A Look At Some Out Of The Ordinary Jobs
hat do you want to be
when you grow up? Chances It's a research lab that develops
are if you ask that flavors that are then purchased
question in any third grade by soft drink manufacturers,
class, your answers will include baking companies, cereal
at least one fireman, one companies and many other food
policeman, one cowboy and an manufacturers. Earnings
assortment of other jobs that are prospects? In the neighborhood of
glamorized on television and $50,000 to $80,000 annually at
books. entry level.
But there are far more jobs than Perfusionist Since I brought it
those that make good reading and up - a perfusionist is a
television. Some of the most specialist in keeping the heart
interesting and unusual jobs are functioning with heart/lung
those that most third graders devices during, before and after
have never heard of - unless, of heart surgery, as well as in some
course, a relative happens to be circumstances when the heart is
a flavorist or a research chef. failing. It's one of those jobs
that offer many exciting moments
A flavorist will go through five - the perfusionist interviewed
years of intensive post- degree may work in the back of an
training, take a certification ambulance, in an operating
test and spend two more years as theater or even in a foreign
a junior flavorist before having country. There are only 21
a chance at one of the lucrative schools in the country that offer
jobs as a full-fledged flavorist the specialized training needed
for a major flavor house. What's to complete program requirements
a flavor house, you're wondering? for a perfusionist, and
altogether they graduate less
than 150 students a year. An that number may be higher or
entry level perfusionist can lower than registered members of
expect to earn $58,000 to $61,000 their professional organization.
a year, and one with ten years A usability engineer can expect
experience can earn $85,000 to to make in the neighborhood of
$100,000 a year. $75,000 to $100,000 annually.
Since the job is so new, there's
For a flavorist, that expertise no defined 'career path', but a
is in the blending of chemical computer related degree with a
components to create new flavors minor concentration in psychology
for use in the food industry. A is likely to help.
chemist must put in up to seven
extra years of training to be Other jobs may be in niche
able to designate themselves as a industries, such as museums or
flavorist, but at the end of that entertainment. Those might
time, they can expect to earn include jobs like clown and
well over $50,000 a year. historical interpreter. Both are
performers, but the aim of their
Usability Engineer How would you art is very different.
like a job that lets you shape
new software and web sites into Not all clowns are employed by
something that most users will circuses. There are many who
find enjoyable and easy to use? freelance, working for flower and
Usability engineer is one of the message delivery services and
jobs that has grown more hospitals where they entertain
important over the past several children. They may do corporate
decades. The U.S. Bureau of Labor events, children's birthday
Statistics lists about 3500 parties or carnivals and fairs.
people working as usability Their annual income is dependent
engineers in the country, but on how well they can market
themselves, who they work for, people consider when asked 'what
and whether or not they are do you want to be...?'
employed full time.
There are hundreds of others,
Those are only five of the ranging from personal concierge
roughly two dozen unusual jobs to dog walker to medical
highlighted in the Occupational aesthetician. If you're
Outlook Quarterly. In addition to interested in learning about
the column "You're a What?" the other unusual jobs, pay a visit
OOQ features articles of interest to the web site of the U.S.
to those entering or re-entering Bureau of Labor Statistics, and
the job market, and those that wander through their handbook of
work with them. occupations. You'll be surprised
at the new horizons you'll find
Those are only a few examples of listed.
non-traditional jobs that few
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Edwina Fits is the webmaster of FITS Jobs A wide collection of information for anyone looking for a job. Anything to do with jobs is available at your fingertips on this site. Visit: http://www.fitsjobs.com
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