So, I have this female friend who is going through a divorce that has been a stay at home mom for a few years, but wants to get back into the workforce. If she was a he, I’d hire him or send him to any of my buddies with construction companies. When she asked me for advice, I basically drew a blank. What do women with no college degree and kids do for work?! Does anyone know of any remote jobs or something with somewhat flexible hours I could advise her to look for?
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Food service and Retail both can have flexible hours and are huge industries that exist in all parts of the country.
If she were any good at sandwich making I’d suggest that but since she is getting divorced that’s a skill set she clearly doesn’t possess. In all seriousness some type of administrative, secretarial or sales support role is going to be her best bet.
Daycare worker. Church secretary. Grocery store worker (filling online orders). Local chamber of commerce worker. House cleaning. Sometimes established real estate agents will use uneducated, unskilled females who can pass the real estate exam and get licensed to basically cover house showings and do client service sh!+ (calls, thank yous, follow up, marketing) in exchange for minimal pay.
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Reliable admins are hard as hell to find. I pay someone way too much money to do things like manage my CRM and coordinate vendors with clients.
I think most people are the same way. I don't need a harvard alum. Just someone who will answer the damn phone when I call and send out an email when I hang up.
Be willing to work 8-5.
Don't "get sick" once a week.
Don't go MIA twice a week because "you have to take your dog to the vet".
Took me 3 years to find the right person, but now I'm cooking. She's an invaluable member to my bidness.
I think most people are the same way. I don't need a harvard alum. Just someone who will answer the damn phone when I call and send out an email when I hang up.
Be willing to work 8-5.
Don't "get sick" once a week.
Don't go MIA twice a week because "you have to take your dog to the vet".
Took me 3 years to find the right person, but now I'm cooking. She's an invaluable member to my bidness.
Hospital business offices are always hiring folks to work through all levels of the billing process. East job security if you're any level of competent with a computer and reliably perform your job. Plus most work remote since it's business stuff and you handle a lot with phone calls.
Not sure where you are located, but Senior Living properties are always looking for quality employees.
"What do women with no college degree and kids do for work?"
Some of them run companies and make the dumba$$ed male owner look good. I know a couple of people to call and I'll try to help.
ETA: I speak from my own personal experience as a business owner.
Some of them run companies and make the dumba$$ed male owner look good. I know a couple of people to call and I'll try to help.
ETA: I speak from my own personal experience as a business owner.
You've uncannily summed up almost the exact issue with every admin I've had the last 12 years. Hard to find good ones. I get it . . . at that "price point," there probably are a lot of personal things that will conflict, but man it's been hard to find a reliable individual.
Tell her to visit her local hospital/health service job board. The larger the hospital or health service the more jobs they'll have. And there's a job for everyone...everything from GED all the way up to PhD. Most hospitals will hire anyone that doesn't fail a drug test and isn't a felon. They're desperate.
And look...I'll take part-time or full-time. Just let me know what your plans are. If you occasionally want to take Friday or an afternoon off, I'm fine with that. Just give me 7-10 days notice so I can make arrangements. Don't call me every other Friday morning at 9:15am and tell me your dog must have eaten chocolate.
Some part of the healthcare industry, secretarial/administrative work. Take courses at a local jr college to learn a skill. Raise daughters to understand that's it's not impossible for you to be on your own with kids so you need to help yourself and your family survive. Lots of single moms out there who have to do this. At least with a college degree you could teach and get good benefits.
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It’s not glamorous but house/business cleaning can be a lucrative business. Plus they can have the flexible hours she’s looking for. I know of a couple of businesses that were recently looking for someone new and were shocked at current rates.
Get a Class B CDL. Many women in the company I work for make close to (or above) 6 figures.
And a Class B puts you at home every night too. It’s local routes.
Many healthcare jobs have on the job training . You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to find someone who can pass a drug test, show up for work on time and be flexible on work schedule.
My sister in law retired from teaching and makes almost the same $$ doing exactly this. She has 1 Church, 1 Business and a few residences she cleans.
1. In the kitchen cooking.
2. in the laundry room washing clothes.
3. In the bed making babies.
I love penis.
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It blows my mind the money one can make. There was a guy on a plant I used to sale too that quite his job there because his wife was bringing in the money on OF.
Finding a good admin is like hunting gold. You think it would be easy, but it is almost impossible to find a good one. Also, they all have the same excuses with dogs and kids haha. At least get creative when you don’t want to come in.
Yep. I can’t condone young girls doing it (shaking their assses on IG is bad enough) but an adult woman, either married or divorced, etc.?
Except for the fact that it will rot you from the inside with narcissism and make your kids the butt of jokes the rest of their life. But hey, gotta get dat money
if you can handle that part, go for it
If she has decent computer skills, is responsible, dependable, and has a pleasant demeanor she might be a good fit for Customer Service. I used to be responsible for CS and it took a good mix of skill and personality. I had some that were great and some that were not. College degree not required but a good attitude is.
I'm skeptical of many of those, "I make a million dollars a year on OF" claims.
I mean $100k a year is pretty damn fantastic when you start factoring in the amount of time spent
This hits home. The amount of people who have dog vet needs and family emergencies and get sick all the time and have internet outages is insane.
We had a girl at my last company that always had dog emergencies. My boss told me HR called her vet to give him cover because they were getting ready to let her go. The vet told them they were trying to get her to find another vet because she came in every two weeks claiming something was wrong with her dog ha can’t fix crazy.
To be honest, unless she is in healthcare, there aren't too many opportunities even in 2025. My mom had to work two jobs when I was still in high school because she didn't have a degree. She turned 87 this August, and sadly, things have not changed much.
I'm so glad I wasn't dredging through admin hell alone. This warms my black heart.
We have good HR and good supervisors who are expected to run the show with their direct reports, but we have 3-4 situations going on at any one time. But I am in the channel where every single call out comes through and it pains me to watch it. Last job was full of union negotiations, so current one isn’t as bad
It’s nuts. Like SO much money. I have never visited the site but have only read in the media how much women can make by even doing stuff that is not that “dirty.”
Have a lady/girl that works on our team. She started a couple months ago and things were fine, then she’d be non-responsive all afternoon and reply the next day that she had to take her dog in. Or, even better, she would let us know about 11 AM that she wasn’t coming in that day bc pookie wasn’t feeling good.
I'm starting the think the opposite of those qualities are why people get hired for customer service gigs.
I agree but they damn sure didn’t work for me. Bad customer service can kill your business.
I really admire how less than misogynistic this thread has attempted to be.
We know several - recently divorced - ladies who have gone into 'AI Training.' One of them has no children so she works 10 hour day some days making over 25 an hour now. She's been doing the job for maybe two or three years now.
Not sure where you go to get hooked up for that kind of job, but apparently it's both lucrative and flexible.
We know several - recently divorced - ladies who have gone into 'AI Training.' One of them has no children so she works 10 hour day some days making over 25 an hour now. She's been doing the job for maybe two or three years now.
Not sure where you go to get hooked up for that kind of job, but apparently it's both lucrative and flexible.