What are alternatives for careers or jobs for college dropouts?

Answer 1

These days, mostly clerical or those involving a skilled trade, such as plumbers, electricians, etc.

Answer 2

First off, you are 20 with a college education do not complain about $8 an hour in this economy. Second, go to your community college or tech schools near you, they all have advisers to help you. Lastly, no the military does not sound right for you. If you are at home doing nothing all the time, you will not make it through basic training. If you manage to make it through, you will be unhappy because you are owned by the military. If you think your mom is annoying you, think about your NCOs and First Shirt coming down on you, giving you additional duties because you are slacking on your job. The military is a duty, not an out/escape. Please, speaking as AD Air Force, do not join, go to school

Answer 3

This question depends on your work ethics. If you're a hard worker, I highly recommend waiting tables. If you are good you can move up to management and that will take you many places. I reccommend going into a field in which elderly people are in, that is going to be the future and you will always have job security (a nursing home, senior center, etc...). You can be a caregiver, receptionist, etc... anything to get experience.

Answer 4

Well there's trade skills and such (i.e. carpentry, auto mechanic type things)to learn an outside skill in a shorter amount of time than it takes to go to college.

Or if you have the know how you can set up your own business.

There's also the world of retail and manufacturing. (not recommended)

Chef school also comes to mind but I don't know what all for schooling and such is involved for that.

Answer 5

any non technical jobs are possibilities like sales, janitorial/housekeeping, yard maintenance, pool cleaning, or some trainee jobs not requiring degrees. If those do not appeal to you, you may want vocational courses like hair cutting, auto repair etc. Also consider running your own business. If you dropped out because you are the lazy type, then pan handling might have some appeal, or clinging to parents for handouts. Others like being on welfare.. take your pick.

Answer 6

Try government work. Seriously. Any Department of Parks and Recreation for cities or counties. Maintenance work is easy, and you can get promoted. If you like it well enough, it's a decent job that brings you outside on nice days, inside on the bad ones.

Answer 7

What's your passion?

Find apprenticeships -- internships -- (some you might have to work part time to make any money while you are learning skills). Read Po Broson's "What Should I Do With My Life?"

Answer 8

First, I highly recommend that you read the book "What Color is Your Parachute?" by Richard Bolles. It is a highly informative book that'll help you make the eight career choices in any given circumstance. It is available at any library and in any national chain bookstore.

Good luck.

Answer 9

I suggest that you consider creating your own business. Do what you love and see what you can add to it to create residual income. For me it was network marketing . I like referral marketing. When I find something great I like to let others know.
So, here's the deal.
Low start up to have a six figure income.
Help the planet and the rainforest.
Eat herbal food.
Make LOT's of $$$$$$$
No door to door sales. No deliveries. No filling your garage with stuff to sell.
Easy, painless, and Fantastic!

I barely graduated high school. I became a massage therapist until I blew out my neck and shoulder giving one too many massages. I have finally learned to work smart not hard. If I can so can YOU!

Answer 10

food service....
check your local government website or usajobs.com and see what prerequisites there are for a person of your qualifications. Never can go wrong with civil service, hell the post office is good too, federal job with federal benefits.
Overall civil service anything.