A career that can move with me?

Question:

My husband is in the Military so we move a lot. However we still need a second income. I want to get a certificate or a degree in something that is going to be able to move with me where ever we may go. I was looking into phlebotomy but few colleges offer just a phlebotomy course any longer. The programs it has been incorporated in are 3 and 4 year programs. By the time we get to a new duty station and the new semester rolls around for me to start classes I usually only have 2 and a half years left and these are not courses I could complete online. Does any one have any ideas on a career path that may be a good fit for someone with my life style?

Answer:
Alot of the community colleges offer a phlebotomy course. The course usually only takes about 3 months to complete and then you can get your certificate. being a phlebotomist can be hard to get a job though since most employers want you to have at least 1-2 years of experience. some are willing to take you straight out of school but there are more that will not. the military hospitals might take you with out the experience. also red cross will usually train you. I am a phlebotomist and love it. I am also a military wife. but only started phlebotomy last year since we moved to a city the speaks about 90% spanish and i don't i needed to find a job that didn't require me to know a lot of spanish and phlebotomy was it.

Maybe graphic design or light programming. I work in 5 different cities and with the internet my clients don't really care where I am.

My friend works for Cisco Networks and she lives in Hawaii in the winter and moves back to Canada in the summers. I would say try to do something that you love, but also try to get some technical skills that can be done over the internet as a contractor..

some jobs that can go with you are-
--Mary0Kay consultant
--Firefighter
--EMT

hope it helps. :)

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I would say do recruiting. The skill set is a wanted skill set. If you have commissions on the table when you are transferred you should be able to negotiate at least half of what ever you are owed to be paid out to you. And it's a high turn over industry, so if you can only guarantee one or two years, it's probably not an issue. Plus, if you have children you can work some days from home or flex hours on occasion.

Other things to think about are seasonal types of companies. Maybe do some office assisting in construction or real estate.

Get some sort of accounting certificate and work for HR Block or Jackson Hewitt, then you can just transfer offices.

Last thing, I am a military brat, and we had a friend of the family who cleaned the housing on base as people moved out. She was a military wife as well.

Hope these thoughts help! Good luck.

It's not glamorous but get a job with the US Post Office. They have locations in every city. They also work very well with the armed services to transfer employees as their spouses get moved around. There are many upper-level positions that require management or technical education. If you want to stay in health care, the USPS does employ nurses at their major locations. If you do well, you can even apply to have them pay for all or part of your education.

What about LPN or Nurses Aid? Doesn 't take as long as RN yet you would certainly be needed anywhere you went.

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A career that can move with me?

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