Not all of us were born for a 9 to 5 life in the office.
Some folks see the light early and carve a career in ways that are not only beneficial
to the soul but handy on the bank balance too.
Some lucky devils are paid to stay in five star hotels, house sit mansions, or look after
exotic tropical islands.
Some of us are lucky enough to teach others how to drive fast cars or sit around inventing
or developing computer games.
Some people become rich and famous simply for being themselves.
Not all of the jobs we mention today are totally lucrative but you’ll be living the lifestyle
of the rich and famous and you won’t need an innate talent to do so.
So how do we land that ideal job?
Without further ado let’s take a look at the kind of occupations we should all be striving
for.
Today on the Infographics Show we take a look at the – Easiest and Most Lucrative Jobs
Regardless of Talent.
First on our list of easy and lucrative jobs is the enviable position of professional house
sitter.
It doesn’t come much easier than being paid to stay in a millionaire’s mansion on a
tropical island.
Professional international house-sitters borrow the homes of the rich and famous while the
owners are jetting around the world doing whatever it is the rich and famous do.
Although the pay isn’t colossal (at around $15,000 a year) house sitting for the rich
and famous makes for a great lifestyle and if you were to work remotely on the side.
It’s an ideal set-up.
Spend the fall in the Cotes d’Azur in a mansion skimming leaves from the swimming
pool, the winter in Saint Moritz skiing the slopes, and the summers in a Jamaican resort.
Professional house sitters have the luxury of traveling around the world while staying
in the plushest of accommodation and being paid for it.
But if staying in someone else’s home while traveling the world doesn’t appeal to you
why not become a high-end travel writer?
You get to stay at five-star accommodations around the globe in the finest rooms and be
pampered all day long.
The finest suite will be at your disposal and the chef will personally recommend the
very best dishes from the al la carte menu.
In return for a fair review on the hotel or resort published in a mainstream newspaper
or magazine you have the keys to the palace.
These five-star assignments are the gold standard of travel writing.
Both professional house sitters and high-end tourism writers will need to be void of any
dependents, carry no significant debts, be tolerant of other people’s lifestyles, and
feel at ease living out of a suitcase.
To maximize earnings while working in this space most are jacks of all trades doing a
little freelance writing, website design, journalism, travel-writing, and perhaps VDO
blogging.
But if both professional house sitter and top-end travel writer just don’t pay the
bills how about being an island caretaker?
In Australia the Queensland tourism board gave job seekers the chance to net $150,000
to live for six-months rent free on the Great Barrier Reef in 2009.
The search was for applicants who were comfortable to flit away the day paddling along white
sandy beaches and swimming with turtles in azure waters, before sitting under palm trees
and watching the sun lazily set on their tropical paradise.
Sounds perfect doesn’t it?
Well, it was.
The 2009 winner was required to keep a blog and photo diary in exchange for the $150,000
salary package that included flights both ways to the Tropical Island and comprehensive
travel insurance.
If there’s a more lucrative and easy way to make money we at the Infographics Show
would love to hear about it.
Some positions in life favor those who have acquired a certain skill-set through years
of goofing off in front of the television or computer screens.
While jobs reviewing movies and test-running new computer games might be fun, perhaps the
golden fleece of occupations for the committed gamer is that of an ROV operator.
ROV or Remote Operated Vehicles are controlled by a select number of personal often recruited
from the video gaming space.
These undersea vehicles are connected via an umbilical cord to a control panel where
agile operators, with skills honed through hundreds of hours playing computer games,
operate these vehicles to undertake repairs and general routine operations on oil rigs.
Deep undersea operations are the order of the day here.
Cables, drill pipes, and aquatic life forms need to be navigated - a bit like the undersea
level in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
While some might argue that the finger coordination required to acquire the skills to control
a remotely controlled vehicle in adverse undersea conditions is a rare and limited attribute,
playing countless video games from dusk till dawn is an enjoyable way to learn something.
For such a position you could earn up to $68k per year controlling these cool aquatic vehicles.
Then there are those wild card occupations that it seems difficult to qualify and access
but the rewards can be mega.
Movie stars, television presenters, pop musicians, reality TV stars, celebrity chefs etc.
Many of these occupations require little in the way of natural talent.
Some celebrities simply happen to be in the right place at the right time and see good
fortune pass their way and simply take it.
Being in the right place and knowing the right people is half the struggle when it comes
to bettering your job prospects.
So if you are looking to find the most lucrative and easiest jobs perhaps the best advice is
to befriend others who already have these kinds of jobs and simply wait for the right
opportunity to present itself.
Who knows?
You could become the next lazy millionaire too.
So what’s the easiest and most lucrative job you ever had?
What do you think are the best ways to make an easy dollar?
Let us know in the comments section below.
Also, be sure to watch our other video called Japan’s Population Problem.
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