I wasn't all that heartbroken as it was time to move on - the older I get I am less and less tolerant of the bureaucracy; and the yuppie takeover. Yeah finances are a "trainwreck" (LOL) but that's part of livin'. Soooo.
Come to find out I and many of those other 30K folks qualify for retraining through the TRA TAA program (when your jobs are getting outsourced over the borders, you can retrain, draw extended unenjoyment, become someone new, etc).
I'm down to a few choices and being 56 even though I love the idea of construction contracting - I've done lots of it and most of it is too much to physically keep up with day in day out, so looking for feedback on these - but want to keep it a short training period (6 months preferably, not two more years, for shit's sake, I already HAVE an MBA....and the bill for it)
1. Electronics repair technician - WELL,
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it WOULD make me a smarter amp builder, heheh! In today's disposable society though I wonder if it would generate enough work to break even (similar to repairing and building tube amps)
2. Precision calibration technician (the certification for this one is probably titled - engineering tech or lab calibration...)
3. Technical writer ;
...mostly freelance but I have a lot of experience with it already. Doesn't seem to pay very well, but solid growth projected (and flexible).
4. Home inspection / Construction inspection / Real Estate appraisal - or Home Energy Auditing . Transferable skills /experience would make these pretty easy for me.
and bringing up the rear...
SEO consultant (search engine optimization, yep there is actually a cert for this, wow)
and "Other" (example: Import/Export) consultant...
If any of you are doing these, or are real familiar with, reply or send me a PM and give me the lowdown, likes / dislikes.... Whatever I end up doing, I want to make sure that if a business "goes away" (say the owner retires, for example) I want to be able to keep doing it freelance on my own. Then I have no one to blame...but me self! Thanks in advance.