By Daniel Bukszpan | CNBC – 20 hours ago
Technically,
the recession is over, and on paper, there has been positive job growth
for months. Unfortunately, “technically” and “on paper” don’t cut it
for people who have been out of work for a long time. For the long-term
unemployed, it’s time to start thinking outside of the box and looking
for work that falls outside of the parameters of the everyday.
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What follows is a list of jobs that are obscure, unheard-of or otherwise out of the ordinary. Some of them pay well, some have salaries that are a closely guarded secret and some look like so much fun that the salary is almost beside the point.
Gold Stacker
Getty ImagesThe
United States Bullion Depository — better known as Fort Knox — is not
the largest gold repository in the United States. That distinction
belongs to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in lower Manhattan,
where approximately $194 billion worth of the trapezoidal gold bars are
stored.
Occasionally, those bars will need to be moved, and gold stackers are the people who do it. Each 27-pound bar has to be moved manually, and the repetitive strain is so significant that they work in teams so shifts can relieve one another.
Bed Tester
Rob Melnychuk/Digital Vision/Getty ImagesNo
matter who you are or what you do for a living, you occasionally have
days where you’d like nothing better than to blow off work and stay in
bed. Some people have taken that urge and parlayed it into a career as a
bed tester.
This job involves bouncing on beds to test comfort. It may sound cushy, but it’s serious business to professional bed tester Natalie Thomas, who works for the Premier Inn hotel chain in the U.K. She and her team are tasked with testing all of the chain’s 46,000 beds. In 2011, she reportedly had her behind insured for $6.3 million.
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Field Test Analyst for Recreational Equipment
Chase Jarvis/Getty ImagesRecreational
Equipment Inc. sells sporting goods and recreation gear in over 100
retail locations around the U.S., and in 2011 the company reported sales
of $1.66 billion during the previous year. Part of its success is due
to an intimate knowledge of the products it sells, gained through
extensive testing.
Until October 2011, the testing was performed by field test analyst Adam Hockey. When he wasn’t testing the equipment himself, he farmed out the research to the company’s 9,500 employees. But in a 2011 interview, he confessed that testing the products was his favorite perk.
Cup Keeper
Getty ImagesWhen
hockey season ends, some fans must wonder what happens to the Stanley
Cup. Does it go to the game’s MVP for safekeeping, or the winning team’s
coach? In fact, it goes to Mike Bolt, a 42-year-old fan from Toronto
who has been protecting the trophy since 2000.
Although the compensation for this position is a closely guarded secret, it’s a highly coveted position. “Fans want this job,” he said in an interview in New York magazine. “You hear it from players, and, heck, the commissioner, Gary Bettman, has even said, ‘Oh, I think you have one of the greatest jobs.’” The job has even allowed Bolt to hobnob with CNBC’s own Darren Rovell.
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Waterslide Tester
Peter Essick/Aurora/Getty ImagesShooting
down an amusement park waterslide is an exciting way to cool off in the
summertime. But to offer the maximum amount of fun, it has to work
properly, which means testing it for stress factors and aerodynamics.
For Tommy Lynch, it also means traveling the world and riding down the
waterslides to make sure they’re up to snuff.
Lynch works for First Choice, a British travel company that was part of a $12.5 million rebranding effort in 2011. He calls his job “the best job in the world,” and it’s easy to see why.
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What follows is a list of jobs that are obscure, unheard-of or otherwise out of the ordinary. Some of them pay well, some have salaries that are a closely guarded secret and some look like so much fun that the salary is almost beside the point.
Gold Stacker
Getty ImagesThe
United States Bullion Depository — better known as Fort Knox — is not
the largest gold repository in the United States. That distinction
belongs to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in lower Manhattan,
where approximately $194 billion worth of the trapezoidal gold bars are
stored. Occasionally, those bars will need to be moved, and gold stackers are the people who do it. Each 27-pound bar has to be moved manually, and the repetitive strain is so significant that they work in teams so shifts can relieve one another.
Bed Tester
Rob Melnychuk/Digital Vision/Getty ImagesNo
matter who you are or what you do for a living, you occasionally have
days where you’d like nothing better than to blow off work and stay in
bed. Some people have taken that urge and parlayed it into a career as a
bed tester. This job involves bouncing on beds to test comfort. It may sound cushy, but it’s serious business to professional bed tester Natalie Thomas, who works for the Premier Inn hotel chain in the U.K. She and her team are tasked with testing all of the chain’s 46,000 beds. In 2011, she reportedly had her behind insured for $6.3 million.
[Related: At Work, Do Headphones Really Help?]
Field Test Analyst for Recreational Equipment
Chase Jarvis/Getty ImagesRecreational
Equipment Inc. sells sporting goods and recreation gear in over 100
retail locations around the U.S., and in 2011 the company reported sales
of $1.66 billion during the previous year. Part of its success is due
to an intimate knowledge of the products it sells, gained through
extensive testing. Until October 2011, the testing was performed by field test analyst Adam Hockey. When he wasn’t testing the equipment himself, he farmed out the research to the company’s 9,500 employees. But in a 2011 interview, he confessed that testing the products was his favorite perk.
Cup Keeper
Getty ImagesWhen
hockey season ends, some fans must wonder what happens to the Stanley
Cup. Does it go to the game’s MVP for safekeeping, or the winning team’s
coach? In fact, it goes to Mike Bolt, a 42-year-old fan from Toronto
who has been protecting the trophy since 2000. Although the compensation for this position is a closely guarded secret, it’s a highly coveted position. “Fans want this job,” he said in an interview in New York magazine. “You hear it from players, and, heck, the commissioner, Gary Bettman, has even said, ‘Oh, I think you have one of the greatest jobs.’” The job has even allowed Bolt to hobnob with CNBC’s own Darren Rovell.
[Related: The Best- and Worst-Paying Jobs In America]
Waterslide Tester
Peter Essick/Aurora/Getty ImagesShooting
down an amusement park waterslide is an exciting way to cool off in the
summertime. But to offer the maximum amount of fun, it has to work
properly, which means testing it for stress factors and aerodynamics.
For Tommy Lynch, it also means traveling the world and riding down the
waterslides to make sure they’re up to snuff. Lynch works for First Choice, a British travel company that was part of a $12.5 million rebranding effort in 2011. He calls his job “the best job in the world,” and it’s easy to see why.
Click here to see the full list of Cool Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of.
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