So, I’m looking for a career change since I’m probably going to move to a city of approx 200K people. What’s something that everyone needs either it’s simple or more complex?
Not interested in funeral services 😛
- Rose Thorne(She/Her) ( @NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee ) 19•1 year ago
If you’re willing to deal with the later costs on your body, learn a trade.
Plumber, electrician, HVAC. Everyone needs something serviced, it’s just getting your name out/getting with a good company. Bonus, these things can follow you anywhere. Big city to small townships.
Welding is another solid one. Good welders can be in high demand.
Again, be forewarned, take care of yourself now, and be ready for it to catch up with you down the line. It’s rough on your body.
- Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 7•1 year ago
Garbage men. You can shut down a city pretty well by not collecting any garbage. But I hope you’re not in the USA. The way I hear it it’s mostly really hard dangerous manual labour in that backwards country.
- BDC ( @BDC@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
I worked summers in high school with my town street maintenance department, shoveling asphalt in the Virginia heat and other assorted fun tasks.
One day the trash department was short a body and my boss volunteered me to help them for the day. It was the single hardest work day of my life, and we were done with our route by noon. I have no end of respect for the people that do that job.
- Big P ( @peter@feddit.uk ) English1•1 year ago
In what country is it not?
- Nath ( @Nath@aussie.zone ) 1•1 year ago
I’m probably being ignorant because I don’t know whether there’s more to it, but Australian garbos drive a truck and control a big robot claw. They don’t need to actually touch the bins.
- Nomecks ( @Nomecks@lemmy.ca ) 7•1 year ago
Salespeople. I’m going to get downvoted for this, but there’s always good sales jobs for the right person.
- BiggestBulb ( @BiggestBulb@kbin.run ) 6•1 year ago
You said you needed something more immediate, I’d say there’s nothing wrong with being a waiter / waitress / bartender while learning something else. They’re not the most secure jobs for sure, but they’re not exactly going extinct.
Alternatively, hotel staff make a lot (at least a lot for the small town I grew up in).
If you’re looking for a trade skill - HVAC, plumbing and being a mechanic will all be skills that will stick with you through life and they all pay pretty well.
Truck driving is really, really in-demand right now. If you’re willing to drive 12-14 hours some days, shower at travel stops and sleep in your cab (at least, that’s what I’m hearing a lot) then that could be for you.
- metaStatic ( @metaStatic@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
Hand jobs and cheeseburgers
- athos77 ( @athos77@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
Starting during the Great Depression, my grandmother insisted that every one of her children become either a teacher or a nurse, because those were the only people who were never out of work during the Depression. Both can be hard jobs (in different ways), but if you’re looking for something where you’re constantly employable, that’s where I’d start looking.
- Horsey ( @Horsey@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Nearly every single business either employs a full time CPA or uses a CPA firm to check their books.
- OceanSoap ( @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
Do you know any CAD? Civil is desperate for CAD drafters and designers. Doubled my pay. I design Substations now.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
How much do you make? What were you doing before?
- OceanSoap ( @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I make $62k, or $30/hr. Previously I was a veterinary hospital receptionist for years and years.
I’ve done some in the past yes. Interesting… Will explore thank you.
- Catsrules ( @Catsrules@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
Basic human needs,
Food, water, shelter. Go into any of these and you should be good.
Long term needs would add healthcare, education.
Generally, any trade will always have good job security and decent pay. Trucking, maintenance (welder, electrician, plumber, or mechanic (diesel or heavy equipment, auto is usually over staffed) and HVAC) and accounting seem to have been the most reliable trades to find work over the last 20 years or so. Construction is very boom and bust. Medicine and maintenance are VERY short staffed currently, especially in rural areas.
In 2008 I chose trucking. Initial training was 6 weeks and cost me $10,000 USD back in 2008 followed by 3 months over the road with a trainer. Hate the job, but the pay is decent-ish (I’ve generally made between $55K and $75K), it doesn’t usually matter where you live and the few times I’ve found myself needing a new job I’ve been hired within 72 hours of applying for the position.
If you do go trucking, avoid any company with a Teamsters Union presence like the plague. Every Teamster I’ve met to date has been an complete and total self-important asshat and they seem to have a tendency to call strike just for the hell of it (Though they are payed well).
Any other union is probably fine.
- bluGill ( @bluGill@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
what is your goal? Are you planning on moving to a different city and employeer every year, or just want to settle down in aspecific place?
there are lots of jobs. However some places have specifit needs. Some jobs can be worked remote from anywhere. Some jobs depend on word of mouth so you can’t move after getting the skills.
Settle down there. Remote jobs seem interesting though usually require an IT degree.
- bluGill ( @bluGill@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
you will often find the best bet is figure out what niche that city needs. Many cities have a specalty that is unique.
- SlowLoudEasy ( @SlowLoudEasy@r.nf ) English1•1 year ago
Home Inspector. Every home sale needs one, they cost 400-600 hundred. You are not liable for anything missed or that can go wrong in the future. Just need your ladder and flashlight
- Maeve ( @Maeve@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Clean farming, medical (complete, mental/physical, many choices).
- Snejp ( @Snejp@feddit.uk ) 1•1 year ago
I don’t know if he’s making good money or anything but in my town of around 100k there is one guy who is a bit of a jack of all trades (and to me it seems he could be a master as well, but I wouldn’t know). He does stuff like copying keys, leatherwork, sharpening knives and so on. This is the guy you go to if you need some more obscure thing done. Might be something for you if you like that sort of stuff.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
Do you really need 200,000 customers? Why not target something that enough people need to support you?
Like if you can find something 100 people in that city need, you’re fine.
It’s like the 80-20 rule i get it. I thought about this and I tend to believe that such professions are either niche or take much time to learn and apply eg Doctor.