good jobs that don't require any qualifications?

kiwi07

sniggings wrote: »

aren't they are now cutting back on those.

I don't think so.

Badger_Lady

You don't necessarily need qualifications. You can alternatively have ambition, confidence, talent and charisma.

Whichever route you take there's a little patience requirement too.

Ten years ago, I told the Job Centre I wanted to work in marketing or web design despite not having any relevant experience or qualifications. They told me to set my sights lower and look for administration work with a salary of £12k. Three weeks later I walked back in to inform them I'd interviewed for and been offered a job as Marketing Assistant for £16k.

A couple of years later I had been promoted and then found myself another job as eMarketing Executive for £22. And a couple of years after that I moved across the country as an eMarketing Manager on £28k.

I got made redundant but immediately walked into another job as eCommerce Manager for £39k and was promoted to £43k. And when I got made redundant from that two years later, I went straight into a job at an agency without having to interview as an eBusiness Consultant on £59k, for which I flew all around the world to do my job in Silicon Valley and wherever the clients were based.

Now when I choose to work it's on my own terms (self-employed) and I earn the pro-rata equivalent of £110k. So I choose to work much less and spend more of my time volunteering for charities and backpacking around the world to learn about different cultures. I have no interest in actually using or spending that amount of money so I earn what I need and find good homes for any excess, looking after the people I care about.

So you could say "Yeah, anyone can earn a 6-figure salary without qualifications", but that comes with two caveats:
1. It starts very much lower than that and takes time.
2. You need to be good at the job, care about it, train yourself and pick up the odd on-the-job qualification as you go.

paddyrg

Voyager2002 wrote: »

The requirements to join the police and fire services are pretty high: I understand that fire men and women need a degree to be considered.

Balderdash

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/recruitment/faq#10
10. What qualifications do I need to become a firefighter?

No formal qualifications are required to become a firefighter. However, you will need to pass a series of written and apptitude tests to proceed with any application. Any qualifications you bring into the service may help with future promotion.

You seem to be dismissing suggestions out of hand - how about doing a bit of research? Loads of great tips here, but it comes down entirely to your attitude.

TrickyWicky

wantsajob wrote: »

Drug dealer.
Prostitute.
Arms dealer
Smuggler
Tax evading comedian
Buy to let investor.
Estate agent
Insurer
Banker
Legal professional
Politician
EU Judge

All pretty similar jobs to be honest.

Just correcting you there

TrickyWicky

Voyager2002 wrote: »

I seem to recall that John Major didn't have any qualifications. Although he was a spectacularly awful Prime Minister he got paid as well as the good ones. So if you have neither brains nor qualifications nor any talent for anything, join the Tory party and you might get lucky.

Awful? You sure Rupert Murdoch didn't have anything to do with your skewed vision there?

Not only did he never take us to war, he would send peace keeping forces into the middle east (Serbia, Bosnia etc) along with dropping food parcels and supplies from RAF planes to those who needed them. Then he also slowly got us out of the last recession (just as Blair took control..). He had little to do with Murdoch, wasn't always having a photo shoot (like Blair, Brown, Cameron and Clegg), we still had an army, air force and navy that could defend us and the rest of the world still took us fairly seriously.

Now look, nothing left, everyone laughs at us, every PM since has been in Murdochs pocket, taken us to war with any country they can find with an ever decreasing military oh and we're in the biggest public debt ever recorded.

Yeah, John Major really was bad wasn't he (oh and he'd been in the tories since his youth btw so it wasn't an overnight thing). If you look back at the other two alternatives that were up for replacing Thatcher (Herd and Hesseltine iirc) you'll see we actually got lucky with JM (although in fairness he did make one almight c*ckup privatising the railways).

scooby088

bed tester

condom tester

food taster/critic

sniggings

lucky18 wrote: »

I don't think so.

It's been in the news for the last year, only a couple of weeks ago the Olympics made it headline news again when the government were expecting the border agencies to cope with the increases number coming in when at the same time cutting staff levels.

Just one of many sources

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/29/heathrow-border-agency-delays-cuts

kiwi07

sniggings wrote: »

It's been in the news for the last year, only a couple of weeks ago the Olympics made it headline news again when the government were expecting the border agencies to cope with the increases number coming in when at the same time cutting staff levels.

Just one of many sources

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/29/heathrow-border-agency-delays-cuts

Thanks for the link. Yes, you are right. I did not know that the government is cutting the border agancies staff as well.
By the way, it's a good and easy job with no particular skills involved. I was always curious to know how much do they actually earn...

Treehugged

wantsajob wrote: »

PM your phone number, I'll help with the research :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Get your own phone!

Have completed my research and from what I've read and heard, it' not bad money. I'm considering.

saintjammyswine

greatgimpo wrote: »

X Factor panellist?

X Factor contestant?