Help What jobs are fulfilling and really easy to apply for?

[Dr Iron Arc]

Hello there, it's that annoying side of me talking that actually wants to recover but will probably be thwarted anyway by my other self and/or real life but I don't care. Just so people will stop nagging me, I just want a job but when I even think about touching my resume or scrolling through a job listings site I get even more burnt out and end up not applying to any. All the legitimate complaints people make about their jobs being soul-sucking and/or exploitative in nearly all levels of work are also very discouraging.

And so I'm asking to see if anyone else is aware of any jobs out there that are perfect or at least close to perfect for burnt-out pathetic lazy idiots like me. I graduated university in December 2020 for Business Management but haven't had a single job since so my savings are getting pretty thin. I've worked in a fast food kitchen before and was even happy there but that was only because I was fond of a coworker there but I haven't spoken to her in years and the thought of doing a job like that without being able to impress someone I'm romantically attracted to sounds impossible now.

When I was in high school, the only results I got in a career exam were Technical Writer and Museum Curator. Technical Writers apparently make instruction manuals for stuff but that sounds really boring to me. Museum curator could be something I'd want to do but the only things I'm interested enough in to make a museum for would be stupid video game lore or other nerdy trash that would fail to support itself even if I did get the starting money to create such a thing.

Even though I still will likely CTB later this year maybe if I end up working for some shitty company I can screw them over for fun by dying suddenly then maybe I'll go down as some sort of anti-capitalist hero (lol I doubt it would even matter though).

Perhaps such a job that I'm asking for doesn't exist though at least not for me. It would still be good to at least know that for sure so that I could feel even better about wanting to CTB.

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

burger flipper at a fast food. But only if you're someone who lives in a pineapple under the sea SPONGEBOB SQUAREPPAANNTS

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

burger flipper at a fast food. But only if you're someone who lives in a pineapple under the sea SPONGEBOB SQUAREPPAANNTS

Idk, the other half of the employees there really hate their job…

 

[motel rooms]

Traveling-carnival worker?

 

[Lullaby]

Do you like animals? That's pretty much the only thing I'm good at doing. I'm always recommending the animal care field to people. Some jobs are really easy to get but you have to really enjoy being around animals, or at least dogs.

 

[summers]

I've been lucky enough that most of my jobs are project-based, where you are solving different problems and learning things all the time. You develop critical thinking skills, and apply them to new scenarios. I find jobs that are routine - same thing day-to-day get boring really quickly, even when in management roles.

My recommendation - take whatever job you can for now. Enroll in a bunch of Python courses on udemy, corsera, and edex, and apply as a junior programmer. You don't need college or certs, just maybe a few projects you completed.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I've been lucky enough that most of my jobs are project-based, where you are solving different problems and learning things all the time. You develop critical thinking skills, and apply them to new scenarios. I find jobs that are routine - same thing day-to-day get boring really quickly, even when in management roles.

My recommendation - take whatever job you can for now. Enroll in a bunch of Python courses on udemy, corsera, and edex, and apply as a junior programmer. You don't need college or certs, just maybe a few projects you completed.

Programming/computer stuff are already too big-brained for me but thanks for your suggestion. I've already attempted to learn stuff like that a while ago and found I was too dumb for it so it's not really an option for me.

Traveling-carnival worker?

That's already a lot of physical prowess I don't possess.

Do you like animals? That's pretty much the only thing I'm good at doing. I'm always recommending the animal care field to people. Some jobs are really easy to get but you have to really enjoy being around animals, or at least dogs.

I'm allergic to cats but I still like both them and dogs though I don't think I can take care of them well if I can't take care of myself…

 

[piger]

Hello there, it's that annoying side of me talking that actually wants to recover but will probably be thwarted anyway by my other self and/or real life but I don't care. Just so people will stop nagging me, I just want a job but when I even think about touching my resume or scrolling through a job listings site I get even more burnt out and end up not applying to any. All the legitimate complaints people make about their jobs being soul-sucking and/or exploitative in nearly all levels of work are also very discouraging.

And so I'm asking to see if anyone else is aware of any jobs out there that are perfect or at least close to perfect for burnt-out pathetic lazy idiots like me. I graduated university in December 2020 for Business Management but haven't had a single job since so my savings are getting pretty thin. I've worked in a fast food kitchen before and was even happy there but that was only because I was fond of a coworker there but I haven't spoken to her in years and the thought of doing a job like that without being able to impress someone I'm romantically attracted to sounds impossible now.

When I was in high school, the only results I got in a career exam were Technical Writer and Museum Curator. Technical Writers apparently make instruction manuals for stuff but that sounds really boring to me. Museum curator could be something I'd want to do but the only things I'm interested enough in to make a museum for would be stupid video game lore or other nerdy trash that would fail to support itself even if I did get the starting money to create such a thing.

Even though I still will likely CTB later this year maybe if I end up working for some shitty company I can screw them over for fun by dying suddenly then maybe I'll go down as some sort of anti-capitalist hero (lol I doubt it would even matter though).

Perhaps such a job that I'm asking for doesn't exist though at least not for me. It would still be good to at least know that for sure so that I could feel even better about wanting to CTB.

Maybe look into risk management for a businesses. There could be many start-ups or bigger businesses who don't really care about the level of experience as long as you have knowledge.

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

Do you like animals? That's pretty much the only thing I'm good at doing. I'm always recommending the animal care field to people. Some jobs are really easy to get but you have to really enjoy being around animals, or at least dogs.

I would say the same but I've seen that it's not suitable for the OP. I think you should use your degree and search jobs in that area.

 

[cooldude420]

Go into the trades.

 

[NSA]

I've been lucky enough that most of my jobs are project-based, where you are solving different problems and learning things all the time. You develop critical thinking skills, and apply them to new scenarios.

How does that work exactly? Do you still have to interview like for a normal job? Where do you find projects?

 

[Julgran]

Hello there, it's that annoying side of me talking that actually wants to recover but will probably be thwarted anyway by my other self and/or real life but I don't care. Just so people will stop nagging me, I just want a job but when I even think about touching my resume or scrolling through a job listings site I get even more burnt out and end up not applying to any. All the legitimate complaints people make about their jobs being soul-sucking and/or exploitative in nearly all levels of work are also very discouraging.

And so I'm asking to see if anyone else is aware of any jobs out there that are perfect or at least close to perfect for burnt-out pathetic lazy idiots like me. I graduated university in December 2020 for Business Management but haven't had a single job since so my savings are getting pretty thin. I've worked in a fast food kitchen before and was even happy there but that was only because I was fond of a coworker there but I haven't spoken to her in years and the thought of doing a job like that without being able to impress someone I'm romantically attracted to sounds impossible now.

When I was in high school, the only results I got in a career exam were Technical Writer and Museum Curator. Technical Writers apparently make instruction manuals for stuff but that sounds really boring to me. Museum curator could be something I'd want to do but the only things I'm interested enough in to make a museum for would be stupid video game lore or other nerdy trash that would fail to support itself even if I did get the starting money to create such a thing.

Even though I still will likely CTB later this year maybe if I end up working for some shitty company I can screw them over for fun by dying suddenly then maybe I'll go down as some sort of anti-capitalist hero (lol I doubt it would even matter though).

Perhaps such a job that I'm asking for doesn't exist though at least not for me. It would still be good to at least know that for sure so that I could feel even better about wanting to CTB.

Where I live, it's even hard to get a job waiting tables, since practically every job requires previous work experience of three years, which basically makes all education and job searching unnecessary, since it's extremely difficult to get the first job. However, once the ball is rolling and you rack up some work experience, it becomes a question of which contacts you have.

I hope that you find a job that suits you

As others have pointed out, a good idea is to get into a trade - meaning a real skill, like plumbing, electrical work or farming. Also, think about what kind of a world that we are entering into - having real skills will pay off. "Unnecessary" jobs, like customer service, bloggers and social media administrators will probably disappear, since only people with real skills will be able to sustain themselves.

 

[summers]

How does that work exactly? Do you still have to interview like for a normal job? Where do you find projects?

Yes, I'm an employee of the companies. Standard application and interview. The work typically centers around companies providing services to customers. Often you use feedback to direct work either into new features or improvements in current offerings.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Maybe look into risk management for a businesses. There could be many start-ups or bigger businesses who don't really care about the level of experience as long as you have knowledge.

I've applied to start ups before but they've ghosted me for the interviews they scheduled (multiple companies did this). Guess they could tell I wasn't interested in doing any actual work anyway.

As others have pointed out, a good idea is to get into a trade - meaning a real skill, like plumbing, electrical work or farming. Also, think about what kind of a world that we are entering into - having real skills will pay off. "Unnecessary" jobs, like customer service, bloggers and social media administrators will probably disappear, since only people with real skills will be able to sustain themselves.

I'd definitely be screwed then since I can't do any of those things either, nor do I have the energy to learn trade skills. Surely these things could also easily be replaced in the future if technology advances far enough but I guess it could go either way…

 

[Daisy Chain]

You mentioned the idea of 'Museum Curator'.. well what if you got a job doing that to begin with, even if it was at a museum which was not particularly linked to your area of interest. You'd get experience, reference etc then work towards finding a job in a museum more related to your areas of interest..perhaps more linked to nerdy/ tech stuff. Or opening one yourself? There are museums in the UK for stuff like that. I don't know if any of what I've said makes sense!

 

[Toxic Positivity]

Mental hospitals are always taking applicants for nurse's aide / mental health specialist/technician roles. Basically, you just make sure everyone's alive every fifteen minutes and help bring them their food, supplies for shower, so on. It's a very fulfilling job because you get to well, help people recovering from suicide attempts and so on. The downside is you have to more or less represent the authoritative psychiatry side of things, so enforcing rules on the unit and such will be part of the job.

Had that job for 9 months and it felt very important, and helped me get out of bed everyday. Lately I am on more of an antipsychiatry bend, so I wouldn't do it now, but I don't regret working in that setting at all. I think I did a lot of good listening to the patients and their problems, and helping them with daily activities.

 

[whatevs]

Programming/computer stuff are already too big-brained for me but thanks for your suggestion. I've already attempted to learn stuff like that a while ago and found I was too dumb for it so it's not really an option for me.

That's already a lot of physical prowess I don't possess.

I'm allergic to cats but I still like both them and dogs though I don't think I can take care of them well if I can't take care of myself…

What did you attempt programming wise?

The thing with programming though, for medium level it doesn't require le big brain, but IMO it's an stressful work. For me at least. I'm trying to get hired in a start-up. I don't recommend this work if you don't start off loving programming, like I did, because that will wear off and if you start your learning journey feeling meh you will quit with a mental breakdown.

Perhaps in a large company or working for the criminals in govt the job isn't as stressful.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

What did you attempt programming wise?

The thing with programming though, for medium level it doesn't require le big brain, but IMO it's an stressful work. For me at least. I'm trying to get hired in a start-up. I don't recommend this work if you don't start off loving programming, like I did, because that will wear off and if you start your learning journey feeling meh you will quit with a mental breakdown.

Perhaps in a large company or working for the criminals in govt the job isn't as stressful.

Mostly Java and SQL. My friends were in beginner classes for those and when they tried to explain it to me, none of it made any sense. I don't think it's gonna click for me the same way learning a new language wouldn't click for me.

I've sort of worked for the government before (as a student which I'm not one anymore), but it's hard to find jobs for those nearby. I don't want to have to drive too far either because California traffic automatically disqualifies any destination from being remotely fulfilling.

Mental hospitals are always taking applicants for nurse's aide / mental health specialist/technician roles. Basically, you just make sure everyone's alive every fifteen minutes and help bring them their food, supplies for shower, so on. It's a very fulfilling job because you get to well, help people recovering from suicide attempts and so on. The downside is you have to more or less represent the authoritative psychiatry side of things, so enforcing rules on the unit and such will be part of the job.

Had that job for 9 months and it felt very important, and helped me get out of bed everyday. Lately I am on more of an antipsychiatry bend, so I wouldn't do it now, but I don't regret working in that setting at all. I think I did a lot of good listening to the patients and their problems, and helping them with daily activities.

I already technically take care of someone who is mentally ill every day (My sister) but doing so is part of why I've exhausted what little energy I have in the first place.

You mentioned the idea of 'Museum Curator'.. well what if you got a job doing that to begin with, even if it was at a museum which was not particularly linked to your area of interest. You'd get experience, reference etc then work towards finding a job in a museum more related to your areas of interest..perhaps more linked to nerdy/ tech stuff. Or opening one yourself? There are museums in the UK for stuff like that. I don't know if any of what I've said makes sense!

I think I see what you mean though I cringe a little at the thought of me getting lofty dreams that may never come true to curate a place of my own only to show things very few people would care about. I'll see if any nearby museums are hiring though there aren't many in my actual town.

 

[Cathy Ames]

I think different people find different activities (or situations) to be fulfilling, so that's a little bit difficult to answer. However, as for "easy to apply for," I would suggest going through an agency such as Manpower. They have a lot of short and longer term "temporary" jobs, but also fill some temp-to-perm jobs and maybe just do regular hiring, too (I'm not sure). If you already know how to do touch typing, work on getting your words per minute and accuracy up (there are some online trainings you can do), and you will have more options available, that are possibly better paying. [They are able to test you, so this isn't a thing you can lie about.]

When I did this with a different agency, I turned down the initial things they were offering me because they were VERY short term, and I didn't think it would suit me to keep going from one job to another. I did end up getting a good job. These places do fill a wide variety of jobs. Someone I know got a warehouse-type job and a janitor job through Manpower, whereas I got a clerical type job (through a different agency). What's nice is that if the job doesn't suit you, you don't have to stay in it forever, and it won't really hurt you to leave. You just have to work with the agency to leave the one job and then they'll find you another. [In other words, you'll most likely have to work out some notice vs. walking off the job.]

The best job I ever had (in terms of job satisfaction) was at a bank, and I got that job through an employment agency. I wish I would have stayed there. They wanted me. That was nice.

 

[MellowAvenue]

Going through a temp agency is a great suggestion; Also honestly in the current American job market how easy a job is to apply for is really more on the company itself as opposed to the type of labor. We're in a bizarre age where certain companies are simultaneously starved for workers but also being incredibly selective about who they'll hire due to a heightened fear that they'll *gasp* stand up for their rights as workers or just quit in a week if they hate the place.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

We're in a bizarre age where certain companies are simultaneously starved for workers but also being incredibly selective about who they'll hire due to a heightened fear that they'll *gasp* stand up for their rights as workers or just quit in a week if they hate the place.

This is another thing I'm afraid of because I'm the type to get suckered into being loyal even when I'm being exploited so why even start.

I think different people find different activities (or situations) to be fulfilling, so that's a little bit difficult to answer. However, as for "easy to apply for," I would suggest going through an agency such as Manpower. They have a lot of short and longer term "temporary" jobs, but also fill some temp-to-perm jobs and maybe just do regular hiring, too (I'm not sure). If you already know how to do touch typing, work on getting your words per minute and accuracy up (there are some online trainings you can do), and you will have more options available, that are possibly better paying. [They are able to test you, so this isn't a thing you can lie about.]

When I did this with a different agency, I turned down the initial things they were offering me because they were VERY short term, and I didn't think it would suit me to keep going from one job to another. I did end up getting a good job. These places do fill a wide variety of jobs. Someone I know got a warehouse-type job and a janitor job through Manpower, whereas I got a clerical type job (through a different agency). What's nice is that if the job doesn't suit you, you don't have to stay in it forever, and it won't really hurt you to leave. You just have to work with the agency to leave the one job and then they'll find you another. [In other words, you'll most likely have to work out some notice vs. walking off the job.]

The best job I ever had (in terms of job satisfaction) was at a bank, and I got that job through an employment agency. I wish I would have stayed there. They wanted me. That was nice.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Cathy Ames]

To be clear, I'm not saying that getting work through (say) Manpower is an ideal situation. You can end up doing the identical work as regular employees while getting paid less and receiving lower benefits (or no benefits). And you might not get treated as well as the regular employees. However, they cannot outright mistreat you. And it isn't difficult to leave a job if you hate it... and leaving a job isn't going to spoil your resume in the least. To elaborate, the person I mentioned was offered a full-time, permanent warehouse position (which they didn't take, since they didn't feel up to doing the tough physical work for an additional ten hours per week), and later on they did get hired on in a permanent, full-time position with benefits in the janitor job, which really suits them in terms of the overall work situation (they work independently in the evening). If I needed a new job, I'd probably go this route. The last time I tried applying directly to companies, I kept getting told I was unsuitable due to being overqualified.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Oh yeah, that reminds me. I forgot to mention that I can't do warehouse work since 1) I'm physically incredibly weak, once lost an arm wrestling set to a third grader while I was an adult, and 2) my medicine forces me to take frequent bathroom breaks which apparently counts as time theft or whatever.

 

[Cathy Ames]

Those were just my most recent examples. That particular warehouse job was really tough, especially for someone no longer young. He had to lift 10-12,000 pounds per night. You could probably physically handle picking orders for e-commerce fulfilment, but I think you're correct that the breaks would be a no-go. Also, that can be soul-crushing, and I really wouldn't want that for you.

 

[raindrops]

@Dr Iron Arc

TL;DR working face to face in a retail environment sucks. Find a job where you work over the phone?

Fml sorry for edits.
You sound like me tho, still we're different but I NEED a job tooooo, but where!? What?!

I never liked the idea of colliding what you love and putting it also into your work.

Like games developers per se, do they really have time left to PLAY the game they love.
Some half of me thinks they probably then find love with the outdoors or at least some other hobbies. It's rare to collide both what you love and work, together.

So recently I left my job, working with the public and I realised I need a job thats simple... away from RETAIL* customers.
I have actually decided to do Admin or receptionist work. I like the idea of working for a service not a store, a store sells shit I don't wanna sell shit. Work in an office, with your own desk and space, boring but simple!

But never in an office where you have to sell something lmao, a service like a garage or the council. NOT A STORE or SALES IT WILL DRAIN YOU. Can working for a garage truly drain you, I assume not who da fuck is blaming us on the desk? See. Lol.
At least in the council aswell dealing with complaints you could laugh at the idiots & probably with your team too! (No I do not laugh at innocent people lol but trust me in the UK people will call up the council to complain that a neighbour has an ugly vase in their window, yup)

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I'm at a virtual job fair and losing more hope which I guess is also what I wanted. There are 60+ employers and none of these positions seem appealing or even physically possible for me to work in at all...

I never liked the idea of colliding what you love and putting it also into your work.

Like games developers per se, do they really have time left to PLAY the game they love.
Some half of me thinks they probably then find love with the outdoors or at least some other hobbies. It's rare to collide both what you love and work, together.

True, it seems combining work and passions is an easy way to lose all passion for whatever it is.

 

[no-name9859472882]

The most fulfilling job out there imo is day trading for a few reasons

1 you don't work for money you make money work for you
2 your not paid based off bullshit metrics and a company's desire to extract as much out of you for the least amount of pay
3 you have no glass ceiling you can make as much as you want or deserve based on your skill
4 no bullshit dance and song application credit check background check and telling some stranger the last 10 years of ur employment history just for the chance to be their company slave
5 you will feel special your not an npc like the rest of the world
6 you can scale and also take off work anytime you want
7 you can't be fired
8 you get bragging rights when you make someone's entire salary in a an hour in your boxers
9 all of the above
10 you literally get to look at everything you buy with your profits and go I created this with my brain i literally created money out of nothing

Warning take some time like even a year or more to learn it before you do it and get alot of hours of screen time under your belt paper trade like it's real before you do it for real


For those wondering i use to be self employed trader and a licenced prop trader for a hedge fund

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

The most fulfilling job out there imo is day trading for a few reasons

1 you don't work for money you make money work for you
2 your not paid based off bullshit metrics and a company's desire to extract as much out of you for the least amount of pay
3 you have no glass ceiling you can make as much as you want or deserve based on your skill
4 no bullshit dance and song application credit check background check and telling some stranger the last 10 years of ur employment history just for the chance to be their company slave
5 you will feel special your not an npc like the rest of the world
6 you can scale and also take off work anytime you want
7 you can't be fired
8 you get bragging rights when you make someone's entire salary in a an hour in your boxers
9 all of the above
10 you literally get to look at everything you buy with your profits and go I created this with my brain i literally created money out of nothing

Warning take some time like even a year or more to learn it before you do it and get alot of hours of screen time under your belt paper trade like it's real before you do it for real


For those wondering i use to be self employed trader and a licenced prop trader for a hedge fund

I've already dabbled in trading stocks though mostly just for the memes. I managed to make a couple hundred dollars profit off of the GameStop stocks last year but I've since sold them all off already. I don't think I'm very good at this anyway. I currently don't have much capital at all to invest in the first place so I don't think I could use this to make big bucks unless my 420 dogecoins randomly net me millions of dollars.

 

[no-name9859472882]

I've already dabbled in trading stocks though mostly just for the memes. I managed to make a couple hundred dollars profit off of the GameStop stocks last year but I've since sold them all off already. I don't think I'm very good at this anyway. I currently don't have much capital at all to invest in the first place so I don't think I could use this to make big bucks unless my 420 dogecoins randomly net me millions of dollars.

You may not have capital but you have time. Use it to learn trading so that when u have the capital your like athlete in his prime. I use to make 500 to 2k a day trading I literally never finished calculus in high school in other words if someone wants it bad they can do it

 

[alexlondon365]

You may not have capital but you have time. Use it to learn trading so that when u have the capital your like athlete in his prime. I use to make 500 to 2k a day trading I literally never finished calculus in high school in other words if someone wants it bad they can do it

how do you learn day trading? i mean there are lots of scammers out there offering those courses, how do i recognize the good ones?