It’s no easy task to find a job as a working parent. Not only do you need a job that offers a good work-life balance but also offers great benefits for you and your family. Fortunately, up to 68% of HR professionals say they have difficulty recruiting for full-time positions, so there’s plenty of demand out there for your skills.
To help you find a career that gives you flexible hours, decent pay, and good benefits, here are five jobs to consider for your next career shift.
Stenographer
Court reporting is a great job for working parents because it offers flexible hours, great benefits, longevity, and high-pay. Stenographers and court reporters can make up to $60,000 to $70,000 in their first year of working. What’s more, court reporting as a career is essentially recession-proof because it’s a job that will always be in high demand. When you work as a stenographer, you can choose to work full-time or part-time two to three days a week depending on your financial needs.
Web developer
If working from home is more your style and you’re great with technology, consider taking on a career in web development. While statistics show that up to 70% of all business partnerships fail, businesses always need a web developer to help them create and manage web-based applications. Web development is awesome for parents because it gives you the ability to work from home for a wide variety of businesses, government agencies, or entrepreneurs. As a freelancer, you can select your projects and create your own schedule so you can work while the kids are at school or napping.
Web content writer
Every business and organization needs a website. If they don’t have one, their target audience can’t find them and they risk losing sales. A web content writer creates online content for a business’ website including their web pages and blog. In some instances, you may even be able to become a paid contributor to an online magazine or newspaper. Web content writers have flexible hours and are able to work from anywhere at any time, making this job ideal for parents.
Tax accountant
Tax accountants are another great job that offers flexible hours and longevity because of its high demand. Everyone needs to pay their taxes every year unless they’re tax-exempt, which gives you a lot of room for employment. Tax accountants help to prepare their clients’ tax returns and reports for the tax season. You can make some decent money filing the taxes of individuals or you could earn higher pay by working for companies that allow you to work from home.
Customer service representative
If you’re great with people, consider becoming a customer service representative. In today’s digital age, you can work from home for a wide variety of companies, covering different shifts for different businesses who need help managing their customers. You can also work as a call center representative, selling company products over the phone at whichever times work best for you. If you have a new baby at home and handling customers over the phone isn’t ideal, you can work as a customer service representative handling email inquiries and chatroom customer service options, too.
Metro Detroit Mommy writer Kelsey.