What job can a stupid, unqualified person do?

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Ideally for a little more minimum wage?
Obviously I’m not expecting a high rate of pay as I’m not qualified in anything, and I’m not very bright or interesting. I do try and be conscientious but that’s about all I’ve got going for me.
Im 40 as well so I will be out of place in places that have younger people who are perhaps doing their a-levels.

Any ideas? I’ll take basically anything.

Have you got basic IT skills?
Some call centres pay above minimum wage and tend to be frequently hiring.

Please don't describe yourself as not very bright. Tell yourself about your good points, you are probably loyal and hardworking etc. What sort of things would you like to do? There will be a lot of seasonal jobs coming up soon if you wanted to temp for a while to gain some confidence.

Oh, and don't describe yourself as stupid! I bet you're not at all, please be kinder to yourself! ❤

shop assistant, hospitality, cleaning, catering, receptionist, porter? What transferable skills do you have? What have you done before?

Driver? There is a shortage.

If you've got the ability to lie straight in the face of others and have zero emotional intelligence, you could go far as a politician.

look into getting some online qualifications?

Don't do yourself a disservice... you also don't need always formal qualifications to be 'good' at something.

What do you like/enjoy most importantly? What skills do you have that might be transferable? Do you like people (or not??!!) The obvious would be things supermarket work/bar or hospitality (not that there is anything wrong with these jobs at all but they generally don't require qualifications or experience)- do you live in a city or rural?

Can you use a computer? Entry level admin maybe?

There are also lots of free online courses available in tonnes of different things...

You don't speak very kindly about yourself so maybe it's more confidence than ability? - I bet you're more capable than you think...

I bet you arent stupid at all. Have you thought about retraining? Or maybe doing something like joining Border Force or some other kind of operational frontline organisation.

Can you drive? Are you willing to train? You don't come across as particularly stupid based on your spelling and grammar. How about support work?

You may be unqualified but I’m sure you’re not stupid OP.

What about entry level retail and look to move up to supervisor eventually. Aldi and Lidl pay more than min wage.

Royal Mail has seasonal work

https://jobs.royalmailgroup.com/go/Christmas-Recruitment/4479401/

As PPs say, there will be seasonal work with other businesses. The value for this is that it gives recent workplace experience to talk about in other applications.

Care is desperate for people. As you're conscientious, there may definitely be openings for you if you can do this work.

https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Careers-in-care/Getting-started/Getting-Started.aspx

General skill assessment profile here https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/skills-assessment

Pest control
Painter decorator
General gardening (mowing etc)
Delivery driver
Care staff

"Stupid" is very vague and circumstantial definition. I have my degrees but there are many jobs I would be absolutely useless at. Look at your strong skills - are you generally good with people (call centre, shop floor assistant, maybe teaching assistant - you can apply to train on the job) or you are good with numbers (data entry, claims processing), do you have a driving license (delivery courier for likes of deliveroo or maybe amazon or grocery deliveries like Tesco), do you have some hobbies you are good enough at to progress it to career (gardener, decorator).

Become a M.P.?

OP, you sound like you have a confidence problem (or are depressed?). I’m sure you are interesting and not stupid. You don’t sound in the slightest bit unintelligent in terms of your vocabulary, spelling or grammar. Try not to put yourself down like that, it’s not good for you and this sort of attitude will limit your employment prospects more than your lack of qualifications in my opinion.

What about being a medical receptionist or secretary? I’m a GP and turning up for work reliably, conscientiousness, basic intelligence (which you clearly have, whatever you say) and some common sense goes a heck of a long way in those roles. I’m so grateful for a decent receptionist or secretary! It’s not a lot more than minimum wage but there are often opportunities for career progression without formal qualifications, and there are lots of people older than you working in these roles (as well as some younger). In fact I would go as far as to say that middle aged women (it’s almost 100 percent female dominated for some reason) probably have the edge over young women in terms of preference for hiring in this role. I don’t know why but middle aged receptionists usually seem so much more capable than the younger ones on average. I have worked in places where the practice manager started out as a receptionist for example, once worked somewhere when they even ended up being a formal business partner (that’s unusual but shows the possibilities for someone really good at their job).

A healthcare assistant or phlebotomist (taking bloods) are other possibilities I can think of. I’ve always thought a phlebotomy job is pretty well paid for what it is. Healthcare assistant maybe less well paid than it ideally should be (like carers too which might be another thing to look into) but often people get a lot of job satisfaction from it.

Sorry I’m struggling to think of stuff outside of the world of healthcare but I guess that’s what I know. I’m sure others will have other suggestions.

Civil Servant!!!! Come on down.

Speaking as someone recently retired from the MoJ, the OP could go straight in as an HEO and be an improvement.

@Manadou tell me about it. Some terminal idiots at grade 7 in my place. But seriously no knowledge or experience required, they don’t even ask you if you can do the job at any point during the hiring process.

What about being a medical receptionist or secretary? I’m a GP and turning up for work reliably, conscientiousness, basic intelligence (which you clearly have, whatever you say) and some common sense goes a heck of a long way in those roles. I’m so grateful for a decent receptionist or secretary! It’s not a lot more than minimum wage but there are often opportunities for career progression without formal qualifications, and there are lots of people older than you working in these roles (as well as some younger).

Agreed. The upcoming training so that the receptionist role is more properly recognised as a 'care navigator' role will play an important part in the revised primary care strategy.

Come and join my team!! The amount of people we take on with masters degrees, qualifications coming out of their ears etc but are absolutely useless is staggering. You sound intelligent, willing to work and not fussy about what you end up doing. If you get the right attitude you'll be fine op. But please don't call yourself stupid. Confidence goes a long way and besides that, you wouldn't speak about a friend like that so don't do it to yourself.

Oh OP I’m so sorry to hear you feel this way. Hugs. I’m sure you’re not stupid and not interesting! Think about the things your friends and family value about you, think what you’d tell yourself if you were your own best friend. Be your own best friend if you can, I know it’s hard if the word hasn’t always been kind to you.

For jobs, is there anything you like and take an interest in? Try to find something you’d enjoy doing at least a little!
if you like shopping, maybe retail jobs? If you’re social and like fast paced, maybe waitressing? If you like kids, how about nursery assistant or child minder? If you like nature, can you look into jobs in agriculture? If you don’t mind monotonous work, there’s factory work and similar.
Keep trying and believe in yourself and remember little steps in the right directing is all you need, it may take a long time, but if you keep waking in the right direction, you’ll get there!

Ah come on, you might not be qualified but I'm sure you are far from stupid.

I think it would help know what you like/dislike finding interesting/boring etc.
What things do you do that energise you as opposed to drain you?

Do you prefer people or things?
Multi tasking or one thing at a time?
Talking or doing?
Indoors or outdoors?
Teamwork or left to your own devices?
Any leanings towards young people, elderly people, animals, special interests?
Are you practical or creative?

Well you can write clearly and articulately which not everyone can. I'm sure that there's lots of things you'd be great at.

Go on to indeed and type in your postcode.

Have a look at what jobs are available in your area and what skills/experience you need.

I don’t believe you’ve got to 40 without learning any skills, so make sure you add these to the application even if it’s from raising kids and not paid work.

Employers want life skills and not just work skills.

If you’re desperate for a job then I would apply for anything that you wouldn’t mind doing.
Once you’re in the job and you’ve built some confidence up, then you can start thinking about other jobs you may want to work towards in the future.

If you don’t mind telling us a bit about yourself, we could have you create a cv or potential jobs you can do.