Well I’m planning on trying for disability and yeah I know I can’t work for a long time but when I get it I wanna at least work part time but I can’t think of any jobs I can do… can anyone help?
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I got sick around age 17-19. In my twenties and thirties, I could still do what I had done before I got sick. Which is to say, I could still drive folks to the airport, cut lawns and maintain lawn mowers, babysit, vacuum, and cook.
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People in my town don’t use taxies they have family, friends, or rent a car. I’m not very strong and not very many people want someone else doing their yard… where I’m from people do it themselves cause of pride.
What about working in a store? If you like to read I’d say a book store. Maybe work in a music store, if that’s more up your alley.
I’ve tried being a cashier… don’t work out so well
Perhaps you could become a content creator on youtube? I’m not sure, there has to be something you’d be able to do online to make some extra money. Isn’t there a site called Etsy that allows people to sell crafts they make? I doubt it’s much money but if you already have a hobby doing crafts of some kind that you enjoy, it could provide a bit extra spending money to supplement disability whenever you’re approved.
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Could you do pet sitting?
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If you can make it work financially, consider volunteering. There is no stress but it is something that you can enjoy and talk about in other job interviews down the track, If you volunteer in something you are interested in it might help you get a job in an area you want to work in later. I worked in a bookshop, then volunteered in a museum which led to a boring interviewing job at another museum…and then a good job working in a much more interesting team organizing events in another museum in the same city. Also I have found I am a lot better if I have some sort of structure to my week, even if it only part time. Also with volunteering you can work out if full time work is realistic before taking that plunge. You could help at a hospice, volunteer at the zoo or soup kitchen. It is also a great way to meet other people and add another dimension to your life.
T.
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Small town people don’t travel much.
Usually people would do low income jobs because there is a limit to how much you can earn with a part time job and still get disability. You could do something non-stressful like be a greeter at walmart. Janitor jobs are non-stressful if you don’t mind the potential ick factor.
On a side note I always found it weird how people talk about the job to aim for. You take what you can get in my experience.
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Thanks. You have been very helpful
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There’s many jobs that you don’t need experience and they will train you… The first one that comes to mind is restaurant work. Maybe waitressing is too hard because you have to work fast and under pressure and you have to around people too much. But maybe you could be a hostess who greets customers and shows them to their seats. A prep cook assists the cook by making salads or chopping up (prepping) vegetables.
I’m a janitor myself. We had a woman on our crew who worked their for ten years. It’s not really that physical and if you’re lucky like me, you can find a place that you don’;t have to work shoulder to shoulder with anyone. I come in the morning and my boss tells me, “Empty wastebaskets”. So for the next four hours I wheel around a trash barrel in the office building I work in and go around to cubicles and offices and empty waste baskets. Most of the cubicles are empty and the rest have only one person inside. I don’t have to talk to anyone if I don’t want to. I can if I want to but many office workers are just as happy if you don’t talk. But I make small talk or make the same stupid, inane comments to the office workers that I do on here and make people laugh. And they don’t mind.
Department stores hire women to stock shelves. It takes little training. Gas station attendants just stand there and take money or push buttons.
Thank you very much… I will keep all of this in mind.
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Maybe you should try an employment agency. They can really help. Where I live we have employment agencies for anyone who wants to try them but we also have employment agencies that deal with strictly disabled people. The beauty of employment agencies is that you use one and you fill out some easy initial paperwork and then they basically do the job hunting for you.
They find employers and send you out to apply at them. While you are job hunting you just deal with the agency and they do all the work finding employers for you. They may help you make a resume or hold mock interviews with you to sharpen your interviewing skills and prepare you for the real thing.
I have had success with employment agencies for the disabled. One agency found me a potential employer and even sat in on the interview. These employment agencies usually don’t charge anything for their services.
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