I would like job advice for a friend. She is the same age as me (50), but her work history is spotty with lots of breaks. The most she has worked is a number of years at a family restaurant (hostess, day manager, bartender), and about 2 1/2 years at a retirement home as the restaurant manager. She has a variety of job experiences (artist, decorative and residential painting, assistant to home decorator, garden section of home improvement store, waitressing, phone sales, etc). Her issue is that she is intelligent, creative, very ethical, but its hard for her to stick with a strict schedule of clocking in at a specific time, also can get into interpersonal conflicts because sometimes she feels she knows better than the boss about how things should be done. Not the fastest at doing customer service jobs. Had some periods of depression (part of reason for her job history). She's having a hard time getting the waitressing jobs, and to a lesser extent other base level jobs due to her age, and essentially beginner level experience, and to tell the truth this is not her area of strength.
Anyone have any advice what lines of work can support someone that doesn't require a college degree with her skill set? I think she would be good at doing something on the computer where she can gain expertise but doesn't have to do a ton of people interaction or customer service, or some specific skill, (she is talented with her hands like doing things like art, gardening, home decor, writing/expression, etc). She is getting very discouraged applying for a ton of low level beginner type jobs and being turned down. I feel she needs a different approach. She can learn things on the computer.
