Top Deskless Jobs
After years and years of working behind a desk, many employees will make huge career changes in sole efforts to acquire a job that frees them from the confines of an office. If you are like me, and dread working at a desk, the thought of a cube-farm literally makes me dizzy.
Let me guess: You think of a desk-job and your eyes start burning, your back starts aching, your head is pounding and you are positive your rear is getting bigger with each passing minute in an uncomfortable office chair. Pretty accurate, yea, I have been there.
Fortunately, there are many career-paths that allow employees to be out of the office or not at a desk. The below professions are great food for thought before you throw your mouse out the window and push down the confines of your cubical.
Elementary School Teacher
What keeps them active: Planning, assigning and evaluating assignments; writing on the chalkboard, supervising extracurricular activities, preparing, administering and grading test; accompanying students on field trips.
Annual Earnings: $45,600
Chef, Culinary Arts
What keeps them active: Preparing delicious meals in a fast-pace work environment, receiving excellent food reviews, and engaging in dynamic work environment.
Annual Earnings: $48,900
Registered Nurse
What keeps them active: Testing and measuring patient's strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration and motor function.
Annual Earnings: $64,200
Police and Sheriff Patrol Officers
What keeps them active: Preparing delicious meals in a fast-paced work environment, receiving excellent food reviews, and engaging in a dynamic work environment.
Annual Earnings: $55,000
Physical Therapist
What keeps them active: Testing and measuring patient's strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration and motor function.
Annual Earnings: $64,200
Artist
What keeps them active: Stretching one's creative ambitions fueled by a steady income from their degree/certificate. Work inside, outside and in any city in the world
Annual Earnings: $55,400
