Work as a £50 per hour Agony Aunt

For every professional paid agony aunt that is doing this as a job or career there are many more who would like to, some of whom would be suitable and very good at it, given half a chance.

The reason there are less people working in this field is because there are not many opportunities and people do not know how to obtain such jobs. We see celebrity writers appearing in various magazines and newspaper claiming to be experts at giving advice, but the only reason anyone employed them is BECAUSE they are celebrities, not because they give wise advice. You only have to read some of their articles to see that very often what they say does not make sense or is more for entertainment purposes!

When it comes to serious experts people tend to get into this line of work through being a writer or working in the medical profession, but there are a lot of people out there who are not paid writers and not professionals medically who would be good at this.

All of the people who consult such an expert are women, they are never male, and most of those are young, aged 18-25, it is very rare that a woman older than 25 bothers to consult one, even if they could for free. The majority of them want advice about a boyfriend, a husband, a man they are keen on, a man who has hurt them, a relationship that has ended, a relationship they wish would start, or a relationship that is neither one thing nor the other and confusing them a lot. This means that you do not have to be a professional writer or a medical person to be able to understand them and help them. But you would need to have an excellent grasp of women and the way women think, what they feel, what they want, what makes them tick, and how to please them.

It is not enough to simply be a woman either. You would need a good experience of the many problems women face and how to successfully face those challenges and beat them. Sometimes men are better at giving advice because they may think more logically instead of emotionally.

There are two types of "expert" online. There are thousands of people who delude themselves they are experts and go into chat rooms and forums giving free advice to the others. But many of these would never be good enough to be paid for their advice.

Working in this field is very rewarding and it can be very interesting, but your main objective is to help people, not fill your time or boost your ego. If you cannot then the responsible thing to do is to stand by and let somebody better help them.

I advertise for agony aunts and uncles on one of my websites because I am now so well known and followed in this field that people who are wary of going to unknown or unproven people are happy to come to me for advice. I am always on the look out for new people - males or females of any age, no previous training or qualifications needed, who can join my team and work from home online reading emails from clients and emailing them back with support, understanding, answers and advice. I value my experts and pay them £50 + per hour and they choose their own hours, part time or full time, so long as they can give me 5+ hours a week.

As with all jobs you have to start at the bottom of the ladder, but a good one, if they stick to it, will rise up and can become famous, well paid, much sought after by magazines and newspapers and even radio and newspaper, once they have proved they can do better than the others. Then they would be in the driving seat and could end up with a very lucrative business with a lot of junior staff. But they must be willing to start as a junior themselves before expecting to reach that stage, and outshine the other juniors.

If you really want to do this work and think you can then you owe it to yourself to find out more, you are probably one of the few that are right for it!

The best agony aunts work for The Association of Agony Aunts, so they are the ones to go to for expert advice or to find out about training and what jobs are available.

An excellent website to go to for more about training and jobs is at http://www.accuratepsychicreadings.com See article section