I don’t have a degree but I’m good at lying on my resume, it was how I was able to get a job that I maintained for a year. I hate working as does everyone but I’m more vocal about hating it and often get myself into trouble. I don’t have college credits or degrees or any certifications or training. I’m autistic too so most the jobs I’ve had have been extremely uncomfortable. Ideally I would like to work with flowers even though I have no experience I really like them and think it’s quiet but I think these are few and far between. My unemployment runs out soon so I really need to find work but I just don’t know what to do.

No qualifications, no drivers license, no college degree, nothing just a loser NEET

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Ideally I would like to work with flowers even though I have no experience I really like them and think it’s quiet but I think these are few and far between.

It’s usually seasonal work and the pay is probably bad, but look into horticulture roles with your local/regional parks departments. It’s the only job I’ve had where I’ve gone home feeling like I did something good every day. I plant flowers for the benefit of people who will never pay me, the public constantly compliments that work, and the moment I get off work to walk my dog I’m my own customer. Everyone there was motivated by values like environmental stewardship and community so it’s a super supportive workplace that’s more conscious of labour/discrimination laws. In terms of training/degrees, most of my coworkers have no formal horticulture background and the department pays for their training.

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dang that sounds great.

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It’s like 80% of the job I’d want under communism, and the idealised form is just more of what makes it good. I get to drive around in an old truck doing eco-Marxism.

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If you don’t have transportation and public transit is not available… maybe some “call center from home” type work?

Got a job at a the post office and have had to call IT Help and pretty sure that, in every call, I’ve heard background noises that were house noises.

I personally LOVED receiving pallets of stuff when I worked at a grocery store. Super satisfying to tear down a mountain of boxes and making everything go to their places.

Not sure its a common job, but I stumbled into a “work in a university’s archeological collections department taking pictures of random samplings of whatever random things were in boxes held in storage from decades ago”. Everybody hated doing the camera work because it was tedious and meticulous but kinda loved it.

Outside of me telling bosses, “if you put the tools in front of me with instructions on what to do with them and some way to talk to you when there’s problems I cannot solve on my own, you’ll probably never have a problem with me”, none of my previous job experiences were applicable and I went in with no special training or certifications relevant to the position.

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I’ve had a lot of fun as a tour guide and you’d be surprised how NT-friendly the job can be. You need to be able to become comfortable talking to a large group of people, but on the plus side normal social conventions do not apply.
People are there to hear you yap about something you know about. You can’t really commit a faux pas, there’s a clear framework for the conversation, what topic it is, what relation you have to the people on the trip, what is expected of you, how long it is expected you do it and so on. I can recommend it.

Working in demolition was also a lot of fun, though you need to be able to take care of yourself (wear PPE even though you’re told it’s gay or some stupid shit like that.) It’s also not something I’d recommend you do for more than 6 months, it wears out it’s welcome or it wears out you.

Stay out of kitchens if you can.

I’ve done a lot of rigging - setting up stages and the like. It’s been nice work and easy to work your way up.

Working with kids was very chill. Can recommend. Protip to interacting with children: Treat them like your drunk friends. The behaviour is more or less similar.

Depending where you are you can get training as a sailor or a truck driver and be paid for it.

There might be greenhouses near you that sell plants. They typically give out courses as well and they might be looking for hires too.
I guess check if you live near a botanical garden too

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You can inquire about jobs at local flower shops if you want

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Yeah I might try this thank you

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Your local grocery store if they have a flower department too!

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landscaping work can pay decent, keep you fit, little human interaction and working with plants

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many of the bosses really suck though. gotta find a cool one.

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