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The subtopic would be ideal.

She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids. She is in school now finishing up prerequisites for a nursing program, after which she'll go to a graduate nursing program, with the intention of being a nurse practitioner. That's about six years out though....

In the meantime my hours are being cut and we need to earn an additional $15,000.

Any ideas?
 
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Seriously, I'm sure that there are some private labs in town that need help. I know that Labcorp is real big in my hometown of Burlington, NC and they hire just about anybody and they pay pretty decently.
 
Part time, $15/hr, biology major.... hmm...

closest I can think is medical billing/coding or data entry. Most of those positions seem to be p/t and a biology background may be a selling point. Up here those positions pay as high as $27/hour from what I've seen.
 
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: doze
Does she have any useful skills or just a degree?
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See: She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids.

Of course she has usefull skills.
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Raising kids isn't really a useful skill in the real world...unless you're in daycare or something like that.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: doze
Does she have any useful skills or just a degree?
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See: She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids.

Of course she has usefull skills.
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Raising kids isn't really a useful skill in the real world...unless you're in daycare or something like that.
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Okay. You tell that to any parent that has done it before. It's not like it helps with managing a workload, managing time, or completing tasks under duress or anything.
 
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: doze
Does she have any useful skills or just a degree?
Click to expand...

See: She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids.

Of course she has usefull skills.
Click to expand...

Raising kids isn't really a useful skill in the real world...unless you're in daycare or something like that.
Click to expand...

Okay. You tell that to any parent that has done it before. It's not like it helps with managing a workload, managing time, or completing tasks under duress or anything.
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Those are skills that just about anyone that has managed to limp through college can manage.

I'm talking specialized skills.
 
If she wants something science related try places like Kelly or Aerotek, contract work for labs. Pay is usually around $13-18 with a BS/BA in biology with no outside lab experience (not sure how not doing that stuff for ten years will work) and they might have a job that works timewise. I have a couple of friends who did it before they found regular lab jobs, it can be pretty boring stuff like running gels at night or QA work (pipeting and titration, basic chem stuff) for pharms.

If she knows how to draw blood that can be a good too, I know the genetic research places are always needing more people to go out and get blood.

I've seen ads about doing medical billing and similar stuff at home, supposedly pretty good money, don't know anyone who has done it though.
 
Originally posted by: djheater
The subtopic would be ideal.

She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids. She is in school now finishing up prerequisites for a nursing program, after which she'll go to a graduate nursing program, with the intention of being a nurse practitioner. That's about six years out though....

In the meantime my hours are being cut and we need to earn an additional $15,000.

Any ideas?
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surprised no standard ATOT answers: stripper, fluffer

w/that degree, might as well say you have a GED cause the only jobs she'll find partime is ones where u dont even need a degree

ie: starbucks, waitress, retail
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: doze
Does she have any useful skills or just a degree?
Click to expand...

See: She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids.

Of course she has usefull skills.
Click to expand...

Raising kids isn't really a useful skill in the real world...unless you're in daycare or something like that.
Click to expand...

Okay. You tell that to any parent that has done it before. It's not like it helps with managing a workload, managing time, or completing tasks under duress or anything.
Click to expand...

Those are skills that just about anyone that has managed to limp through college can manage.

I'm talking specialized skills.
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Not really. She has worked on a part time and substitute basis for a pre-school...
 
If she doesn't mind Customer Service work, have her apply for a position in you local cable company.
They should pay around 15ish depending on where she's working not to mention Free cable / Internet for most providers.
 
Assuming she is computer literate and can type then part time office/clerical jobs can be found on the $10~15 per hour range. Check with local temp companies. Otherwise she might as well wait tables. Money will not be consistent but she can make several hundred a week most weeks working 4 or 5 shifts at a normal place.
 
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: doze
Does she have any useful skills or just a degree?
Click to expand...

See: She hasn't worked for the last ten years, she's been raising kids.

Of course she has usefull skills.
Click to expand...

Raising kids isn't really a useful skill in the real world...unless you're in daycare or something like that.
Click to expand...

Okay. You tell that to any parent that has done it before. It's not like it helps with managing a workload, managing time, or completing tasks under duress or anything.
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How about stuff that you can put on a resume (marketable skills), rather than a bunch of fluffy BS (used to dealing with stress because I've got kids...please:roll: ).

Bachelors in Bio is pretty useless w/o lab experience, I'd shoot for something more generic.
 
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