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0:00These are five jobs begging for people
0:02who are starting over because everyone
0:04thinks starting over means starting at
0:06the bottom, minimum wage, being the
0:0840-year-old intern fetching coffee for a
0:1025-year-old manager, and that is
0:12complete
0:13The jobs that pay the most aren't the
0:15ones that everyone's fighting over with
0:17a stack of credentials. They're the ones
0:18that nobody knows exist. No competition,
0:21no resume screening, and the employer
0:23trains you because they literally can't
0:25find anybody for the job, either. Some
0:27pay close to six figures or more. Some
0:29are physical, some you can do sitting
0:31down, and one of them doesn't even have
0:33a ceiling. Now, before I retired, my
0:34business partners and I helped thousands
0:36of people land jobs, and most of them
0:38were starting from zero. So, every
0:40figure here comes from real sources like
0:41the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well
0:43as real people doing it, and it's not AI
0:45slop. My team and I put a lot of time
0:47and effort into these videos, and the
0:49weird ones come first, and the best ones
0:50are at the end, so don't you dare skip.
0:53Now, if you appreciate me making this
0:54type of content, and you want to see me
0:55make more of it in the future, then let
0:57me know by gently cheersing that like
0:58button, and let's jump into it right
1:00now.
1:01Okay, first one on the list is going to
1:03be a content creator, okay? So, a
1:05content creator makes stuff like videos
1:07or writing or whatever for people who
1:09want to know what they know. And I call
1:11this one the ceilingless career because
1:14every other job on this list has a
1:15number attached to it, a top end, a
1:17ceiling. This one doesn't have one. A
1:19great example of this is a channel
1:20called Asian Dad Energy. This guy got
1:22laid off after 25 years in tech, and so
1:25he sat down in his home office, and he
1:27filmed the layoff, the anxiety, the
1:29sacrifice, the part that basically
1:31nobody talks about. And that was his
1:32very first video. He had no audience, no
1:34editing skills, and no plan, and that
1:37video did 1.3 million views. And
1:39according to ViewStats, it made over
1:40$6,500.
1:42Not bad for something that probably took
1:44him about 20 minutes to make, and it was
1:46almost like a video diary. And since
1:48then, he's now at over 100,000
1:49subscribers, and according to VidIQ,
1:51he's making about $5,400
1:53a month just in AdSense alone. Oh, and
1:56that's not the only way he's making
1:57money. Look at all these other ways that
1:59he's making money on his channel as
2:00well. He's got a coaching link, a
2:02newsletter, merch, a buy me a coffee,
2:04he's got lots of different affiliate
2:05links, etc., etc. If he's monetizing
2:08properly, he's realistically clearing
2:09six figures easily. And I've watched
2:11this happen again and again, so this is
2:13no surprise to me at all. I felt dozens
2:15of people use what they already know, a
2:17lot of the time it has to do with their
2:18career or something they spend a lot of
2:20time doing or their life circumstances,
2:22like in the case of Asian Dad Energy
2:23with just getting laid off, or something
2:25that they're passionate about. I felt
2:26people with just about everything make
2:28money from YouTube, right? But they all
2:30have one thing in common, and that is
2:31they are solving other people's
2:32problems. And the greatest thing about
2:34YouTube is you can just combine it with
2:36what you already know. So, let me go
2:37through a few examples of this, right?
2:39One of my community members, Isaiah, was
2:41about to get laid off. He found my free
2:42stuff, started showing up to the free
2:44live trainings that I do, which by the
2:45way, I'm doing a live training this
2:46week. Click the link in the description
2:47and the pin comment below to check that
2:49out. And then just used it, right?
2:51Watched my free videos, watched my free
2:52live trainings, didn't buy anything. And
2:54then off the free content alone, he
2:56pulled $20,000 in a single month. Then
2:59he came and worked with us directly, and
3:01now he's done over $100,000 in revenue.
3:03So, that's an example of someone
3:04monetizing what they're already good at
3:06because he was helping people get better
3:07at singing. Then there's Nurse Jen, who
3:09monetized just telling people what she
3:11was already telling people on a
3:12day-to-day basis. She went from zero to
3:14a full-time income in just a couple
3:16months, and she was literally just
3:17telling people what she was already
3:19telling her patients on a day-to-day
3:21basis, but just recording it with her
3:22webcam on her laptop and putting it on
3:24YouTube. Or Josh, who's helping people
3:26get jobs in the IT and cybersecurity
3:28industry. He first started YouTube as
3:29just a way to network within his
3:30industry and got his dream job from it.
3:32And they literally reached out to him.
3:34Then the YouTube channel kept growing,
3:35he started making 5,000 a month, so it
3:37was a really good side hustle, then
3:3810,000 a month, now it's making almost
3:40as much as his full-time job, even
3:41though he's doing it as a part-time
3:42thing, and then 30,000 a month, now he's
3:44making more than his full-time job, and
3:46then eventually he got all the way up to
3:47over $180,000 in a single month with our
3:50help in using my system. Or how about my
3:52own brother who literally just monetized
3:55talking about different trades careers
3:57because he spent 30 years in the trades
3:58and it's literally just common sense to
4:00him. But what's common sense to some
4:01people is really good intel and really
4:03good information to others, right? So
4:05even though it's common sense to him,
4:0699% of people don't know. And he made it
4:09from zero to a full-time income in less
4:10than 1 month. So, the way to get started
4:12here is to attend my live training.
4:14Click that link in the description and
4:15the pin comment below to check that out
4:17and I will tell you exactly how to do
4:18it.
4:19>> All right, YouTube just got 10 times
4:21easier and nobody is talking about it.
4:24You used to need an entire film crew and
4:27it used to be a full-time job for you to
4:28just do any work at all on YouTube. But
4:31now, you can get work done in as little
4:33as 15 to 30 minutes a day and you can
4:35actually grow a full-time YouTube
4:37channel. That's exactly what I'll be
4:38talking about at the live training that
4:41we're doing this week. Exactly how to
4:43grow your YouTube channel. So, click the
4:44link in the description and the pin
4:45comment below to check that out, guys. I
4:47will be answering questions before,
4:48during, and after the live training.
4:50It's completely free. Plus, I'll be
4:52giving away an AI that is designed to
4:54help you pick your niche if you don't
4:56have one in the first place or if you
4:57already have a niche, it's going to help
4:58you make it 10 times better. So, really
5:01looking forward to talking with you
5:02guys. This is stuff that we've never
5:04talked about before. So, click that link
5:05in the description and comment below and
5:07I look forward to seeing you there. All
5:08right, next one we're going to talk
5:09about is a pile drive operator. So, a
5:12pile drive operator runs the machine
5:14that slams enormous columns into the
5:16earth so that bridges, ports, and
5:18skyscrapers have something to stand on.
5:20And this is a job that nobody's heard of
5:21and that's not an insult, that's the
5:23entire advantage. So, there's a video
5:25explaining what pile drivers do here and
5:27there's lots of videos online showing
5:29what pile drivers do and how pile
5:31drivers are trained, etc., etc. For
5:33instance, here's one from Deshawn who's
5:34being interviewed on what it's like to
5:36be a pile driver. Now, according to the
5:37Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median
5:39pay here is about $73,000 a year and it
5:42is incredibly easy to get into. In In
5:45cases, you don't even have to have a
5:46high school diploma or related
5:48experience, and they train you on the
5:49job. So, here's how to start. Don't
5:51apply to pile driver operator, you won't
5:54get it cold. Go to the union instead.
5:55Search your state plus carpenter's
5:57apprenticeship or operating engineers
5:59local, and then apply to the
6:00apprenticeship. It's free, they pay you
6:02from day one, and pile driving is a
6:04division inside of it. So, if there's no
6:06local near you, search Indeed for
6:07laborer at any marine, bridge, or
6:09foundation contractor, and tell them on
6:11day one that you want to get on the pile
6:13crew. It's really not that hard to get
6:15in. You basically just have to make
6:17yourself available. But maybe you don't
6:18want to do physical work, and maybe you
6:19don't want to be a content creator, even
6:21though it's something you can easily do
6:22on the side, and you can combine it with
6:23just about anything that you do, and
6:25it's a great way to build your personal
6:26brand to get your dream job. Maybe you
6:28just want a simple online job that's
6:30easy to get. Okay, fair enough. Let's
6:32talk about becoming a claims adjuster.
6:34So, somebody's roof gets destroyed, they
6:36file a claim, somebody has to go find
6:38out what actually happened and what it's
6:40actually worth. So, you're basically a
6:41desk detective, and the insurance
6:43companies will teach you every bit of it
6:45because they can't hire fast enough. So,
6:47a good example of this is the channel
6:49called claims adjuster of the year. The
6:50whole channel is about becoming a claims
6:52adjuster as a beginner. And one of the
6:54beginners is named Ivan, who went from
6:56zero to his first claims adjuster job in
6:58under two months. There's another
6:59channel called adjuster TV with over
7:0140,000 subscribers, and this channel
7:03talks about how to start adjusting
7:04claims the fastest way. And claims
7:06adjusters, even at the entry level, make
7:08about 55 to 85,000 dollars a year, and
7:11there are jobs they can go into that pay
7:13even more than that. So, here's how to
7:14start. Search the exact words claims
7:17adjuster trainee or claims
7:19representative trainee or desk adjuster
7:21trainee. And sure, you can try out
7:23claims adjuster, but a lot of the time
7:25that'll pull the experienced roles, and
7:27you'll just think that the door's shut
7:28when it isn't. You're just knocking on
7:29the wrong one. And companies like
7:31Progressive, Travelers, and Zurich all
7:32run formal training programs. And some
7:34states want a license, which is a course
7:36and a test. It's usually a few hundred
7:38bucks and a couple of weeks. And in
7:39order to check out if your state needs
7:41that, just go ahead and use chat GPT or
7:43Claude, tell it your location, and ask
7:45if you need that to become a claims
7:46adjuster. All right, next is a railroad
7:49conductor. So, a freight train can be 2
7:51mi long and weigh 15,000
7:53tons. Let me say that again, 15,000
7:56tons. And one person is responsible for
7:59knowing what's on it and that none of
8:00it's going to kill anybody. And that is
8:02the conductor. So, a good example of
8:03this is a channel called Rolling
8:04Exposure. The guy ran 5 years on BNSF as
8:07a conductor and put the whole thing on
8:09camera. And he's even got a video called
8:11I wasn't ready for the railroad
8:12conductor hiring process, which tells
8:14you exactly how honest the channel is.
8:16But, how do you become a railroad
8:18conductor? Well, the steps are here in
8:20this video from Railroad Talk and
8:21Outdoors. He gave some great tips on how
8:23you can stand out as a railroad
8:24conductor.
8:25>> People want to work for the railroad, so
8:26I'm going to mention these things you
8:27can put on your resume and make you
8:28stand out.
8:29>> What does a railroad conductor actually
8:31do? Well, it's pretty obvious, but if
8:32you want to know the little nitty-gritty
8:33details, there's a video from The
8:35Wheeling that shows exactly what a
8:37railroad conductor does. And railroad
8:39conductors make about 57 to 87,000
8:42dollars a year. And again, this is on
8:43the lower side and there are positions
8:45you can get into down the line that make
8:47even more money as you work for longer
8:48amounts of time. Plus, this is a career
8:50that likely is unionized, so you're
8:52going to have pretty good benefits. But,
8:53here's how to start. Go straight to the
8:54carriers, BNSF, Union Pacific, [snorts]
8:57CSX, Norfolk Southern, Amtrak, and apply
9:00on their own career sites, not a job
9:02board. They hire in waves, so if the
9:04posting isn't up, set the alert and
9:06wait. Expect a medical, a background
9:08check, and a drug screen, and be honest
9:10about the schedule. Nights, weekends, on
9:12call, away from home, that's the trade
9:14for 78,000 with nothing on your resume.
9:17All right, next is an insurance sales
9:19agent and they help individuals and
9:21businesses protect their assets and
9:23loved ones from financial loss. And they
9:25assess client needs, they explain
9:26different policy options such as life,
9:28health, auto, or home insurance, and
9:30they guide customers through the
9:31purchasing process. So, this was
9:33explained by a channel called Career
9:35One-Stop and they showed what an
9:36insurance sales agent does. Another good
9:38example is a guy named Peter Roberts,
9:40and he has a really cool video called
9:42"Watch Me Make $13,929
9:45in 3 Days Selling Life Insurance at
9:47Home." Now, you might be thinking, "Oh,
9:49well, he does this for a long time, and
9:50he just knows how to talk to people on
9:52the phone." Well, I saw a video from
9:53Moan doing cold calling for the first
9:55time, and that video got 413,000 views
9:58because people can really relate to him.
10:00And yeah, this is uncomfortable. You do
10:01have to reach out to people and try to
10:03sell them something, but that is the
10:04reason why there's not a lot of
10:05competition. And if you look at
10:07insurance sales agents on Glassdoor, it
10:09says they make about 97 to $171,000
10:12a year on average. So, the money is
10:14really good here. Now, here's how to
10:15start. Get the license first. Search
10:17your state plus life and health
10:18insurance license. It's a pre-licensing
10:20course and a state exam. It's usually a
10:22few hundred dollars and 2 to 3 weeks.
10:24Now, you might be annoyed by having to
10:26take these exams and these
10:27certifications, but the truth is these
10:29exams and certifications in many cases
10:31are the barrier to entry, and if it
10:33wasn't for these, there'd be way more
10:34competition. So, don't be scared by an
10:36exam that just takes a couple weeks to
10:37study for. It's really not that big of a
10:39deal. Then, take a salaried agent
10:41training role over a pure commission one
10:43for your first year because straight
10:44commission with no book of business and
10:46no savings is how people quit in month
10:48four. And then, watch Peter Roberts'
10:49first 30 days before you sign anything.
10:51His channel's a great resource. So,
10:53every single one of these jobs is real,
10:55and I meant every word of that. But go
10:56back through it. Every job on this list
10:58has a second job standing right there
11:00next to it. The guy who got laid off
11:02after 25 years and made $6,500 off one
11:05video about the worst day of his life.
11:07And the truth is you are sitting there
11:08with one thing that can't be taught,
11:10can't be certified, and can't be
11:11automated. You have life experience. You
11:14know, you started over. You know what
11:15that feels like, and almost nobody who's
11:17already comfortable does. And that is
11:19not a gap in your resume, that is an
11:21asset if you use it the right way. So,
11:23go get one of these jobs. Seriously, go
11:25get it, especially if you need a job
11:26right now. And then, film it while
11:28you're at it. Right? Nobody wants the
11:29polished version. Asian Dad Energy
11:31didn't get 1.3 million views on his
11:33first video because he was good. He got
11:35them because he was honest and authentic
11:37about the worst day of his life. If you
11:39want me to walk you through exactly how
11:41that second part actually works, the
11:42part where the story becomes the income,
11:44that's what this free workshop that I'm
11:45going to be talking about this week is
11:46all about. So, click the link in the
11:47description and pin comment below to
11:48check that out. And I know that 99% of
11:50you won't do anything with it, and
11:51that's completely fine. This stuff is
11:53free for a reason, but definitely check
11:55out the workshop. There's literally no
11:57reason for you to not check out the
11:58workshop because even if you don't want
11:59to make money from it, it's an
12:00incredible way for you to build your
12:03personal brand so that you're never
12:04going to have to reach out to anybody to
12:06get a job again. So, there's a secret
12:08side of my business that most of you
12:09have no idea exists, and I actually have
12:11a coaching program on personal branding
12:13and growing on YouTube and making money
12:15on YouTube. This is good for complete
12:16beginners, maybe even people who just
12:18want to get a job by growing their
12:20personal brand, as well as business
12:21owners, all the way up to people who are
12:23very advanced on YouTube. And they get
12:25to work directly with myself and my team
12:26to help them reach their goals. Now, we
12:28are opening up three to five spots, and
12:30this is pretty rare. We usually don't
12:32have these open. We usually only limit
12:33them to a select amount of people as
12:35well, but we're opening up three to five
12:36spots, and you can check those down the
12:38description and the pin comment below.
12:40And in this program, you will get to
12:41work directly with myself and other
12:42people who are highly successful on
12:45YouTube. Everyone in our program has
12:46100K plus subscriber plaques. Just as an
12:48example, Sean was able to go all the way
12:50from being stuck, not making very much
12:52money on his channel, to making over
12:53$500,000 in a single month. Now, that's
12:56an example of one of my more advanced
12:57students, but there are lots of examples
12:59of people starting off from scratch, and
13:00they got to 5K a month or 10K a month,
13:02etc. So, check that out down the
13:03description and the pin comment below,
13:05and I look forward to working with you
13:07and see if you're a good fit to work
13:08together. And by the way, if you want to
13:09check out a video where I go over in
13:10more detail exactly how we helped Josh,
13:12go ahead and click this video right
13:14here.

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