Decent paying jobs or careers (20/hr+) around Northern Jersey with no college degree?

Submitted by New_Jersey_ t3_1000rzp in newjersey

I'm 24, dropped out of college when I was 18 with NJ stars scholarship (I regret it) and never went back. I have a 5 month old now my first kid, and I'm looking to start a career and stick with something and grow from there so I don't have to live paycheck to paycheck while raising my son, I want him to live a great life and be able to take him places and buy him whatever he needs growing up. I have a job currently. It's $20/hr but it's only 30 hours a week with no benefits or anything. I also do amazon flex and other app type jobs on the side. I'm looking for suggestions for full-time jobs with benefits that's at least 20/hr starting off. I don't want to work at amazon because of what I hear about it but at this point I might just apply to amazon. Thank you.

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Royal_Cow448 t1_j2fw466 wrote

Apprenticeship in the trade unions will be in the 20s. After that you’ll be in 40s or 50s

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Enoch51915 t1_j2foemq wrote

I dropped out a year and a half ago (don’t regret it)(did for a bit not anymore). I’m currently working as an electrical contractor I plan to become licensed in the next five years. It will require schooling 2 times per week for 4 of the 5 years (Sept.-June) in order to do so. One of the best parts about it is the ability to specify and to enter into various different niches. I’ve been at it for 5 months now and I’ve already got two job offers from other places, which is a first for me. I haven’t had any other job that got employers interested in me the way this one has.

Think back and try to find something that at one time you really liked to do and see if there is a career there for you and then throw yourself into it. I know my experience in college was marred by not being able to decide what career I wanted to pursue and so I switched majors several times. Covid hit during it and it was tough to find relevant work with respect to my major as well as motivation. If I could give young people who are going to college (and paying for it themselves) advice, it would be to start working somewhere to gain insight into an industry and then go to school to advance further in it. Too many times people get duped by the promise of finding your career in college. I believe my experience would have been bettered if I had started working in my industry prior to entering college. It would’ve made taking on that much debt at such a young age much more manageable.

Anyway, Electrical work has a lot of different applications and is interesting. It also goes hand in hand with other trades and industries so you’ll get exposure to a lot of different work environments and opportunities that may be more appealing. I recommend it.

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New_Jersey_ OP t1_j2fvgi9 wrote

I appreciate it I'll look into electrical a bit more and different trades in general, thank you

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J0hnnyHammerst1cks t1_j2fw6ud wrote

Do you have any kind of work experience? Limitations? Can you pass a background check?

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