30 Jobs That People Like Working At, But That Aren’t Talked About Often

To talk a little bit more about job enjoyment, Bored Panda got in touch with a career coach, Caroline Hickey. 

She said that many people are now starting to realize the appeal of the skilled trades -- electricians, plumbers, and carpenters, to name a few: “I've seen a lot of career coaching clients become disillusioned with working from a laptop in these big offices and working on projects that don't feel tangible, and instead, they [are] pursuing a skilled trade, as they feel that being able to see the tangible outputs of their efforts on a day-to-day basis can deliver higher levels of job satisfaction for them.” 

Besides the job’s tangibility of results, Caroline mentioned another factor that makes people enjoy their job -- job security. Skilled trades can be applied here, too, as they are “often highly in demand and, therefore, clients have often opted to pursue this route in search of financial and employment stability.” 

When thinking about emerging professions that might be enjoyable for some people, Caroline advises people to think about national and global discussions. With this kind of thinking, three themes that are supported by the latest labor market insights come to career coaches' minds -- tech, education, and sustainability.

Caroline said that the data suggests that the two growing sectors will be technology-related roles and the health & care sector. She also said that according to WEF Jobs For the Future research, the top four predicted growing jobs in these sectors are:

1. AI and machine learning specialists; 
2. Sustainability specialists; 
3. Business intelligence specialists; 
4. Information security specialists.

Then for the sustainability sector, WEF Jobs For the Future research also predicts the top four growing jobs globally:

1. Sustainability specialists;
2. Renewable energy engineers;
3. Solar energy installation;
4. Systems engineers.

Lastly, Caroline mentioned the education sector. She said that data shows that the UK will need 1 million teaching and educational professionals, such as university and higher education teachers, by 2035. At the same time, globally, there will be 3 million more jobs for vocational education teachers and university and higher education teachers by 2027.

So, if you think that your calling might be in any of these mentioned sectors, maybe it’s time to try it out. After all, as our interviewee explained, the need for professionals in these jobs is only going to grow, so it’s quite likely that job security, at least in a sustainability sense, is almost guaranteed. 

What do you think? What are professions that are more enjoyable than people think? Or maybe you have some prophecies of what enjoyable jobs are going to be in demand in the near future? Share it all with us in the comments!