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I can't say that any job is necessarily low stress.
One job that stands out to me is Land Surveyor. There is a great demand for land surveyor, and a low supply. An entry level surveyor will earn about $40-$45k.
I have worked in everything imaginable . . . at the family business doing work on the farm, working at a busy cafe, waitressing at a restaurant and now working at a more office job at a big corporate company.
Every job has a different type of stress.
Working at a corporation has the stress of doing everything right and pleasing everyone. It's also has that stress of the pressure management puts on you and that stress when you go home of what's going on at work tomorrow . . . it never stops!! This made me anxious.
With waitress and cafe work, stress is more physical and it can be overwhelming when it gets super busy. I prefer this stress. I liked that I did the orders and then went, voila! Nothing to think about.
All jobs have stress - it depends on which one suits you.
I liked the stress of doing cafe and restaurant work. Or, should I say, prefer it
Both low and high paying jobs have their fair share of stress. For low end jobs it's generally due to the low pay and people often having to juggle multiple jobs/school. For high end jobs it's the high responsibility and deadlines that must be met.
Obviously everyone thinks their job is very stressful, but according to a study done by Laurence Shatkin, here are the 25 least stressful jobs in the country.
Jobs were selected using relevant levels of work conditions, including but not limited to: stress tolerance; types of people dealt with daily; duration of typical workweek; frequency of conflict; level of competition and time pressures. The jobs were then ranked based on median annual earnings, projected growth through 2016 and the number of job openings projected per year.
I can't say that any job is necessarily low stress.
One job that stands out to me is Land Surveyor. There is a great demand for land surveyor, and a low supply. An entry level surveyor will earn about $40-$45k.
Hey David, I've actually been looking into becoming a surveyor as well. Do you know what kind of schooling this requires? How do you know there is a low supply? Sounds interesting, I'd get to work outdoors.
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What is it about IT that you don't like? What kind of IT work do you do? I'm trying to get into IT.
I'm in a 'jack-of-all-trades' admin type role. Having to be on-call, and having to give group training (presentations). Pressure of being responsible for systems that have major impact on the daily ops of the business.
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if that's the case.. hit up your doctor and ask for propranolol and xanax.
Just take those two together when you have to do a presentation or meeting and you'll be chillin like a villian. I have an issue with the same thing.
If this isn't the case... you can always try looking for IT positions where you don't do presentations/meetings... there's really no need to change careers because you don't like public speaking.
I've actually read about that drug combo, and that it works well for people. But, I'd honestly rather not go down that road, and would prefer to just find something that fits my personality. I'm actually already on a lesser ant-anxiety med just to deal with the current job stress. I have also been looking for IT jobs that do not require presentations. However most of the job descriptions include "provide user training" which makes me think I'd have to get up in front of a bunch of folks to talk. If there was a type of IT job that didn't require presentations, I'd be very interested.
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Obviously everyone thinks their job is very stressful, but according to a study done by Laurence Shatkin, here are the 25 least stressful jobs in the country.
hnsq, thank you for that list. Stress is definitely relative to a persons personality. What might be stressful for me, may not be to others. I've identified my stress points as:
#1: Public speaking / Having to provide training.
#2. Having work 'follow' me home as in being on-call.
If I can find something that does not include those two points I'd be so much happier.
From your list I think the building inspector would meet those requirements. But, from what I've read becoming a building inspector requires years of experience in a trade such as carpentry etc. I've thought about software development too, but I know those folks give presentations.
Anymore careers out there that don't require giving presentations?
Any advice is much appreciated
i don't know if anybody has asked, but if your whole problem with your current career is the fear of public speaking, have you looked into toastmasters? I know several people who used to have major problems speaking in public, that are now not only good at it, but also enjoy it. I have attended a couple of meetings, and their whole concept is based on helping people who are scared or just bad at public speaking. Your first attendance is free usually, so maybe you should go check out a meeting and see if maybe that is a better option as opposed to paying for more school, to get a job that is less appealing to you, just because you do not want to speak in public.
Maybe. The accountants I know seem to handle it OK, but I don't really know what their work day is like.
Geologist I can speak for. That is definitely relatively low stress.
And librarian too.
If someone just wanted an easy job that paid them enough to live, I'd go with librarian.
Not to mention accountants from January to April will usually have to work 10-12 hour days plus Saturdays.
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