Ekim 26, 2026
Çoğunlukla perakende deneyimi olan başka bir iş bulmak imkansız mı?
Üniversitede en iyi dereceyi seçmedim, staj falan yapmadım ve çoğunlukla perakende olmak üzere rastgele işlerin içinde sıkışıp kaldım. Artık yönetici asistanı kadar basit bir şeye bile kaçamıyorum. Görünüşe göre artık hiçbir iş, resepsiyonistlik işleri gibi sadece eğitim almaya istekli değil, bu kesinlikle saçma.
Dürüst olmak gerekirse bir ofis işi fikrinden de nefret ediyorum. Perakendede çok fazla hareket etmem hoşuma gidiyor ve organize olmayı ve problem çözmeyi seviyorum, ancak açıkçası maaşım berbat ve hafta sonları çalışmaktan nefret ediyorum. Ayrıca yüksek lisans için geri dönmeyi de göze alamam ve diğer ilgi alanlarım şu anda pek geçerli kariyer yolları değil. Asıl mesele para kazanamamak. Connecticut’ta yaşıyorsanız size şunu söyleyeyim, eğer saatte EN AZ 25$+ kazanmıyorsanız, fena halde mahvolmuşsunuz demektir. O zaman bile hayatta kalmak ve paradan tasarruf etmek için bir oda arkadaşına/arkadaşlarına ihtiyacınız olacak. İş piyasasında her geçen gün işlerin daha da kötüleştiğini ve zorlaştığını hissediyoruz.
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I love having an office job. I worked in retail and food service for over a decade. I will never ever go back.
You need to give us more to go on. Degree, age, interests…
Branch banking as a teller or unlicensed banker. It is still retail, but is perceived as entry white collar and you can pivot to a lot of other careers, or even financial institution roles with at least 1 year banking experience. I hated every day of it, but it opened way more opportunities than big box store/ general retail jobs.
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Look into health insurance. Most major health insurance companies are fully remote and do not require any special skill set. Claims will be the easiest department to get into but you can branch out from there.
I know you hate desk/office/screen-based jobs but…with a psych degree and retail experience (people skills, meeting customer needs, problem solving), how about call centre or customer service rep? They will give you some training. There is some career path e.g. operator ==>supervisor ==> manager. You can do this on site or remote.
the training thing is real, my cousin got a receptionist gig last year only because she knew someone who vouched for her, every other place wanted 2+ years of experience for literally answering phones. its a rigged game tbh
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Not impossible. it’s all about transferrable skills. If you have a ton of retail experience, you could probably do a managerial role. You sound like you’d thrive in event planning.
Security is an easy path to a bit more money then retail but its only upward mobility is getting lucky in management/going armed. Unless ur prior military/law enforcement.
USPS is always hiring
>I like that in retail I get to move around a lot and I love organizing and problem solving, but obviously the pay is crap and I hate working weekends.
Sounds like you want to work in logistics/warehousing. Best part is, you no longer have to have a customer service smile.
Have you thought about retail/restaurant management? It would keep you out of an office, pay more, and could leverage your previous experience.
My sister has a bachelors degree in psychology and she works as a psychometrist. Could look into that
What are you good at, and what do you like? Think of it in that order. I have a BA in psych and pivoted from retail to operations. I couldn’t care less about operations and process management but it isn’t retail, I can stand it, and I good at it.
I went from 16 years total in retail to now 6 years in purchasing/logistics. It helped that I spent 7 of those retail years in one specific industry, thus gaining a lot of product knowledge, and was able to transition to a purchasing role within that industry. I’ve worked in three more completely unrelated industries, using my accrued purchasing knowledge to go from $40k/yr to $50k/yr to $65k/yr in just under 2 years.
You can get a bank teller job from retail experience and don’t need a degree but it really depends where you live
IBEW Low Voltage (Sounds and Communication) Apprentices in Connecticut start around $26 an hour plus benefits rarely work on the weekend (for guaranteed time and a half or double) and top out around $46 plus benefits. Something to think about.
There are a lot of insurance companies in Connecticut. They hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds. I know you don’t want an office job but I don’t think you have a lot of options at the moment.
Have you tried to go remote possibly?
Why don’t you work in multi-family property management? Be a leasing agent for apartments. Yes you sit at a desk for a good portion of the day, but you are also giving tons of tours, double-checking make readies, hosting resident events, walking the property, etc. I’d think you’d easily get hired with retail experience, and if you like sales, you’ll do great.
Medical Registration for a hospital, Lab, or office. You still get that client interaction from retail but set hours as well.
If you like moving around a lot and having little tasks to do all the time, while also serving people, CNA could be good for you.
There’s a training course that takes six to eight weeks plus three shifts of unpaid work at a clinic and a practical skills exam. The job demand is big (I got job offers from all 3 places I interviewed). Pay is $20/hour for me which is fine for the Midwest, maybe higher near you.
If you have a psych degree, try looking for HR assistant or patient access representative at a hospital, nursing home, doctor’s office, etc.
Inside sales either in or outbound, insurance sales, tax associate at H&R Block.
You don’t like an office job?
Look into becoming a flight attendant for one of the big three United, Delta, or American airlines, or Southwest.
Lmk if you have any questions