What shall I do?

[Kate77]

Hello
I need to earn extra cash! I am employed full time but only earn just over �1070 a month with lots of outgoings and travelling costs. I am currently looking for a new job that pays better. I dont really want to leave the company I am at now, but in order to improve I must move on (have been here 5 years, no decent pay rises or perks). I am 29 and still living at home because I didnt save when I was younger.
I thought perhaps that I could get a part time job to earn extra money for a couple of months to put me back on my feet again.
Can anyone suggest anything that will fit around a 9-5 worklife?
thanks

[mosesg]

How about a bar job, it is a good way of meeting other peaople as well and although can be quite busy and tiring can also have a fun side to it as well

[Kate77]

Thanks I have thought about that as it is the obvous solution. But I have no experience in that field and am a bit shy - although that would probably bring me out of myself! ;-)

[lauratee]

I am in exactly the same situation as you Kate but have been working in a pub for just over a year doing odd shifts and filling in for people when I can..it's surprising what a difference it makes...I am earning nearly �300 a month on top of my wages which is my spending and saving money Plus it feels like you still have a social life...good luck!!

[Kate77]

thanks!
i might look into it a bit more! who knows I may be good at it!! cheers

[Scarlett]

Why not retrain?
If it was me, I would go to my boss, explain that you don't want to leave, but financially you have to, unless they can offer you a promotion. Then maybe why not go back to College and train in something with better prospects that will end up in giving you more money?

Teaching? Medicine? What are your interests/talents??!

[Kate77]

Good idea.
there isnt any point asking for anything where I work because they just dont deliver! plus there is new management and there is constant reconstructure going on with people being demoted etc.
I am not sure what I fancy doing, but will keep an open mind and perhaps when I do get another job I will look for one with a bit more promise and one which has a future!
thanks all