What jobs were desirable in the elizabethan era?
it would depend what kind of thing you were good at. many craftsmen and tradesmen in the Elizabethan era made quite good livings at whatever their trade was. For instance, my husband is a skilled metalworker, and if he had lived in the Elizabethan era I could imagine him being a blacksmith. Generally speaking, people started work quite young in the Elizabethan era. Most businesses were family affairs, with wives and children involved in whatever the business might be. The worlds of home and work were not rigidly seperated in those days like they are now, and people mostly worked in or near their own homes. You could be apprenticed to a trade at quite an early age, apprentices usually lived with their employers and were regarded as members of the family. For women, in particular, a ‘job’ could be a part of her work as a housewife. For instance, a woman might brew beer for use at home, but sell the surplus, just as her dairy might provide produce for both the home and the market-place. s
