my job requires no education whatsoever, just a steady hand a keen eye and a lot of patience and concentration (although i do have several good qualifications in other areas/industries) i own my own tattoo studio, its absolutely nothing like you see on miami/l.a. ink but last year i made over £130k after income tax, i work between 6 and 12hrs a day 5days a week. the hardest part of my job is actually getting your foot in the door with a tattooist willing to train you...again its nothing like you see on tv, you could be working on paying customers within 6mnths if the guy training you is any good.
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You really don't need more than a two-year degree. Unfortunately, right now, there are just no jobs to be had. Consolidation and computer automation has killed 60-70% of the on-air radio jobs. The job market is saturated with radio people wanting to stay in the profession, but there aren't enough jobs. The kicker/killer is that salaries have stayed the same, EXTREMELY low, while they've added more & more duties. They know that if you bitch about, and quit, there's 100 other people that will gladly step in.
I'd love to get back in to radio. But it just isn't worth the hit I'd take in pay.
all very accurate...though here in the Houston area, the radio and TV stations are all wanting full four year degrees with majors in communications and concentrations in RTV (Radio/Television). I imagine smaller markets would have less exacting requirements. My father's company gets hundreds of applications every day from people who want to be on-air talent on both radio and television. It's a highly highly competitive field that, like you say, just doesn't have very many jobs because you do it until you drop dead. As long as your voice works, as long as your brain works, as long as people are interested in listening to you, you'll have a job. Granted, I'm talking more about "personalities" and "journalists/talk show hosts" than I am DJs. The DJ gig is as dead as radio. Like you said, automation has killed it. It used to be there would be a different jock every 4 hours or so. Nowadays stations are programmed nationwide with a few on-air hacks. People think these morning radio hosts are superstars or some shit but they make 40K a year and have to hustle their asses off, like you described, to make anything more than. It's hardly the glamourous life many outsiders think it is. I've literally grown up my entire life in radio and television stations, around sportscasters and announcers and DJs and "talent" and so and so forth and anyone who think it's all "show up and talk" and then hit the clubs to party just doesn't get it.
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Truck driver should've been listed in the top ten. There are a lot of jobs that you'll make 35-50k a year, out of the box. the last job I had sucked. The one I'm in now, even with the time lost for illness & my foot, I'll make 50k, or more, easily next yer.
truck driving should have been on the list...though don't you need to go to truck driving school first? Can you just get hired and be trained without going through those schools?
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I know a guy who was a mortician. After hearing stories of burnt kids and stuff, no thanks. Plus you are always around sad people not to mention the normal dead bodies.
I would think Porn Star would have to be one of the better jobs that one can have without an education
No education to be in porn, but you have to be trained(literally, like a dog) what to do,and when or not to do it(for guys anyways).
They yell "cum", and you have to do it ASAP, ready or not.
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truck driving should have been on the list...though don't you need to go to truck driving school first? Can you just get hired and be trained without going through those schools?
Most do. I did when I started. Mine was through Schneider National. They have their own "Training Academy's." Ten 10-hour days of learning the basics of a truck and how to operate it. Then you go to a regional terminal for another five days of 10-hour intense slow manuever training, and more driving. Then they send you on the road with a certified trainer for two weeks. Then another week at the regional terminal.
There are independant truck driver training centers and quite a few community colleges that train too. But you still have to go through a company training deal too.
Some people learn from family, with no "formal" training at all.
But the training we get doesn't have any transfer ability. It's technical training, not academic.
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Most do. I did when I started. Mine was through Schneider National. They have their own "Training Academy's." Ten 10-hour days of learning the basics of a truck and how to operate it. Then you go to a regional terminal for another five days of 10-hour intense slow manuever training, and more driving. Then they send you on the road with a certified trainer for two weeks. Then another week at the regional terminal.
There are independant truck driver training centers and quite a few community colleges that train too. But you still have to go through a company training deal too.
Some people learn from family, with no "formal" training at all.
But the training we get doesn't have any transfer ability. It's technical training, not academic.
Massage therapist, Hair stylist, esthetician ..... no more than 2 yrs school (intense training though!) and internship... and in the right place ...... the cash flow is amazing! Part time pays better than full time teaching... Shhhh!
Massage therapist, Hair stylist, esthetician ..... no more than 2 yrs school (intense training though!) and internship... and in the right place ...... the cash flow is amazing! Part time pays better than full time teaching... Shhhh!
massage therapy is a good one...lots of cash flow and lots of opportunities to get creative with where and how you make your money.
hair stylist is another career that can pay well and is very portable. It's very easy to pick up and move and get a job in a new town.
There's a ton of medical gigs that require only a certificate training program through a junior college that pay very very well. I know a guy who does operating room assistant work and makes 70K a year. He took a one-year class through a junior college, got his certificate and went to work. They have similar programs for operating room prep and clean up, MRI operation, XRay tech and so on and so forth. Until I got the job I currently have, I was looking into it...and I might still. It's a lucrative field with great health benefits and a lot of job security.
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I've known a few people who have created quite the little career out of event planning and personal assisting. I know I mentioned that before but since you said you're looking into the gigs I thought I'd mention it again.
All you really need to get started is a lot of self-motivation, strong organization and communication skills and the ability to negotiate with vendors. It's a gig you can do from home so long as you have a phone and internet service and you get to meet a lot of interesting people. There's one lady I ran into a few years back who started her company by doing kids birthday parties. First she planned her own kids and the parents of the kids' friends were impressed they asked her to help them plan their own parties. She took a bunch of pictures, kept good notes about where she shopped for stuff and who she used for cakes and whatnot and built a little portfolio. Then she got an office party. Then a wedding...and then and then and then. Last I talked to her (this was a few years ago) She was making damn good money planning events of all sorts and it required almost ZERO investment....just time and effort. Her planning a simple wedding or bar mitvah or whatever can make her a couple grand just by doing the leg work.
There's also an upside to offering yourself up as a personal assistant. I met a chick who was making bank as a personal shopper/assistant for a local socialite a few years back.
True, these fields are dominated by women but there are more and more men entering these areas too...especially with more women holding executive level positions with companies, non-profits and law firms. One of the other thing that seems to create a desire for men in these types of position is that they tend to be treated differently than a woman and sometimes that's a good thing.
Times like these, those who are most creative and (wait for it...) "think outside the box" tend to come out ahead.
Good luck on the job hunt.
I do remember you mentioning that. I am still looking into the possibility of event planning with my gaming tournaments and such.
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Tell you what, I can name at least three gigs where you can work your ass off full-time and NOT make a living, we'll call it "typically (definitely) less than 22k"....but I'll only give out that info if I get paid for it. Just PM me.
Tell you what, I can name at least three gigs where you can work your ass off full-time and NOT make a living, we'll call it "typically (definitely) less than 22k"....but I'll only give out that info if I get paid for it. Just PM me.
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