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What are some jobs that doesn't require a college degree?
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Chirayu’s Answer
There are many jobs that don't require a college degree, and some of them can offer good salaries and career opportunities. Here are some examples - Construction workers typically work on building sites and help with various tasks, such as digging, painting, and lifting heavy materials. Electricians install and repair electrical systems in buildings, homes, and factories. Real estate agents help people buy and sell properties, and typically earn a commission on each sale.
Landscapers and groundskeepers maintain outdoor spaces, such as parks, golf courses, and residential properties.
Administrative assistants provide support to executives and managers, such as scheduling meetings, preparing reports, and handling correspondence. Sales representatives sell products or services to customers, and often work on commission. Personal care aides help people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or cognitive impairments with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming. These are just a few examples of jobs that don't require a college degree. Keep in mind that some jobs may require additional certifications or training programs. It's always a good idea to research the specific requirements of a job and ensure it aligns with your interests and goals.
Landscapers and groundskeepers maintain outdoor spaces, such as parks, golf courses, and residential properties.
Administrative assistants provide support to executives and managers, such as scheduling meetings, preparing reports, and handling correspondence. Sales representatives sell products or services to customers, and often work on commission. Personal care aides help people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or cognitive impairments with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming. These are just a few examples of jobs that don't require a college degree. Keep in mind that some jobs may require additional certifications or training programs. It's always a good idea to research the specific requirements of a job and ensure it aligns with your interests and goals.
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Brian’s Answer
Hi, Yili. The military was a great stepping stone for me. I spent four years in the USAF thinking I would go to college after an honorable discharge. But then I spent the next two years after the military doing volunteer work. It was six years before I enrolled full time in university classes. There's no rule that college is the answer for everyone; however, you might change your mind about pursuing a college degree after exploring a job or two after high school. If you do, you will likely be a better, more dedicated and focussed student. Think of finding your profession as a journey. While it's wonderful to figure out what you want to do and what you want to be immediately, there is nothing wrong with exploring your options. It usually takes time. Sometimes it takes a lot of time. Again, enjoy the journey. Really, nothing is a waste of time if it leads you to something that makes you happy and fulfilled.
Thank you for taking the time to help.
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Adrian’s Answer
Hi Yili,
There are actually many jobs that do not necessarily require a college degree. I will say this, confidence and knowledge go a very long way in a profession. If you have the ability to bring something new to the table that previous employees cannot, you have an advantage in that aspect. The military can be a great stepping stool to open up jobs that you would normally need work experience for. Just about an skill can be learn nowadays through Youtube or even some colleges offer IT courses. I hope this helps.
There are actually many jobs that do not necessarily require a college degree. I will say this, confidence and knowledge go a very long way in a profession. If you have the ability to bring something new to the table that previous employees cannot, you have an advantage in that aspect. The military can be a great stepping stool to open up jobs that you would normally need work experience for. Just about an skill can be learn nowadays through Youtube or even some colleges offer IT courses. I hope this helps.
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Anna Lyn’s Answer
Hi Yili, in addition to what other responders mentioned above, I suggest check out your city for job training, vocational training, and other resources they offer related to employment. Go to your community library and talk to the librarian who knows more about opportunities offered by your city that are free of charge.
Before I entered college, I considered a private IT school because it was a big thing then because the tech world was just starting to flourish in the late 90’s. Unfortunately, due to a health issue at that time, I couldn’t tolerate the computer screen for more than 2 hours so that was the end of it. I also considered applying for the PEACE Corps or the Military. I don’t remember how I ended up in college ‘:-) but it worked out for me.
If you’re tired of the IT world and you’re more a people person, check out Peace Corps if you’d like to travel and help people in need. When I say travel, I didn’t mean tourist spots of a country or a state (U.S) it’s where you’re needed accompanied by your team. Search Peace corps and read about them etc…
Best of luck!
Before I entered college, I considered a private IT school because it was a big thing then because the tech world was just starting to flourish in the late 90’s. Unfortunately, due to a health issue at that time, I couldn’t tolerate the computer screen for more than 2 hours so that was the end of it. I also considered applying for the PEACE Corps or the Military. I don’t remember how I ended up in college ‘:-) but it worked out for me.
If you’re tired of the IT world and you’re more a people person, check out Peace Corps if you’d like to travel and help people in need. When I say travel, I didn’t mean tourist spots of a country or a state (U.S) it’s where you’re needed accompanied by your team. Search Peace corps and read about them etc…
Best of luck!
Thanks for the advice.
Yili
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Ruby’s Answer
Contrary to popular believe, most jobs font require a degree until you reav a certain career level. Most job allow for internships (including Verizon) and much more.
Check into company profiles that spear head your interest and see what they have to offer for entry level options.
Good luck!
Check into company profiles that spear head your interest and see what they have to offer for entry level options.
Good luck!
Thank you so much!
Yili
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Mindy’s Answer
There are actually a lot of jobs out there, for instance, construction. Retail stores, home health aides, etc. It's all going to depend on what you are looking for and willing to do. But truth be told, you will get a lot further with an education. That's the best tool you can have.
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Michael’s Answer
There is an old saying "Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life" (meaning of course that you will be satisfied, prosperous and recognized for your efforts).
What drives your passion now? Working with your hands? (Trades & Technology), working with Computers?, the Service Industry? (Chef School for an example), if you don't know, don't worry, most people make complete career changes 2 to 5 times in their lifetime.
Tune in on what make you tick and then ask someone from that vocation to have you over to see what is actually the profession and its requirements. Don't be afraid to ask...People want good, honest hard working work mates and eventual replacements!,
Make it happen !
What drives your passion now? Working with your hands? (Trades & Technology), working with Computers?, the Service Industry? (Chef School for an example), if you don't know, don't worry, most people make complete career changes 2 to 5 times in their lifetime.
Tune in on what make you tick and then ask someone from that vocation to have you over to see what is actually the profession and its requirements. Don't be afraid to ask...People want good, honest hard working work mates and eventual replacements!,
Make it happen !
Thank you so much for the advice.
Yili
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david’s Answer
The good news is that there are many jobs that don't require a college degree, however, there are employers who may require one anyway. For example, computer programming doesn't require a degree, yet one is almost universally required. On to other areas, there are many professional trades, such as electrician, plumber, mechanic that are well-paid professions without college -- although they each do have their own training requirements. Truckers also earn a good income, but you would need a commercial driver's license. Sales, retail, and food services are excellent opportunities for those fresh out of HS, as there is a long career path with no special skill requirements. Focus on a work environment that you like, and success will follow. All the best to you.
Thank you so much!
Yili
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Abdoulie’s Answer
There are a lot of IT jobs paying 60k a year that don’t require degree. But what it does require is some sort of certification.
So you can go and take the comptia a+ test pass it and get a decent entry level job paying 40-50k a year(since you are in cali it might be higher) and work like a year or two and get some experience on your resume and you could move up to 70k+ a year.
Or you could go for the comptia security + or network + and add that to your comptia a+ there are many people who with these have gotten 80k- 6 figure tech jobs.
My advise is. Get the comptia A+
Once you get that start looking for jobs or apprentice jobs. Get some experience under your belt and either whiles you are looking for a job or currently working at one start learning and preparing to take the security+ or network+ or both, the more the better and by then you got experience and the actual qualifications needed to go for a higher paying job.
But remember you gotta start from the ground up. So must start from the comptia A+ first and move up from there.
There are countless udemy courses for like $20 that will give u a more than detailed and great course on everything you will need to know for the comptia.
There is this guy named Jason dion on udemy he has some extremely great courses straight to the point that will prepare you for the comptia.
https://www.udemy.com/user/jason-dion/
You can either go to his udemy or his actual website but his courses there are a lot more expensive but totally worth the price since you get hands on learning and mini work stations that you can actually use to learn what he is teaching through factual experience. So if you are a newbie to tech I highly recommend it but the udemy courses will more than suffice too if you don’t feel like paying $200 for the course.
I myself went to a school called kable academy and they more than prepared me and even have the option where you don’t pay a dime until you land yourself a job paying $45k a year minimum.
And there are many other classes and courses like these that you can take. But moral of all this is, in the tech world you don’t really need a degree to get a more than decent paying job.
And also WGU offers degrees where u don’t have to go do the whole 4 year college or spend like $100k.
You can get your degree in under 8 months and from home working on your own schedule. But I’d only take this after you’ve gained all the experience and have gotten at least your comptia security+ certification because the WGU courses are made and designed for people who already have knowledge of the field and really all that’s left for them to accomplish is get a diploma/degree stating that they do.
And little tip. If you do take this advise whiles you are learning and studying for anything tech related use chatgpt. It can really help you learn concepts really easy. Also used phind. It’s a AI based search engine so it can really help you with research and getting great answers for questions you have.
And don’t use it to cheat. dont be that one kid who copied off the smart kids homework but is still dumb.
If you are going to use the bot to cheat, do it in a way where you yourself are learning from it.
If the question is “whats 2+2” don’t just look up the answer.
Look up what is 2 and what is “+” and if u have some sort of intelligence and laid attention in class u should be able to come up with what the answer is.
This is a lot better than actually cheating cause instead it’s almost no different from just having the teacher reteach how to do the equation.
Best of luck to you and remember to always study notes, learn everything as early as possible don’t be the guy who wants to wait a year after high school so they can party and have fun before they get their life set, stay away from people who aren’t with the same goal in mind as you, if u want to be successful asap and they want to party and whatnot stay away from them and get a new group of people and be a nice positive and eager to learn person.
Helps you to be a likable person and get connections with great people which can save you a lot of wasted time and effort and can even land you really great opportunities.
So you can go and take the comptia a+ test pass it and get a decent entry level job paying 40-50k a year(since you are in cali it might be higher) and work like a year or two and get some experience on your resume and you could move up to 70k+ a year.
Or you could go for the comptia security + or network + and add that to your comptia a+ there are many people who with these have gotten 80k- 6 figure tech jobs.
My advise is. Get the comptia A+
Once you get that start looking for jobs or apprentice jobs. Get some experience under your belt and either whiles you are looking for a job or currently working at one start learning and preparing to take the security+ or network+ or both, the more the better and by then you got experience and the actual qualifications needed to go for a higher paying job.
But remember you gotta start from the ground up. So must start from the comptia A+ first and move up from there.
There are countless udemy courses for like $20 that will give u a more than detailed and great course on everything you will need to know for the comptia.
There is this guy named Jason dion on udemy he has some extremely great courses straight to the point that will prepare you for the comptia.
https://www.udemy.com/user/jason-dion/
You can either go to his udemy or his actual website but his courses there are a lot more expensive but totally worth the price since you get hands on learning and mini work stations that you can actually use to learn what he is teaching through factual experience. So if you are a newbie to tech I highly recommend it but the udemy courses will more than suffice too if you don’t feel like paying $200 for the course.
I myself went to a school called kable academy and they more than prepared me and even have the option where you don’t pay a dime until you land yourself a job paying $45k a year minimum.
And there are many other classes and courses like these that you can take. But moral of all this is, in the tech world you don’t really need a degree to get a more than decent paying job.
And also WGU offers degrees where u don’t have to go do the whole 4 year college or spend like $100k.
You can get your degree in under 8 months and from home working on your own schedule. But I’d only take this after you’ve gained all the experience and have gotten at least your comptia security+ certification because the WGU courses are made and designed for people who already have knowledge of the field and really all that’s left for them to accomplish is get a diploma/degree stating that they do.
And little tip. If you do take this advise whiles you are learning and studying for anything tech related use chatgpt. It can really help you learn concepts really easy. Also used phind. It’s a AI based search engine so it can really help you with research and getting great answers for questions you have.
And don’t use it to cheat. dont be that one kid who copied off the smart kids homework but is still dumb.
If you are going to use the bot to cheat, do it in a way where you yourself are learning from it.
If the question is “whats 2+2” don’t just look up the answer.
Look up what is 2 and what is “+” and if u have some sort of intelligence and laid attention in class u should be able to come up with what the answer is.
This is a lot better than actually cheating cause instead it’s almost no different from just having the teacher reteach how to do the equation.
Best of luck to you and remember to always study notes, learn everything as early as possible don’t be the guy who wants to wait a year after high school so they can party and have fun before they get their life set, stay away from people who aren’t with the same goal in mind as you, if u want to be successful asap and they want to party and whatnot stay away from them and get a new group of people and be a nice positive and eager to learn person.
Helps you to be a likable person and get connections with great people which can save you a lot of wasted time and effort and can even land you really great opportunities.
Thank you for the advice.
Yili
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Abdoulie’s Answer
Real estate.
All you take is a course and get license. I advise hondorus college
All you take is a course and get license. I advise hondorus college
Thank you!
Yili
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Ocwee’s Answer
plumber, electrician ,flight attendant, carpenter,truck driver,operator investigator,etc