What do you have NO interest in doing career wise?

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Outside mucky, muscley jobs like building, gardening, dustbin jobs and also things like actor, vet, doctor....

This was posted from TheLightbulbKid - voicing an opinion and attempting to give advice :smile:

Reply 61

NellyNoodles

I couldn't be a cleaner. I never dust or hoover my room and I only ever tidy when it begins to look like my room belongs to a hoarder. And even tidying entails just shoving things under my bed or into the wardrobe. I would hate to have to clean other people's mess when I can barely tidy my own. I'm sure I'd only get fired anyway for doing a half arsed job.

Reply 62

Astronomical

Original post by kiss_me_now9

We (largely) all know what careers we want to have when we're older - or at least we have some bit of a clue, right? But what about the careers that you'd never even consider?

Personally, I'd consider medicine but would never consider veterinary science, or anything to do with animals really. Which is really odd; as growing up I wanted to be a riding school owner and my secret 'if I was a millionaire' dream is to set up a rescue centre for horses and ponies. Working with them day in, day out and having to return them I guess just doesn't appeal to me.

I'd also never want to be an engineer, most of the ideas I have for products are far too zany or out there. I'd not want to be an IT person as I find computers so very confusing!

Zookeeper
Male Stripper/Poledancer
Ballerina
Musician/Artist (I'd do it as a hobby, certainly, but not a career)

Reply 63

oodlesofpoodles

Original post by kiss_me_now9

PRSOM, I couldn't do primary teaching but what about A level/adult teaching? :wink:

They can talk back and be rude then though :tongue:

I'm terrible at explaining things anyway so I'd be pretty much useless anyway :colondollar:

Reply 64

Nomerdoodle

I actually wanted to do medicine after i started watching scrubs. :cool:

But then i realised what being a doctor would actually entail. no, definitely not for me.

Reply 65

xoxAngel_Kxox

I could never do medicine. Not only do I not have the patience (if you'll excuse the pun) to get through that much hard work to qualify, but I don't think I could cope with the pressure of having people's health in my hands. I'd be terrified that a wrong decision or a misdiagnosis could result in someone becoming seriously ill, or worse. I have so much respect for doctors, as they've put in a lot of work to get to where they are.

Reply 66

Miss O.C.D

Original post by Spaz Man

Anything to do with maths.

Reply 67

Coldplaydoh

I'd never ever go into politics.

Seriously, I wouldn't even vote for myself if I were running for PM (GOD FORBID that I was running for PM)

Reply 68

Donald Duck

Medicine. Just seems like so much learning by heart instead of understanding.

Reply 69

David Walker

Apart from all the silly things I've thought of (male prostitute - I'd be bankrupt within a day :P Even I wouldn't pay to do me!), I couldn't do anything where I had to cut open/ inject a person/animal (vet, doctor, butcher, surgeon, etc.), or a 9-5 office job (unless it was VERY good pay to make up for the monotony).
In the long run, teaching is my goal. Secondary school & A-Level (specialising in Chemistry :biggrin:

I must sound mad to the many people who couldn't do teaching but I did some teaching where my mam works and, along with the IT man, managed to get four people with learning difficulties to pass an NVQ equivalent IT exam!)
Plus, when I was talking to one of my A-Level science/chemistry teachers about going into either lab work or teahcing, he said he used to do lab work but, as he worked to a salary and had to finish every given task to get it (which he said wasn't possible in an eight hour day), he would work up to 60hours per week for about £360 wages - which works out at £6/hour (not good when you have a degree really is it).

Reply 70

Donald Duck

Original post by kiss_me_now9

Same, I forgot to put in my OP! I hate, hate HATE retail and can't imagine why anyone would want to do it full time, for years on end, apart from the fact that it's regular pay and in most cases, quite 'easy'. :/

It can be a very respectable career plan - it sounds silly but work hard and smart in a retail store and you can be very high up, very quickly. My sister is training to be a manager currently after going in at entry level when she graduated (only job she could get) in an Opticians which is something she both loves and learns from. Similarly I have a friend who skipped uni but went into an electrical chain store and was promoted to regional manager in three years; he earns 45k a year at 22 and is on his way to a head office job doing something with supply I think. Doing far better than anyone else but it's been long and hard for him.

I agree. Somehow big retail firms don't seem to attract a lot of talent from the top universities, but they still need to teach people and fill their important positions. Therefore they promote from the bottom up instead (though a very small percentage actually gets very significant promotions, due to the amount of regional managers required in comparison to the amount of salespeople).

Reply 71

PinkPhazer

Original post by Smack

I think you're catastrophically deluded as to what engineering is if you think that you're going to be somehow isolated from the dirty side of things, e.g. the production line or site visits.

Obviously i will be doing those things but i did work experience in a garage and all i remember is getting so much muck under my nails cause i was cleaning brakes and getting my hands dirty all the time.

here is an interview with an engineer saying his job is mostly office basedhttp://www.careerplayer.com/graduate-jobs/engineering-and-manufacturing/engineering/electrical-engineer/scott-keough.aspx

Reply 72

Jabberwox

Anything to do with business or finance.

Reply 73

meenu89

Original post by Bill_Gates

You would love to sit next to Boris though.

Wouldn't say no.

Reply 74

Factorisation

Working in the stock market. The responsibility of an entire company in your hands AND the stress of competitiveness would just kill me. I see no enjoyment in it at all!

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Reply 75

username91207

People keep mentioning childcare - that's my job and I absolutely love it! Children are brilliant :biggrin:

For me, I could never be a banker/lawyer/executive of a company. Constant flying around the world and long, long hours just don't appeal to me at all.

Reply 76

ilem

Banking/finance/law and any other career where success is dependent on networking.

Reply 77

dom99

Original post by PinkPhazer

Its true that engineering can be office based, but having worked for an engineering company, you should be careful about what sort of engineering the company you work for does.

for example process control engineers may have to work at sewage treatment plants, like I had to do on a number of occasions, and trust me I was gagging most of the day. There is a brown dust that covers everything...incinerated poo! and the workers dont even bother washing their hands before eating lol.

So yeh just make sure you do the sort of engineering that suits you.

Reply 78

PinkPhazer

Original post by dom99

Ha lovely, I dont think the sewage treatment places would be my personal choice. My course is EEE so hopefully i can do something where there isnt much muck involved.

Reply 79

Don John

Original post by Rough Silk

Retail.

Summers spent stacking shelves and collecting trolleys in the retail sector have ruined it for me. I never want to go near a directly-customer-serving retail job ever again.