New career options.
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Anything in the Food industry is pretty safe. Considered essential in a time like this. Doesnt matter if it is in a Store, Truck Driver or Distribution.
Medical physics is a good field. Pay is usually 6 figures and up. Considered an essential worker, but generally in a safe office setting with other physicists and physicians. You will need to get an MS or PhD in medical physics, complete a residency and take boards though.
What type of Sales? I cant imagine being able to find something that pays anywhere near it, certainly not without going back to school.. which IMO is absolutely a bad idea if you're already in sales.
Account managers in IT make upwards of 70k and sales easily runs into the 6 figures.. but you land a sales job at Cisco, Amazon, or MS, and you're easily at 150k. If you can sell, you can sell.. and all you'd need is to learn is some IT and a product line.
Then again if "Sales" means the perfume kiosk guy at the mall, then maybe back to school is the best option.
Im on the younger side, and this is a stertypical take for someone young.. but make your money now. You have all retirement to do the things you want or take a job that's more rewarding. Hell if it's a great sales job.. you could parlay that into early retirement.
Im on the younger side, and this is a stertypical take for someone young.. but make your money now. You have all retirement to do the things you want or take a job that's more rewarding. Hell if it's a great sales job.. you could parlay that into early retirement.
When my wife was laid off from PR and Marketing in 2008 when the economy hit the skids, she did an accelerated 18 month RN program (already had a bachelors degree). She will never have an issue finding a job. Definitely a career for a lot of people to think about.
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Keep a bird in your hand while you look. The job market might not be so good for a long while.
Legit career path....career sales people can make more money than Lawyers, Engineers and many Dr's. You may never be rich beyond your wildest dreams and there is some serious stress involved but if you can manage it and play the game you can be wildly successful and do not have to be that smart- just a hard worker, reliable, dependable, resilient, timely, etc.
Too bad you want to get out of sales because meth sales seems to be booming in my area.
It takes a certain type of person to be able to do sales.. and having a lot of sales people in my family, it's easy to see how those types would NOT be suited for many other types of work.
If you have the stress-resistance, ability to travel and public speak.. then Sales is the way to go. You then be a sales manager or DOS and then you're talking 2, 3, or $400k.. (In the IT fields).
Those were two things I hated about the thought of Sales jobs: I don't want to live in an airport, and I don't enjoy public speaking past a small group of people.
If you can live on $50k a year, unemployment looks pretty stable as long as the Dims control the House.
Right, sales is probably one of the most broad job descriptions out there. In the contact center world, a base salary would be between $110-$150k plus commission. Cisco reps are around a $150k base, but it's a complete pressure cooker at places like that. At plan, reps in the industry are making $200-300k and up.
My cousin always told me growing up to be 1 of 3 things...a Obstetrician, a barber or a mortician because people are always going to be born, they are going to die and they will need a haircut between those 2 things so you would never be without a job. I should have taken his advice. [laughing]
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Quick wasn’t one of the criteria that the OP stated.[eyeroll]:uzi:
Should be a quick transition
He wanted something that feeds his family, makes him feel good and pandemic proof. My solution covers all of those.
He said feeds the family and makes them happy, that’s not food service unless you’re in management and I’ve never found most food service managers to be overly happy with their job. And even many managers make **** pay. Ads I’ve seen for Subway managers barely make more an hour than I did when I was an entry level associate at a chain restaurant that pays pretty terribly
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OP should be a carny. I think it will meet all of his stated criteria.
As a carny, his family will have access to an abundance of delicious fried carnival food. Corn dogs, funnel cakes, turkey legs, cotton candy. Enough to keep them all fat and happy.
A carnival is a happy place. People go there to have fun, so being a carny has to be fun. You get to control the ride and watch people as they scream with delight. Very fulfilling.
Pandemic proof. I'm pretty sure that the nation's top pandemic doctor, Dr. Fauci has said that outside is best! Carnivals are outdoors and people are starved for good ol' family entertainment.
This is a transition that should be quick and easy, especially with a sales background.
As a carny, his family will have access to an abundance of delicious fried carnival food. Corn dogs, funnel cakes, turkey legs, cotton candy. Enough to keep them all fat and happy.
A carnival is a happy place. People go there to have fun, so being a carny has to be fun. You get to control the ride and watch people as they scream with delight. Very fulfilling.
Pandemic proof. I'm pretty sure that the nation's top pandemic doctor, Dr. Fauci has said that outside is best! Carnivals are outdoors and people are starved for good ol' family entertainment.
This is a transition that should be quick and easy, especially with a sales background.
Go get a construction trade. Electrician, elevator guy, refrigeration, or insulator, IMO.
I have made a good living in the food industry. Started out as an Associate and worked my way up to Senior Manager. I guess any career field that is essential would be good if you are willing to work.
If your not willing to work hard to get ahead then go find a Union job. They will protect you even if you suck.
If you are self disciplined and have good communication skills, you could try insurance sales. Recession proof and pandemic proof.
If you ain’t afraid of The Rona and can tolerate snot-nosed kidlings, you could prolly get a job as a teacher. Seems that many teachers are positioning themselves so they’ll be refusing to go back into the classroom in the fall.
When you need to feed a family, you don't have the luxury of working in a poorly paid industry just so you can eventually make a decent wage potentially years later.
I've built my career around "Senior" products relating to Medicare etc. Seniors always have money. Not as much as they would like, but still enough to pay their medical insurance.
Like I said, recession and pandemic proof.
Great advice. OP, you may also want to consider rocket science, IP law, commercial real estate, neuroscience, or being a professional athlete.
On equal footing, teaching Women’s Studies with exit exams in rioting is popular now. It requires a healthy tolerance of fat white bitches who hang out with fruity guys but it’s a living...an extremely painful one.
this guy is back? Five posts in 2020 and none since 2016.
Which name have you been posting under?
I’ve looked into a trade like that before, not really interested in the grind of construction around here though since most of the construction firms do a lot of construction out of market so a lot of living out of town for an extended period of time isn’t my kind of deal. Would rather have like woodworking job making stuff like cabinets and what not. Plus seemingly every time I see one says experience requires. Kind of hard to get that experience if no one wants to give you a chance to get any.
And also, food service isn’t exactly a pandemic proof field by any stretch of the imagination. I know numerous associates that got laid off or furloughed at the restaurant I worked at and two of the managers did as well.
I think he should also give consideration to being President, a fashion model, or a late night tv show host.
Learn to code. Seriously. Like Java or C++. Or learn database skills and SQL. Or learn web development. Not just HTML and CSS arts and crafts, but programming, including Javascript and a backend language like PHP. Or learn Linux and become a sys admin.
There's lots of areas of specialization. I've done many of them over the years, but you can start with one. I was fortunate enough to get into the field in college. Got BS Math/CS and MS Software Engineering degrees. You can get a job without formal degrees these days.
There are compressed training programs out there, if that kind of thing appeals to you. It's a solid career, but not for everybody. It's hard work and demands long hours to learn the skills needed to advance. But it is creative and rewarding.
Also, vote for Trump so we can have more opportunities in our country instead of a democrat who wants to sell us out to globalism and socialism.
There's lots of areas of specialization. I've done many of them over the years, but you can start with one. I was fortunate enough to get into the field in college. Got BS Math/CS and MS Software Engineering degrees. You can get a job without formal degrees these days.
There are compressed training programs out there, if that kind of thing appeals to you. It's a solid career, but not for everybody. It's hard work and demands long hours to learn the skills needed to advance. But it is creative and rewarding.
Also, vote for Trump so we can have more opportunities in our country instead of a democrat who wants to sell us out to globalism and socialism.