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Old 05-17-2009, 05:42 PM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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From a previous post you already know I have a niche job but what about some others?

Any jobs where if you have the skills you can get a job right now because employers are looking.

We've all heard about retail sales, fast food jobs, gas station, delivering pizza and the like jobs but what about jobs nobody has heard about much less know about?

Looking for weird but not in the gross sense.... looking for the category of "someone can make how much doing that?"

Both college and non college required.
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Old 05-17-2009, 06:03 PM
 
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From a previous post you already know I have a niche job but what about some others?

Any jobs where if you have the skills you can get a job right now because employers are looking.

We've all heard about retail sales, fast food jobs, gas station, delivering pizza and the like jobs but what about jobs nobody has heard about much less know about?
Basically, any dangerous job or jobs with a bad work environment are in demand now..some that come to mind are police officers or jobs in law enforcement, prison guards, nursing home aide, etc.
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Old 05-17-2009, 06:35 PM
 
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You could be an airline pilot

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/ny...20pilot&st=cse

Definitely fits the "looking for the category of someone can make how much doing that?" but in a less positive spin...
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Old 05-17-2009, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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You could be an airline pilot

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/ny...20pilot&st=cse

Definitely fits the "looking for the category of someone can make how much doing that?" but in a less positive spin...
I was before I got into what I do now. I flew mail and checks in Beech 99's for a while but most of my time I spent ASMEL CFI&I, flew some charter and ferried airplanes for Piper out of Vero Beach years ago. Every Friday I would fly into Orlando, Piper would pick me up taking me to Vero Beach where I got a free night in a motel. On Saturday morning about anywhere from 5 to 20 pilots would take off delivering airplanes to California, Alaska, Canada, Africa, Central America etc. My most memorable were deliveries to Costa Rica. Vero beach to Key West then across Cuba (as an ICAO signatory you can fly across Cuba but you do not land) to Grand Cayman then Nicaragua and finally San Jose. Would take all day.

I am glad I did it, been almost everywhere but the money was horrible (literally would have made more at McDonalds), the benefits non-existant and try flying a single engine airplane to Africa.

Here's Georgetown on Great Exuma Island. My favorite place to fly is the Bahamas.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2267/bahamas.gif (broken link)
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Old 05-17-2009, 09:14 PM
 
Location: Under a bridge.
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A lady in my city purchased a house and a lexus while running her business as a pet sitter...I live near Los Angles--houses ain't cheap.
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Old 05-18-2009, 07:09 AM
 
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A lady in my city purchased a house and a lexus while running her business as a pet sitter...I live near Los Angles--houses ain't cheap.
As a pet sitter she probably has access to some high powered peoples homes.....and personal stuff. Could be a pet sitter with a black mail business on the side
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Old 05-18-2009, 08:44 AM
 
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Repoman. Apparently they are doing very well now. Kind of an evil job, IMO, but they have to eat, too.
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Old 05-18-2009, 10:23 AM
 
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My parents sell hotdogs and smoothies at farmers markets make a decent nickel. They only do it part time, but usually make a couple hundred bucks a day doing it.
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Old 05-18-2009, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Under a bridge.
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As a pet sitter she probably has access to some high powered peoples homes.....and personal stuff. Could be a pet sitter with a black mail business on the side
I doubt it. She has been my pet sitter while I've been on vacation for about 20 years.
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Old 05-18-2009, 11:01 AM
 
Location: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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I doubt it. She has been my pet sitter while I've been on vacation for about 20 years.
Touché!!!!!!
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