Q&A: If you dont go to college, what jobs are open without a degree?
May.10, 2011 in
Other - Careers & Employment
Question by cougars43: If you dont go to college, what jobs are open without a degree?
I don’t need to hear about how its SO GOOD to go to college, its just that im SO sick of school!
Best answer:
Answer by Katie C
well, I also was sooo sick of college. My parents were giving me a free ride and I fudged it up. Don’t do it. Just finish it. Of course you are tired of it. Going to classes and passing tests sucks. But, finishing, even with a general degree in something of interest to you will help you land the job you will eventually want.
But, if you decide to throw it away like I did… you can be a sales person, waitress, receptionist, factory worker, retail…
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May 10th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
MCDONALDS
May 10th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
There are jobs that you don’t need to have a degree for, but you are limiting yourself. You can work in fast food, retail, wait tables, receptionist, telemarketing. I’m sure there are many others.
May 10th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
All the professional jobs would be closed to you.
I don’t mean just doctor or lawyer. Almost every management
job and other jobs that pay very high salaries would be
out of your range. You would be kicking yourself everytime
you’d have to go to your low paying job. Maybe you are too young to understand, but give it a few years, you will in no doubt understand!!!
May 10th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
A credential that displays your ability that will qualify you for consideration for work that pays more than the minimum wage is truly necessary. OK, so you’re tired of school. Take a break…Flip burgers, or make burritos, of work for Bed Baths and Beyond for a while. A positive reference is a good thing to acquire. I went to an Industrial Arts school after I finished high school, and got a certification in mechanical drawing. It really did help. So, just use your good judgment, try to get a position at one of the fast food providers, be dependable, honest, and use the hiatus to determine where your interests really lie. These jobs pay decently, offer good benefits, opportunity for advancement, and will give you time to discover the direction you may want to pursue for future opportunity.
May 10th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
Most jobs are open to people (except academic roles like teachers and doctors etc), you just start at the bottom and it will take you 20 years worth of experience to get the same position as a person with the relevant degree.
My suggestion is if you dont want to go to a structured uni or college where you have to fit in with them, look at the OU.
You can do a degree in your own time and have a certain amount of free choice in the courses you choose to do towards a named degree or there is always the Open Degree (you need 300 points from courses with certain amounts from different levels but you have entirely free choice as to the course subjects, you can do philosophy and engineering and modern languages and computer science course all in one degree).
I am doing the Physical Science degree with them and Its not like school. I hated school because I had to think the same way as 30 other individuals and I just couldnt do it. Now I can think and do things how and when I want, I dont have to go to set lessons and have total freedom except for iCMA and eTMA and Exam dates.
It also works out about a third as expensive and if you earn less then £15k a year you get up to £1150 A YEAR to study.
Give it a go. Try a small level 1 course in anything that interests you. If you dont like it it doesnt matter and you can still keep your job. You arent signing up for 3+ years like anywhere else and it doesnt matter about any grades you have or dont have.
If you hate normal school structure like me try it. Its win win.
I cant praise it highly enough and I cannot understand why there arent more places that do this.
http://www.open.ac.uk
May 10th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Retail
May 10th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
I think you should at least go to an academy. It’s a short term and chances are you will have better opportunities with better pay. You should call and inform about this academies(cosmetology, para legal, police…etc.). This is what I would do if I hated school because as time passes, it will be harder to obtain a good job without education. Good Luck!
May 10th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
you could work pretty much anywhere in the local mall!