To ask what jobs there are for unskilled that aren't retail or hospitality

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Just that really, school leaver this year but I'm trying to think of a job unskilled that doesn't involve dealing with customers as I'm really anxious as I have poor social skills.

I don't know what I want to do at college yet but I am looking into that but want to earn in the meantime.
Any ideas please, I don't want voluntary work as I need an income.

You shouldn’t have an issue applying for dental nurse roles - the whole country is crying out for dental nurses, trained or not! Easy to get into at the moment, train on job (apprenticeship route) or work while enrolled on a course elsewhere (usually paid for by the dental practice) with exams at the end of maybe 12-18 months after starting.

Is dealing with customer queries say in plumbing or electrical work something you could cope with? And then you get on with fixing the problem on your own/in your team. Because the trades are crying out for women to join because a lot of female customers feel more comfortable with female tradies. And it's damn good money if you're good at your job.

Why are people saying care is unskilled. It really is a skilled job it is not as easy as people think and you have to have tons of training and have to gain your care certificate by law in 12 weeks. Only certain people will be good at care.

It pays more than customer service too. Can learn some trade on the job.

Cleaning, carer, driver, admin assistant

Cook, call centre, door to door sales

There a few options. You could try for an apprenticeship through local council/nhs or private sector. The positive thing about that is you would be trained which may support your confidence/social skills.

Factory work - Amazon etc.

Admin role that's not customer service

Cleaning

I'd advise going on indeed looking at all jobs in your area then narrow it down to a few areas you will consider.

i haven’t read the thread and might not work for you, but - my niece was very anxious at 18 but went and worked in Mc Donalds for a few months. She was totally out of her comfort zone as there was so much face to face contact particularly on the tills. However, it made her so much more confident, she really blossomed. Good luck in your job search x

Manufacturing. You don't get much chance to speak on the production line in certain areas.

My son has just started a cleaning job in my school. He’s in yr13, neorodiverse so doesn’t want a job involving people. He loves it.
He arrives after school, cleans for an hour and a half, listening to podcasts or music, then goes home. He’s not bothered by cleaning toilets and no-one bothers him. As it’s a school job, the crap about minimum wage under 18 doesn’t apply so he earns twice what he got in the local pub.
You could look for similar, but with longer hours. The schools would just need a DBS check and references spanning 5 years (that’s what he needed, form tutor from school was fine). That would give you a chance to decide what you want to do next.

PGL are looking for staff if you have a centre nearby. If you’re anxious about the social side, it can be easier to develop confidence working with small groups of primary children. Pgl provide training. Good luck with your search - there’s definitely something out there for you! www.pgl.co.uk/en-gb/about-us/jobs-at-pgl

If you like task based work and like to work away from people how about looking at things like farm work, gardening, building maintenance etc..

Lots of large organisations will want people to work in facilities management - so doing fixing jobs around offices or hotels. You can learn practical skills, get a sense of achivement from completed tasks and you won't need to interact much with people. These jobs aren't unskilled but there are often post 16 apprenticeships on offer for these types of roles.

Again, not an unskilled job at all but you can get training and there are plenty of vacancies - how about being a train driver? Well paid, good career and you don't need a lot of public interaction, especially on the lines that have guards.

Wish we had ‘likes’ for posts. I’d 👍🏻 MacDonalds and school cleaning jobs

Thanks everyone for so many good ideas to think about.

Become a driver

Much better pay than average !
Lorry driver
Train driver
Pay the best! £36-60k and oension for train driver

Don't need to live in London
Can be self employed Lorri driver

License course isn't alot .
Go for it

You should see the careers advisor at school, they know about all the local apprenticeship vacancies as well as what courses there are locally.
My DD's school advisor used to send them out weekly to the students and also any jobs fairs or information events.

Join the Army.

My son whose 18 being quiet/social anxiety tried a customer facing job for a couple of months and ha
ted it.He now works picking goods and you can see he's developing in confidence and though he finds it a bit dull he mixes well now with co-workers and its really busy so no pressure about having a quiet personality.
It's not a career ,he's very techy, but we're just relieved after months out of work he has found a good job he gets motivation to get up in the morning.

Driving jobs aren't for 16 year olds

My first job was in a boarding kennels, walking and cleaning out the dogs. I loved it so much I didn't want to leave when I finished school 😊

@yourjustnotfunny That is a good call - picking for online deliveries is decent work and you don't have to interact with the public. The only downside is it can be antic social hours. A friend's husband is doing it at the moment for a major Supermarket whilst he looks for a new job following redundancy. His shifts can sometimes start at 4am.

Again, not suitable for a 16yo and ideally need some confidence and ability to speak to others!

Courier driver. Amazon Flex take anyone with a car

I have family working in the construction space. Some roles are suitable for shy people. Like bricklayer. A good project manager can distribute work well and assign an apprentice to someone experienced they can learn from.

Bricklayer? Doesn’t he speak to the labourers, foreman, fork truck drivers, site labourers, scaffolders, joiners, roofers?

Our business is in this field.