Help me find a job/career?

[jessica harris]

I'd like to have a job where I could meet face to face with people. Maybe selling something. Ideally, just learning about people and talking to them. Asking questions is what I really love to do.
I'd like for the job to be a little more independent but still under someone as I have no experience running a business. It'd have to be with high school education required or less. Either that or in job learning.
My friends and I cannot think of anything I'd be good at job wise or anything I could study if I were to go to school. Any suggestions?

[MavistheMaven]

Sounds like you'd make a great career/vocational counselor, though you'd need a college degree to get most people to hire you for that. You'd also be a good recruiter for a company's HR (human resources) department or temp agency.

Without a degree, you could do marketing research. Basically, you'd call people and ask questions from a written script, things like which products they buy and how much they like them and why. These jobs used to be very common, but I haven't seen them in a while. Still, it's worth looking.

Then again, there are those people in shopping malls, who approac you and ask if you'd like to do a taste test or whatever and take you back to their office (hidden in a hallway in the mall). You could call the malls and ask if they have any marketing research companies like that in their mall. Get the contact information and see if the company needs people.

Sales might do it. Part of sales is finding out what the customer's needs are, then finding a match with your products. But success in sales ultimately depends on getting them to buy. Some companies want a degree, but it's certainly not required.

If you go to school, consider taking an HR program, psychology, social work, marketing.

[?]

Psychologists and social workers spend a lot of time getting to know people. Both require 4-10 years of college.

Outside of airline jobs, cashier, real estate and travel agent, not a lot of jobs need a high school diploma.