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My brother is as thick as the 0.1g of shít you'll find (on average) down your back crevice. He got a job with Lloyds bank in a call centre. Fast forward 12 years and he is now a 'project manager' (wtf?) with Lloyds, now working in London and on £80k. You don't need intelligence, you don't need good looks, you don't need talent. You just need confidence. You say the kid is sociable and friendly; if you find nothing else then look for somewhere he can work his way up. It might look dead-end to begin with but if he gets on with people then opportunities can arise.
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Tell him to round up them horses off the beach.
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Another role that can be financially rewarding, yet has limited or no qualification requirement, is the world or recruitment consultancy.
Money for old rope, and you get to play king on a God basis. |
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You may well be right but I don't think it would get my juices flowing.
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On a serious note, Night Porter at a local hotel would suit. Being sociable and friendly is more advantageous for the job than intelligence. Good money and good tips.
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And he could still be the Ace Face.
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is unlikely to be able to do heavy manual work or work requiring fine motor skills.
wouldn't suggest automotive - most of the motors are made by robots now anyway and some of the biggest car manufacturers are abandoning UK. |
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Move to a self sufficent living community. There is no other sensible future.
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kibbutz?
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Tell him to become a fortune teller, there's no manuel work, don't need to be academic, and you get to be friendly, helpful and sociable by telling people exactly what they want to hear, you see that line in the palm of you hand, no not that one, THAT ONE, runing between the little finger and the thumb, that say's you will find a great hoard of Roman coins worth millions on a farm in Devon in 2 years time in 3 seperate stashed locations, wow, it really says all that? yes, now that'll be £12.50 please. Easy munney.
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Still some manuel work available at fawlty towers.
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post all that and I all I get is a quip over a typo
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I know nothing
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optician
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probably get his own glasses free or reduced
Whatever he chooses Jack Hacksaw I wish him every success.....it is a very competitive world nowadays, he needs to know that. People later in life often regret their choice in their youth. Any sort of training or qualification is always an asset. |
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A meet and greet customer representative at the air port for those coming from Pakistan it's a job to life as it's a growing industry . You might have to learn their language at night school or buy the c d Fatima and Mohamed learn Fred and Jean to speak Pakistani
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Thanks. I will always encourage him obtaining qualifications.
I have friends who are opticians. They are now very rich - but that would be degree level. A few of the suggestions involve unsocial hours. A lot of jobs now do. It suits some, I know, but many jobs seem to combine bad hours and bad pay. I just don't want him to wander into a crap poorly paid jjob he won't like. Very often those without qualifications and lack of motivation do. |
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If he got an electrician or central heating apprenticeship he could always get jobs on the side
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I believe begging is a UK growth industry.
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I can give you the advice I gave my kids.
Do something you like, do something you are good at doing and do something people will pay you to do. I have three kids the oldest boy partially followed this advice, he wanted to be car mechanic but changed to engineering before dropping out of tech collage without his qualifications, he has done over 30 jobs since then. My daughter has had series of poor paid jobs before starting a family and is now working part time . My youngest son followed his dads advice, firstly going to Art collage then since leaving art collage he has moved down to the Midlands where he has a full time the job, it is irrelevant because over the last eighteen months, in his spare time he has singlehandedly been building a full on 3d video game, he has also construct a 3d video animation clip to promote the game on Youtube this is almost completed hopefully by the end of May. |
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A plumber and/or an electrician as both trades are in demand; apprenticeship available; earning on the job; eventual set-up cost minimal; fellow mates help to fix issues on 1st home.
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