I'm going to graduate a year early (hopefully),but I don't want to go to college. What is a good paying long term job that I could get, that would eventually allow me to buy a house and have a family and allow me to be financially stable.
2007-12-16 06:26:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Salesman.
2007-12-16 06:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't really think of many. There used to be lots but they are slowly getting phased out, or they are upping the requirements to include a degree. Most good jobs want you to have some college at least, and I expect as time goes on that will be more and more common. If they don't require college, they usually require some kind of schooling or license anyway (ie electrician, etc) and are lot harder to do than something like an office job.
Also, long term, even if you found a good job, you would never get the same amount of promotions and raises over your lifetime as a similar employee who had a college degree. Most employers tend to view you as more qualified if you have more education.
I recommend going to college now, because once you are settled down with family, kids and house payment you probably wouldn't have time or money to start college. You can start with part time college or go to community college if you need to support yourself once you graduate high school, but you should definitely try to get a degree.
2007-12-16 09:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by .x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your chances of financial success increases with the more education you have. People in sales can make a lot of money, but the top paying jobs require a post high school education.
You are so young!! Why don't you want to go to college? I didn't go to college straight out of high school, but I wish I
had. You have time to become a lawyer, doctor, dentist, pharmacist...the list goes on. Trust me, you have many years to work. Why not go to school for the job that can make great money? Even if you don't want to become a professional, have you considered work in health care? There is always going to be the need for nurses and other health care technicians.
I ended up getting a job at the post office as a letter carrier. I just recently quit after working there for five years. My body told me not to carry that mail on my back anymore. There is no way I could do that job for 28 more years!! I am going to school to get into health care.
2007-12-16 06:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jeff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skilled trades like electrician, plumber, shipwright, dock master. Longshoreman on the west coast but very hard to get into it. Years of part time to finally make the stable employment. Expect to work at it about 10 years before you are at the top.
Avoiding college will put you outdoors to make any money. Retail, beauty shop, fast food, receptionist can be done without college but not support a family.
Commissioned sales, waiting tables in a high end restaurant might make a living.
You won't find any good jobs in offices or medicine without college.
2007-12-16 06:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by shipwreck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't want to go to college? Why? I can't think of anything that has good pay but requires no college education. You don't want to go to college because you hate school or because you can't afford it or what? I don't think it's because you are not smart because you are finishing high school a year early. So it means you are a smart person. If I were you I'd go to college. If you don't have the money then there are ways that can help you. You can apply for scholarship, you can apply for financial aid, you can apply for college loan, AND you can get a part-time job. It is not too late for you to change your mind.
2007-12-16 10:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Caitlyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was such a thing nobody would go to college. You could probably work your way up without college but you would have to put up with not so good pay for a number of years....there is no way in hell you will get a good paying and steady job straight out of high school.
A small number of people get lucky without further study but you really shouldn't get your hopes up, this is very rare. I think you should still consider college...it is a good experience if you study something that you are interested in.
2007-12-16 06:32:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get right of entry to point severe paying jobs for human beings without college and no journey do exist, yet you should additionally contemplate no count in case you would be happy doing them. lots of those jobs are very exertions-in intensity or operational in nature, and for this reason pay properly as a results of fact few human beings % to do them. a lot of human beings interior the optimal paying jobs without degree are self-employed, government workers, or union workers. however the final paying jobs basic will require some sort of training or journey in a particular commerce.
2016-12-11 06:42:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what your talents are, you could be an artist, musician, photographer, but you need to make it big. Alternatively and more stably you could get an office job ect and work your way up, or you could go into voluntary work, obviously this wouldnt pay but would be a good experience.
2007-12-16 06:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
estate agent or some insurance jobs pay high commission and often you do not have to have qualifications to get them!
2007-12-16 06:30:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋