Millennials are taking over the world! A free-spirited, creative, woke and energetic generation, millennials aren’t settling for tedious desk work anymore! They are looking for stimulating, dynamic work, and if they can find it, they’ll create it. They realize that the job market is something that’s constantly changing and have embraced the concept of life-long learning.
The notion of job has definitely evolved and doing something you love isn’t a special benefit anymore; it’s implied. So to inspire anyone who may be looking for a career change, we’ve made a list of 5 jobs millennials strive for.
1. Social Media Influencer
The profession everyone strives for – the influencer.
Now this job is 100% a millennial creation. The growth of social media has brought on an army of bloggers/celebrities/journalists/it girls (and guys!) who make a living, well, living their lives and promoting products and services to their audience. They use their influence and their public image to endorse brands and often manage to make a fortune using their charisma and the sheer fact that people like them. To see how bloggers make money, check out this link.
There’s no formal education for becoming an influencer, but all successful social media socialites share certain traits: they are focused, driven, ambitious entrepreneurs who have recognized an opportunity to mix business with pleasure.
2. Social Media Manager
Millennials are largely responsible for social media becoming the powerful force it now is, so it’s only natural they know how to make money off them.
Companies of all sizes in all corners of the world have recognized the potential of social media for growing their brands, so they invest a lot of money into their online presence. Social media managers have truly become a secret weapon of successful companies. They are in charge of a company’s social media pages and communication with customers, so the brand’s image largely depends on them.
Being the voice of a brand is a serious responsibility, and large companies know there’s no better spokes-person than a socially aware millennial.
3. Microblading Artist
The permanent makeup industry has exploded over the last couple of years. People of all genders and age groups have recognized the benefits of beauty treatments which give long-lasting illusions of wearing makeup, and technicians trained to do microblading have their hands full!
Microblading is an eyebrow enhancement procedure done by depositing pigments into the skin between natural brow hairs. To perform these procedures, you have to go through training and get licensed, but luckily, enrolling training courses for PhiBrows in Canada doesn’t require any prior knowledge or experience in the industry. So anyone who’s willing to put some time and effort into it can become a microblading artist, regardless of their previous education.
Investing in a quality microblading training definitely pays off. Recent statistics show that microblading artists in Ontario make around $45k a year! The best part is, you can learn this skill at home, since master artists have developed thorough online courses.
4. Food Photographer
Photography has been around for ages, but a type of photographers specialising in food have been thriving recently. As with any branch of business, the restaurant and catering industry has started investing in their online presence as a way to attract customers, and there’s no ad more powerful and effective than appetising images of delicious food.
People are visual creatures and images of food affect our brain whether we like it or not, so if a restaurant wants to make it in today’s competitive market, they have to make sure their social media is as attractive as possible. That’s where food photographers step in!
Millennials are aware that art isn’t the most sensible career choice, but they have found a way to reconcile their artistic sensibilities with business. Working 9-to-5 surrounded with tasty, quality food doesn’t sound too bad!
5. Web Developer
And finally, we can’t end this list without mentioning information technology. Millennials are a generation that has largely attributed to the rise of IT and many of them are innovators who shape our reality through technology.
Software development is the basis of Internet, that magical force that’s made its way into all areas of life. Without web developers, there would be no magic! With millennials being a generation that looks into the future rather than the past, it’s no wonder so many of them are drawn to IT and choose this career.
And the high salary doesn’t hurt either!
Final Word
One thing all these jobs have in common is the fact that they can either be done with no degree or formal education, or it’s possible to learn the skills necessary at any point in life.
Millennials have rejected the idea of conventional formal education and understand that they need to adapt to the demands of the market, so they’re not afraid of career changes. They realize that the only thing to be afraid of is spending your life doing something you dread!
