I would like a part time job to augment my current job.
We (the Seattle Red Cross) are going to lose the equivalent of 7 full time positions. My job is safe. I currently work 34 to 39 hours a week. However, hours will be less in the future. Not as many classes due to the slow down in the economy.
My schedule is all over the place. I can not get a part time job that has set hours. I need something I can do independently of a clock, office, or rigid schedule.
Any ideas? I am an ex high tech project manager for large software projects, an ex EMT, and now I teach Red Cross classes.
I like people, like research, and being out and about.
Thanks.
Pimp? Beware.... I hear it ain't easy.
I can think of three options for you, but I'm not sure what you might be up for.
First, some sort of outside sales position. You'd be able to go see clients and customers on your own schedule. Radio ad sales comes to mind, but lots of places have positions like that. You may need to put in a handful of hours per week at an office somewhere, lining up orders, doing paperwork, etc, but by and large you're on your own.
Secondly, something you can do from home. With your EMT and Red Cross background, I'm guessing you'd make an excellent medical transcriptionist. Hell, I'm thinking about picking this one up just to help pay for my motorcycle habit.
Thirdly, make something to sell. Do you like to bake? Maybe you could sell home-made cookies at a local coffee shop. Are you artistic at all? Those same coffee shops often have local art for sale on their walls.
S'all I got, Mary. Hope it helps.
Quote from: Obsessed? on February 15, 2009, 06:27:47 PM
Secondly, something you can do from home. With your EMT and Red Cross background, I'm guessing you'd make an excellent medical transcriptionist. Hell, I'm thinking about picking this one up just to help pay for my motorcycle habit.
was thinking along the same lines.... what about the person who approves procedures? You'd need to undertand what's going on, and how to fix it. Not sure if it's an 'offsite' job.
and for something totally different.... insurance adjuster. Schedule appointments, ride in the comapny vehicle, note any damage you see, and issue checks. Probably more to it than suggested, but they have training, don't they???
Become a mobile first aid training consultant. If you are certified you could go around to business's and charge to train one/several employees first aid.
I just deleted an email from a building trade organization that was offering first aid training for $65 per person, discounted group rate. Something about OSHA requiring one employee to be certified per shift blah blah blah.....
Id start with OSHA and see how to become certified, get some liability insurance and business cards, then get on the horn making cold calls!
Good Luck!
If someone called me pitching an OSHA accreditied class for a couple hundred bucks, Id more than likely do it.....those fines can get nasty!
What sort of hourly wage are you looking for?
AMR. go run the wheelie van...or go on call in the system. you know how to do it.
Quote from: rgramjet on February 15, 2009, 06:57:46 PM
Become a mobile first aid training consultant. If you are certified you could go around to business's and charge to train one/several employees first aid.
I just deleted an email from a building trade organization that was offering first aid training for $65 per person, discounted group rate. Something about OSHA requiring one employee to be certified per shift blah blah blah.....
Id start with OSHA and see how to become certified, get some liability insurance and business cards, then get on the horn making cold calls!
Good Luck!
If someone called me pitching an OSHA accreditied class for a couple hundred bucks, Id more than likely do it.....those fines can get nasty!
I teach First Aid, CPR, Wilderness First Aid and Emergency Response for the Red Cross. OSHA is great!
Quote from: Mother on February 15, 2009, 08:59:48 PM
AMR. go run the wheelie van...or go on call in the system. you know how to do it.
I am looking into on call. I would need a big, strong partner though. I used to wake up with a sore lower back each day and do not want that again.
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on February 15, 2009, 09:23:33 PM
At least $15
Not sure of the labor rate in Seattle, but that would eliminate a lot of employment around here. Hell, I'd say 1/3 of my work office does not make 15$ an hour as full time jobs.
Good luck [thumbsup]
can you teach outside the Red Cross?
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 16, 2009, 05:50:06 AM
Not sure of the labor rate in Seattle, but that would eliminate a lot of employment around here. Hell, I'd say 1/3 of my work office does not make 15$ an hour as full time jobs.
Good luck [thumbsup]
$15 here is like $9 elsewhere. We have a high cost of living and even coffee shop workers start at $10. Tips add more.
I would make more at Starbucks, Tully's, or any other coffee shop then going back to AMR.
Private ambulance companies here do nothing but inter facility transfers or BLS (Basic Life Support) calls and pay $10 to 12 for new hires. With my experiance I could make $13 to 14. To make more, I would have to be a supervisor. Thats more work then I want.
Quote from: GotDuc on February 16, 2009, 06:08:40 AM
can you teach outside the Red Cross?
Yes, as an authorized provider. It requires a lot of up front $ for books, Anne rental, certs, etc. Plus it would take those business away from the RC.
ahhhh
I have the most of the dolls and borrow the adult ones from work when needed. Not sure what the goign rate per student there is but we do very well here teaching on the side.
Jim
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on February 16, 2009, 08:16:23 AM
Yes, as an authorized provider. It requires a lot of up front $ for books, Anne rental, certs, etc. Plus it would take those business away from the RC.
Instead of coming up with reasons NOT to start your own business why dont you consider it from the opposite perspective?
Whatchu gonna do with $15 per hour?? How about $65, $130, $260 for an hours work? Depending on how many people you can train at once, those numbers arent out of the realm.
Who knows, you might have all the certification you need already or at least close....We were taught infant CPR at the hospital with plain ole dolls, nothing special. Parenting class before our first child was born.
How much is an "Anne" can you buy one used off ebay?
Im trying to get my wife to start a scarf and drapery business. Shes sick of punching in, having to put up with her boss, having to work certain hours and be accountable to someone other than herself. Its tough to take that first step. Maybe the RC can farm business to you if they dont want to do private employer training.
If you want one:
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If you want 4:
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I have all the certs I need. The actual certificates that the students get after passing the class cost $, the text book costs $, etc. I could work for my self teaching, but it seems like a PITA. Using chapter Annies for personal business without paying a rental fee would be stealing, so that is out.
We (me) already go to private business and teach. I drive 300 to 400 miles every month doing this. I teach at the chapter, private business, churches, community centers. We go anywhere we are asked.
I do not want to duplicate what I already do. I am looking for something to beef up my take home pay during a slow down in class demand. My goal for Q 4 of this year is to transition into a Red Cross desk job. 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday.
Quote from: nateqwik on February 15, 2009, 04:56:14 PM
Pimp? Beware.... I hear it ain't easy.
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