What are some jobs that most people can do without any specific education needed? For example if they don’t want to do the job they are skilled for or just want to try something different.
I only mean real long term jobs, like a factory worker, not some part time freelancing, writing articles for blogs, youtube, walking other people’s dogs,etc.
Stocking shelfs and roustabout were the first two that came to mind.
Call centers
Retail
Sales
Casual Labour
Warehouse work
Driving jobs. Data entry, perhaps. Front desk clerk/assistant/receptionist.
I’ve often seen air traffic controller on lists of high paying jobs where a 4 year degree is not needed.
Prostitute.
Pretty much any low-wage job; that’s *WHY *they’re low wage in the first place.
Chimney Sweep?
Naw, need at least some singing and dancing ability for that, though the required accent’s pretty flexible.
Regarding the OP, round here care work seems to be one of the biggest hirers of unskilled people (note, not the biggest employers- the turnover rate is really high) for long term jobs.
That may be, but I’d imagine that the demanding nature of the job, and the level of stress that the job entails, would make it something that “most people” probably couldn’t do.
Also, while it doesn’t require a degree it certainly does require a high level training. So I’m not sure if it would meet the OP’s requirement of “without any specific education needed”, which I took to mean the sort of job where you can basically start working on day one. I’ve also heard a lot of people wash out of ATC training before even setting foot in a control tower (or TRACON, etc.). And at least in the US you have to be under age 35 I think (The reasoning being that if they’re going to provide all that training they want someone who will be around a while).
POTUS
US Representative
Senator
Governor
Mayor
You can learn on the job for probably all of these.
Both in Taiwan and Japan, gas is pumped by an attendant.
A friend of mine was trying to make some money by getting a job as a PA/Receptionist and everybody she looked at was looking for a Bachelor’s degree in something, so that probably doesn’t qualify.
Also in Oregon and New Jersey in the US.
Any one who says retail is an unskilled job never was a store cashier. Ringing and bagging items, handling money and credit cards, and dealing with the public in general requires some skill. And constantly moving your upper body while standing on your feet is very hard physically. Try doing that for an hour or more.
I agree that it’s physically more demanding than most people think.
But in terms of competence in operating a grocery store register, I’m pretty sure 90% of the population would be 90% competent with about 4 hours of training/shadowing. Would take weeks or months to get close to the speed expected.
I have worked as a cashier and an Industrial Engineer on cashier and other front end jobs for several years each (many years apart)
If it was taxing enough or difficult enough that a colossal majority of people couldn’t do it, then it would pay a lot more than it does, which isn’t much, in order to attract people who can do it, in preference to the other jobs that the same people are also qualified for.
I don’t even know what a roustabout is. I am probably too stupid to do it.
Truck driving seems to be a racket that most people can get into with some minimal training. The big companies seem to be offering to pay for the training and you can make a real wage. From what I know it’s a pretty hard life but not the worst way to put food on the table.