Recession Proof Jobs.

[guest37336]

I know the recession has affected some more than others, but had an interesting chat with a friend of a friend the other day whilst having a coffee in the town.

He was a recruitment consultant but is now a self employed cleaner. We had a good old chin wag and he was explaining to me the why's and wherefore's of what he 'thought' were the jobs that 'may' be a little more recession proof than some others.

His list went like this:



Household cleaners, (self employed)

Dog walkers.

Leaflet distribution.

Personal trainers.

House sitting for pets.




Strange old list, and I fully admit that the majority of these jobs may never make the money some expect, but you never know, it could be worth giving it a go if your stuck for something.

I have done the leaflet distribution, and in all honesty not a lot of money, somewhere like £70-£200 pound a week, (bloody hard work though) all weathers and thankless, but helped at the time, and kept me fit,.

But funnily enough all of them (exception of one, personal trainer) relate to the fact the vast majority of them require no 'specific' qualifications, learn as you go to a degree, experience , etc.

So lets have some useful tips on jobs (big and small) where it may help to bring the pennies in, even if you will never become a millionaire that is.

Cheers Tony.

[paisleylass]

Pawnbroker
Betting shop manager
Off license proprieter (alternative to the pubs that have been closing at an alarming rate over the past few years!)

[guest37336]

Pawnbroker
Betting shop manager
Off license proprieter (alternative to the pubs that have been closing at an alarming rate over the past few years!)

Hi Paisley.

I see a pattern forming here,.

Cheers Tony.

[PositivePixie]

people will always pay money for the big three:

Making Babies
Making Relationships
Making themselves 'skinny' (I'm guessing in another culture you could flip that to 'plump' - it depends what the cultural 'ideal' is seen to be).

Anything related to those, even in a downturn people will still spend money on - in a downturn though I guess people will find cheaper ways to do it - so loosing weight - lots of people have been paying to join online slimming clubs rather than expensive gym memberships etc...

[adonna]

Recession Proof Job?

Undertaker . . . . .

As morbid as this is, they will never be short of work :(

[marra2000]

...... politician !

[tandcmum]

many years ago i would have said Nurses, that may possibly still be the case in Oz but in the UK it certainly isn't anymore

[derren7]

Bailiffs, accountants, lawyers. Although that will change when I become El Presidente!

[The Ropey HOFF]

I don't think any job is safe under the Tories, my wife is a nurse and up and down the country hospitals have been finishing nurses and i am a prison officer and there has been alot of job losses and this job no longer exhists as a new job, in place is something called officer 2's on half the pay, doing the same job, it is the only way the public sector prisons can compete with the private sector, who pay rubbish wages and provide little or no pensions and more prisons are going to be privatised shortly, its the sign of the times in financially strapped Britain.

Jobs that are really safe? I can't think of any.

[Bobj]

Retirement...Every year we get "a pay rise".

Cheers, Bobj.