# What jobs can most people do? (no freelance, artist, part time stuff) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369 "2019-05-22T18:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/21 "2019-05-23T18:16:21Z")
Some warehouse jobs, some housekeeping/cleaning jobs, Walmart greeter? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/22 "2019-05-23T18:29:28Z")
Typing. I learned how to touch-type in high school; most people can learn how, even if it takes a little time. Then they can do transcription work, data entry, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/23 "2019-05-23T18:31:30Z")
[Nickel & Dimed](https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0312626681) is a good read on the subject of “unskilled” jobs and trying to live on them. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/24 "2019-05-23T18:37:55Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > 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. Although getting a Class A CDL (which is what you need in order to drive the big rigs) apparently isn’t a hugely long program ([this site](http://www.alltrucking.com/faq/how-long-to-get-cdl/) indicates that the courses are typically about seven weeks long, if you’re going to the school full-time), it’s still, I think, substantially more training than the sorts of jobs the OP was asking about, given that he specified “without any specific education needed.” ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/25 "2019-05-23T19:15:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Although getting a Class A CDL (which is what you need in order to drive the big rigs) apparently isn’t a hugely long program ([this site](http://www.alltrucking.com/faq/how-long-to-get-cdl/) indicates that the courses are typically about seven weeks long, if you’re going to the school full-time), it’s still, I think, substantially more training than the sorts of jobs the OP was asking about, given that he specified “without any specific education needed.” Yes you’re right, but the way the OP was written it seemed like the OP wanted career type jobs that were easy to get into vs. minimum wage jobs. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/26 "2019-05-24T10:20:24Z")
I believe “burger flipper” is the usual choice. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/27 "2019-05-24T10:59:27Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 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’ve done this job before and it was easy, unless the place is run by a company that cuts every corner and you have bad luck. On my last day as a cashier I was completely by myself (the company owned several stores, each staffed by one person, so I couldn’t even call on another store for help) when the credit card machine broke down (mid-transaction!) and the price display thingie (technical term) literally fell off the machine, requiring me to use one hand to prop it up. Depending on the time of day there could have been more than one person available. But that’s not normal. Normally a grocery store would have at least two people, so someone could find duct tape or something and fix at least one of those problems. They make cash registers easy to operate. I don’t have to be good at math, because the cash register acts as a calculator. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/28 "2019-05-24T11:37:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 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 did it for 8 years. I hated every second of it. But I absolutely wouldn’t classify it as a “skilled” job. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/29 "2019-05-24T16:22:44Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I don’t even know what a roustabout is. I am probably too stupid to do it. Its a basic manual labor position in the oil field and typical entry point job that involves lotz of clean out that ditch, pick up garbage along a road. Drive to town and get smokes for the crew. When I did it it was more about hooking up the loads for the crain to lift off and oiling and greasing things, later i filled in for guys on the crew who needed to use the bathroom. Its pays about $15/hour depending on location. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369/30 "2019-05-24T16:56:22Z")
Health insurance claims processor. The main qualifications are to work with minimal supervision and decent with numbers. Although it’s not entry level, there are three ways to be hired: 1. Have a college degree in anything and / or 2. A number of years steady employment, doing anything. 3. Take a job in the mail room or as a clerk, work your way up in the company. Basically they just want some indication you stick around at something for a while so you’re not likely to decide to work at Burger King next month. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jobs-can-most-people-do-no-freelance-artist-part-time-stuff/834369.md?page=1)