Suggested temp jobs for someone with a damaged back?

[firg]

I've hit a bit of a bump in getting my career plans going. It's all in progress but it'll be a few months before I'm getting a regular paycheck. In the mean time, I need to earn some cash.

Back before I was injured I used to go down to the temp agency and take whatever was offered, or any kind of retail etc job that was around. I also did a fair amount of Admin temp work.

Now I'm not physically able to do bending or lifting I'm looking for ideas to keep me afloat. I've been selling spare things on eBay pretty successfully, but that's only going so far...

Unfortunately I've not been getting the Admin temp roles that I've been applying to - having not done it in a couple of years I suspect the CV of a more recent full time Administrator looks a safer bet to a potential employer.

I'm competent with computers, I have a good phone manner and can speak in a professional accent, and I can write and spell to a high standard.

Does anyone have any suggestions for other things I could do to earn money in the short term?
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[Jewlio Iglesias]

Bus driver?
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[metalangel]

Data entry or reception stuff? I'm trying not to say call centre.
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[Tritey]

Adult phone chat. They have woofters on there, pretend to be a fudge packer and away you go. Your posh voice will do you the world of good when 'Mick' from Dublin wants to probe your arse hole with his tongue. £9 or £10 an hour is possible so Exel Telemedia say (Owners of Adult Phone Chat).

https://www.adultphonechat.co.uk/Sex-Chat/

[firg]

Bus driver probably wouldn't take me on such short term. Plus cost of getting licence. Did think about getting HGV licence tho, can turn a profit off the £2k licence cost pretty quickly on agency driving.

Call centre: Have done cold calling before. That sucked. Woking at an incoming calls centre could be nice - again if I can get somewhere to take me on for just a couple of months.

Sex phone line: Well now that is an idea and a half...
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[CaNsA]

[mentalboy]

[Copycat73]

this lot seem to be keenly lookin ... thought agency didn't bother wit psv/pcv .. would seem the market has changed..

https://justbusdrivers.wts.co.uk/index.html
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[chris-red]

A mate of mine made fairly decent money selling things from the pound shop on ebay
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[andyscooter]

[firg]

I don't have a major loss of control over my legs, just a lack of stability and resilience in my back, so I hope it does not rule out HGV licence. I'll check before I go any further with that idea - it would rule out HGV if I have to do pallet shifting.

Thanks for the JustBus link, I should have realised there was agency bus/coach work just like agency HGV work. Good potential in this one

I am applying to get on a new PhD course after the funding for the one I was expecting to start last Sept didn't work out. The ones I have applied for have start dates in mid February 2015, March 2015, and September 2015. Potential interviews could crop up at any time over the next couple of months on short notice.

I could lie my way into a longer contract and then just walk out, I'm not comfortable with entering into an employment contract with deceit in mind. Something to revisit if things become more desperate.

Not to undermine your friends business, but are there products in particular that seems to sell well for more than the pound shop on eBay?
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[Jewlio Iglesias]

[firg]

[Beehive Bedlam]

January is utter shite for agency work unless you have a particular skill set then it can be very rewarding and much better than being tied to a company.

Currently doing a niche close protection job I rarely see the ugly bitch and I get paid £600+ a week it.

[Jewlio Iglesias]

[Fisty]

[pdg]

[firg]

Goddamnit bodyguard
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[Beehive Bedlam]

Close protection is the title of my current assignment.

To be truthful I have had one incident in three months which is the only time I had to take down a threat which was just an opportunistic Romanian.

Rest of the time I generally just liaison with her driver when she leaves and returns.

[pdg]

[wr6133]

[Ariel Badger]

[chris-red]

Wasn't it this guy who looked like an 8 stone crackhead?
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[ws4936]

[Phoenix]