Can't find a shitty paying job!

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Anonymous wrote: OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions. Trader Joes is a 35 mile drive for me. The container store is in Maryland. Well, there is one in Va but it's more than 40 miles from me. UPS was a good suggestion but the hours don't work with the schedule I can work. We can't rent a room in our house as we have a 3 bedroom house and no spare bedrooms (when we have a visitor they sleep on our sleeper sofa in the living room!). We have no basement to rent out. As far as childcare, we have dogs (one of which is considered a "guard" dog but its not a pit bull although he is great with kids so that scares people off and makes too much liability). In addition, I often have to go places in the daytime (appointments, running errands, etc) and some people aren't comfortable with me bringing their kids places. Today, for example, I have to visit the bank, go to the grocery store and I have one afternoon appointment. It's honestly exhausting just bringing my own kids. I prefer not to visit the grocery store on the weekends due to the crowds. I'll buy my stuff for the 4th of July today. I do not have a college degree but was a career nanny for nearly eight years. I am currently studying towards certification and will hopefully pass the exam this fall. I'm not in school as we can't take on any additional debt. My certification will allow me to work within the next year and I can be semi self employed. I'm going to keep applying for jobs and will tell restaurants I'm willing to be kitchen help if that leads me to something else. I've always been a good worker so I know I can prove myself. I will keep an open mind. Thanks everyone, your suggestions have helped

I'm going to be honest. With what you are saying (no actual work experience except for nannying and face it, most people will just think babysitting, and no college degree), you don't sound like a good catch in the work environment. I would start out as a cashier, perhaps at target or Walmart at night. Those places also look for people to shock shelves at night. If money isn't really an issue, and you are just looking for added income on the side, then I would babysit. I know you said you don't want to drag your kids and someone else's to the store but are you seriously going shopping or running errands every single day? Provide no babysitting on Mondays and make Monday your day to do all errands. Then you just watch the kids during Tuesday through Thursday and if they are around your kids age, it's practically a play date and you get to relax as they play.

OP here again. I have excellent references from past employers. My most recent position was not quite two years ago and it involved caring for a special needs child full time. I learned how to tube feed, communicate with a child that had limited language and I learned how to care for a child that had a multiple organ transplant. I know how to be on edge for signs of infection before a fever hits. I have experience that agencies want. I have worked with premature babies, twins and exclusively for infant triplets. I have skills. We have six figures of debt from my DH's degrees and I can't afford to add to that. Some people take their ability to go to college for granted. It's not an option for me. I will hold certification in a field that does not require a college degree but pays well. I think I sound like a great catch overall.

Except for the part where you haven't worked in almost 2 years. I have an master's, was a fed for many years, made 100k/yr and then decided to stay home with my kid for 18 months. I can't buy a job. Employers are simply not interested in people who have an absence from the work place. What about a night nanny for a special needs child?