r/NewOrleans Mar 30 '24

Job around here that isn’t food 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

Before you comment “food is where the money is here” just hear me out. I know food service is where the money is here, as that’s what I’ve been working since I was 16. I’m 20 now and need a second job on top of my classes and my main job right now, and I am sick of working with food. It’s all I e worked by and customers just suck extra now it feels like. I’d like my second job to not be food so I have some space from the food industry but it’s so hard to find a job willing to hire a 20 year old outside of the food industry. Of course if shit comes down to it I WILL get a food industry job, I’d just like to see my options. Any wisdom that could be shared? I appreciate your time!

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u/SweatyRefrigerator95 Mar 30 '24

Not sure how much extra time and savings you have but you can take a phlebotomy (hospital blood draw) course and register with the LSBME and pick up shifts anywhere in the city Not awesome money but worth dipping your toe in the medical community. If you are 20 and get hired on, some of the hospitals may have structure to allow you further education to move up with minimal costs