Careers or jobs for low IQ

[Jellybean50]

Originally Posted by elnina

Yeah. Or maybe a park ranger...

I think you need a 4-year degree for that, except maybe for like a part-time Summer job.

I would say

Housekeeping/Cleaning/Custodial

Factory Worker/Warehouse Worker

Culinary/Food Service

Farm Labor (incl meatpacking plants)

Landscape/Mowing

Construction Laborer

Car Wash

Parking Lot Attendant

Mover

Do a good job at all and your pay will increase (usually).

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Unless it has changed, the test for the USPS was very hard. And timed. And you are expected to work fast - even though they can't "make you."

[TruckeeTami]

Originally Posted by 44echo

lol I don't think you'd be liked very well by most of the folks in this topic: https://www.city-data.com/forum/work...microwave.html

LOL I wouldn't do it as a cleaning person but as the person who is paid to cook and clean alongside the client, it's okay I also paid for her food to eat out 3x a month so it's probably equal

[ncole1]

Jobs that involve an extended period of hands-on, one-on-one, step-by-step training with a mentor. Generally this would be jobs that involve a few repetitive tasks that are done in a uniform, standardized way.

[artillery77]

Originally Posted by G-fused

Real question: What jobs (or better yet, careers) are out there for people that are getting out of high school that have a low IQ? Lots of trouble reading and with reading comprehension, little understanding of math, etc.? Basically, a D (at best) student. What can these kinds of kids do to make a decent living that can support a family?

Everyone can do something. My wife is terrible at reading. She's not low IQ though. She's good at sewing clothes. She does very well. It's why many dry cleaners are run by first gen people.

One of my good friends basically failed out of high school. (Later got his GED). He rounded up some of his low prospect friends from the literal trailer park and they started out as a crew for networking when the internet was coming around, and now they clean restaurant vents. Does pretty well too.

Got more attention than smarts? Ok, someone needs to paint all of the highway lines periodically. Think that doesn't pay?

I don't have the dexterity or skill for the first one, the network for the second, and my ADHD would go crazy for the third....but all three do something really smart. They don't pretend they're smart when it comes to other things they don't do and they get help.

Smart and Successful aren't necessarily aligned at all monetarily. The joke on my wife's side of the family is there's no such thing as an unemployed person. Not smart, can't read or write in English, not beautiful, not talented....you can still wax bottoms at the spa. Tips are decent. Only difference in holes there vs the office is there's more honesty at the spa. Maids do well also. Overnight jan-san at companies...practically made for people with low IQ....the last thing you'd want is a clever and curious overnight janitor.

There's a wild delta between the worker and owner of the trade though.