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To ask what made up jobs you have come across?

110 replies

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 07:33

Mine are;

Resilience coach
Life coaches
Rewind therapy - potentially dangerous too
Health coach

I’m sure theres loads more

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Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:02

@A580Hojas

Influencer, influencer, influencer.

I'm also a bit Hmm about organiser/declutterer.

I quite fancy a declutter/organiser but then I think I’d be paying ££££ and irmt would become a chaotic mess very quicky!!
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Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:03

@Whatthebarnacles

Mumpreneur 🤢🙈
See Boss Babe
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gingerhills · 14/03/2022 19:03

I saw a sign outside an outdoor clothing shop in Ambleside with vacancies for Dedicated Brand Ambassadors. That would be minimum wage shop assistants, then. Hmm

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:03

Interior designer

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ineedsun · 14/03/2022 19:06

Health coaches are certified and employed by the NHS, seems odd to lump them in with some of the others.

By your definition I think private counselling is dodgy (having supported loads of people who have been paying through the nose for it and not moved on at all).

Pumpkinstace · 14/03/2022 19:08

Doula

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:09

@ineedsun

Health coaches are certified and employed by the NHS, seems odd to lump them in with some of the others.

By your definition I think private counselling is dodgy (having supported loads of people who have been paying through the nose for it and not moved on at all).

I don’t disagree regarding the counselling
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violetbunny · 14/03/2022 19:10

I once saw a job ad for an alpaca shearer, so I guess it is a real thing but it tickled me somehow Smile

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:10

@Pumpkinstace

Doula
Have to disagree, having used doulas myself, they are real and fab
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Porridgeislife · 14/03/2022 19:10

Companies that query service charges for you

Not a made up job. Potentially can save you thousands particularly if you are, say, a tenant in an office building and paying hundreds of thousands a year.

Interior designer

Not a made up job. Interior designers don’t just decorate homes, they also design interiors for office buildings and workplaces and are as important as the building architect in terms of the end user’s comfort and experience.

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:10

@ineedsun

Health coaches are certified and employed by the NHS, seems odd to lump them in with some of the others.

By your definition I think private counselling is dodgy (having supported loads of people who have been paying through the nose for it and not moved on at all).

There are independent health coaches….
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Gonnagetgoing · 14/03/2022 19:11

A few of these eg life and career coaches well I know one woman who has a very successful company doing career coaching (also life coaching).

I know someone else who does soul plan therapy, is a dhoula and also does dance teaching.

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:11

@Porridgeislife

Companies that query service charges for you

Not a made up job. Potentially can save you thousands particularly if you are, say, a tenant in an office building and paying hundreds of thousands a year.

Interior designer

Not a made up job. Interior designers don’t just decorate homes, they also design interiors for office buildings and workplaces and are as important as the building architect in terms of the end user’s comfort and experience.

I get interior designers for business, hotels etc but surely no one wants some else to choose the decor of their home
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stuntbubbles · 14/03/2022 19:13

Holistic business therapist

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:13

@Gonnagetgoing

A few of these eg life and career coaches well I know one woman who has a very successful company doing career coaching (also life coaching).

I know someone else who does soul plan therapy, is a dhoula and also does dance teaching.

Erm pulling other people in, by charging thousands to ‘train’ and ‘coach’ themHmm smacks mlm
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nervousseacreature · 14/03/2022 19:14

Content taster

stuntbubbles · 14/03/2022 19:14

I get interior designers for business, hotels etc but surely no one wants some else to choose the decor of their home
I would if I had the money! I’m in love with Susan Deliss, Meta Coleman and Beata Heuman – designers have access to trade-only fabrics and paints and can put it all together without making a pig’s ear of it like I have many times.

Porridgeislife · 14/03/2022 19:15

I get interior designers for business, hotels etc but surely no one wants some else to choose the decor of their home

Some people do. Perhaps they don’t have the confidence or time to make their own choices, but still want to live in a nice looking environment.

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:15

@Porridgeislife

I get interior designers for business, hotels etc but surely no one wants some else to choose the decor of their home

Some people do. Perhaps they don’t have the confidence or time to make their own choices, but still want to live in a nice looking environment.

I don’t get it
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McShowy · 14/03/2022 19:15

Chief Impact Officer aka CHIMPO

Thatsnotmygame · 14/03/2022 19:16

@stuntbubbles

I get interior designers for business, hotels etc but surely no one wants some else to choose the decor of their home I would if I had the money! I’m in love with Susan Deliss, Meta Coleman and Beata Heuman – designers have access to trade-only fabrics and paints and can put it all together without making a pig’s ear of it like I have many times.
I like the idea of exclusive fabrics, my bank account does not
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HAF1119 · 14/03/2022 19:17

I saw an advert for a sandwich artist.. that amused me

astorsback · 14/03/2022 19:18

Project Champion

Porridgeislife · 14/03/2022 19:20

I don’t get it

You don’t have to Smile
Doesn’t make it a made up job though.

Webshite · 14/03/2022 19:21

@A580Hojas

Influencer, influencer, influencer.

I'm also a bit Hmm about organiser/declutterer.

No I once lived next door to a hoarder 🤢. Declutterers of the extreme cleaning variety are very necessary.
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