.bls.gov/oco

The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) provides information on nature of work; working conditions; employment; training, advancement, and other qualifications; job outlook; earnings; related occupations; and sources of additional information for over 250 different occupations covering 7 out of 8 jobs in the economy. The OOH is available at http://www.bls.gov/oco/. Occupations may be searched both in the index or in the table of contents.

The Career Guide to industries (CGI) provides similar information as found in the OOH: nature of the industry; working conditions; employment; occupations in the industry; training and advancement; earnings; and sources of additional information for over 40 different industries covering 2 out of 3 wage and salary jobs in the economy.

The CGI is available at http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/.

America's Career Info Net at http://www.acinet.org/acinet/library.htm?category=1.5 has links to career guidance associations and services.

Answer 4

Network with people that work at schools, college level.
I do business with schools and it’s my experience that they are constantly creating weird jobs in development, admissions and alumni relations.

Some of them pay pretty good they all have good benefits and most are good places to work.

The networking part is key, you’ve got to be on the inside.

Answer 5

Expand your hunt. Look at jobs that you wouldn't ordinarily look at. I'm job searching myself, i'm over 50 and i'm running into age dicrimination. It's very disheartening, but I have to persevere to keep my sanity. Good Luck

Answer 6

take what you can find ...work your way up....after all 30% of something bets 100% of nothing