Reply to Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Retail - start as full time staff and work their way up to store management. Either the big box stores like Walmart, or big department stores.  Restaurant management too in busier/higher end restaurants with a bar.[/b] Some of the trades would be ok. They should try to get into it through the military if they’re eligible to join and open to it. Auto body repair shops - we’re not getting into any fewer car accidents as a society even if car technology will eventually favor electric vehicles. [/quote]

These are not jobs for someone low IQ nor are they jobs for someone with low educational attainment nowadays.

You can't just "work your way up to store management" through hard work from the bottom in retail at a big box or large chain department store if you don't have the IQ. That's because being management requires a knowledge of finance, HR, operations, etc.

It's also become a "4 year degree" job. Other than some 2 year degree in business holders, you don't see people in store management at the big chains without a bachelor's anymore. Many of the bigger chains will make you go through extensive testing and courses in addition to that if you want to be considered for store management, which makes sense.

In larger/higher end restaurants, you also need financial skills, and more and more it is a job that requires a degree. [/quote]

This!!!

Even a Taco Bell needs a degree to manage. There is no “work your way up” anymore.

[/quote]

Yep, "work your way up" is gone in the big chains, especially if you don't have a degree or are not actively pursuing a degree. Target, Walmart, McDonald's,  etc will have programs where they will pay for you to get your bachelor's in retail management part-time while you work the rest of the time, but you need to be capable of getting your degree while working, so someone low IQ is not going to be able to do this. Also, big chains tend to have really rigorous training, testing/interviews, etc. for future managers on business topics--someone with a low IQ is not going to be able to keep up with the concepts or pass.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics