These Are Probably 12 Of The Coolest Jobs In The World
Imagine being able to literally sleep on your job.
Published for CARLSBERG MALAYSIA, 17 Sep 2015, 04:27 PM
1. Every day is a holiday thanks to your job as a vacation tester. You get paid to enjoy!
Job description: Some people wake up dreading to go to work. You wake up to the sight of the beach, or the mountains, or wherever really. Bottomline: The scenery is beautiful. Your responsibility includes test-driving some of the destination's most desirable offerings before the rest of the world does. Did we mention about the breathtaking views too?
Average salary: Unknown but hey, you're on holiday!
Notable example: "To do my job well, I definitely need to be able to walk the talk," Schilling-Wheeler, the Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for the O'ahu Visitors Bureau says. "I've got to go out and experience the destinations."
Still, while the opportunities her job affords her to take advantage of a place she calls "paradise," Schilling-Wheeler says the most fulfilling part of her job is building bonds with the community and leveraging her connections to craft vacation experiences that are pleasing to visitors as well as respectful of the island's rich traditions.
2. It's happy hour during working hours as a beer tester
Job description: The centuries-old position of beer and ale taster has been reintroduced as the "best job in the world." Fine epicurians, they taste beer, write about beer, judge beer, put a value on the beer for the sellers, and ultimately, they drink beer all day long. Drinking on the job is mandatory.
Average salary: USD42,000 (RM175,000) per year.
Notable example: Like many men, Steve Bruntlett loves beer. When he stops in at his local for a pint, he will rarely leave before drinking three. For the best part of 20 years Bruntlett has worked for Marston’s Brewery, travelling to the pubs where their beers are served to check that bar staff are pulling the perfect pint.
telegraph.co.ukP.S: Carlsberg recently offered the opportunity for Malaysians to be a Carlsberg beer taster. The pay? RM10,000 for only 8 hours of work in 2 days! They will be chauffeured and given the luxury of enjoying ice cold Carlsberg beer during work! Wonder who got recruited? Find out here!
3. Slip and slide, and just have fun as a waterslide tester
Job description: If adrenaline is your thing then this job is for you! The job involves riding and rating the company's water chutes in exotic locations. You'll then rate each slide based on the amount of "splash" and "adrenaline rush". Obviously way better than being stuck in a cubicle.
Average salary: £20,000 (RM120,000) per year.
Notable example: In 2013, Sebastian Smith got the ultimate graduate job, as a water slide tester for First Choice. Smith will be expected to rate the slides for biggest splash” and “adrenaline factor”.
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4. Get snuggly, comfy and go back to bed for work as a duvet tester
Job description: Employees are required to test out various types of bedding to determine the best ones to go into production. Sleeping on the job is highly encouraged
Average salary Not specified, but you get to sleep on it!
Notable example: John Lewis, a department store in the UK employs a specialist duvet tester who picks out the most comfortable bedding for customers by testing it out first. Jo Unsworth is currently in the role and says "'It's probably the only career where sleeping on the job is actively encouraged."
5. Rub shoulders with A-list celebrities - as a seat filler at award shows
Job description: A seat filler is a person who fills in an empty seat during an event to make it look to the television audience as if there is not an empty seat in the house. You could be sitting next to Scarlett Johanssen!
Average salary: Seat fillers don't usually get compensation but you do get bragging rights and at least a free meal!
Notable example: Monica Enriquez, who has been a seat filler for many events, says she's sat next to Jake Gyllenhaal, Brad Pitt, and even had Julia Roberts smile at her. At the Emmy Awards, she was sitting behind Sofia Vergara when the Modern Family star's dress had a wardrobe malfunction. Enriquez got to be there to see Vergara's team sweep her out during a commercial break and have her return again with a perfectly sewn dress.
aol.com6. Eat to your heart's content as a livestream eater (Mok-Bang)
Job description: Turn on your computer, go online, eat, get paid. That is all.
Average salary: USD8,800 (RM37,000) per month.
Notable example: Every night at 10, thousands of Koreans tune in to watch Choi Ji-hwan eating on streaming video.
The chubby-cheeked 24-year-old offers up a cooking lesson and then, in his main online act, devours a dish like kimchi pork stew in a wild, comic performance meant to make clear how much he enjoys a good meal.
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7. Stay in bed all day err day (literally) as a professional sleeper
Job description: All the time sleeping in school has been preparing you for this job: a professional sleeper. Your job just requires you to sleep in and just give your feedbacks.
Average salary: USD31,000 (RM129,000) per year.
Notable example: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) offered someone the chance to stay in bed for 70 days for a salary of £11,000 (RM67,000). Applicants will not be required to do anything at all except stay in bed.
8. Every day is a holiday when you're a caretaker of a private island
Job description: If you love the sun and the beach, then this is the job for you. Your daily activities include snorkelling, relaxing on the beach, and writing about your experiences on a blog.
Average salary: USD111,000 (RM463,000) for a 6 month gig.
Notable example: Ben Southall, now 37, from Petersfield, Hampshire, beat nearly 35,000 applicants for the dream position. 'At the time I saw the advert, I thought it would be like living on a desert island like Tom Hanks in Castaway,' the former charity fundraiser told the BBC.
'It became bigger the further it went on. It was after I won when I did a ten-minute slot on the Oprah Winfrey show which was broadcast in 140 countries that I thought, "This is pretty big now", he added.
9. Get paid to go to the movies instead of paying for them as a movie critic
Job description: Your job requires you to watch and enjoy movies while giving your comments on it afterwards.
Average salary: USD82,000 (RM342,000) per year.
Notable example: Roger Ebert is the most widely recognized movie critic ever. He's been cranking out entertaining, witty, and often heartfelt reviews for the Chicago Sun Times since 1967, forging a 40-plus-year career that's seen him conquer print media, the online blogosphere, and even television.
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10. Check, test, and caress expensive, luxury cars as a personal Ferrari shopper
Job description: Traveling the world to inspect and buy multimillion dollar classic Ferraris for clients.
Average salary: Unknown but hey, you get to test drive Ferraris first before the owner does!
Notable example: Marcel Massini's typical work day has him lifting the hoods and kicking (very gently) the wheels of the most expensive Ferraris ever built. And if he likes what he sees, he can pull the trigger to shell out multimillions on a super rare super car.
What can be bad about Ferrari shopping? Massini said, "If you are too tight with the money, it's no real fun." The super rich give Massini millions of dollars, euros or pounds to do their shopping because he's one of the top Ferrari experts around and because he can spot a real bargain. Massini told us bringing home a classic Ferrari for just over $1 million is, "almost a steal."
11. Be a boss but without all the responsibilities as a fake executive
Job description: If you're Caucasian, this may be for you. Your job is to attend events in Asian countries as a distinguished guest. You may be asked to give speeches and to pose for pictures with other executives.
Average salary: $1,000 (RM3,900) a week.
Notable example: “I think it says a lot about the business culture here,” said Mitch Moxley, a freelance writer living in Beijing who was hired to be a fake businessman for a high-tech company building a factory in Dongying, five hours south of Beijing. “Face is hugely important in China, and having foreigners in suits I guess gives some credibility to the companies. You’d be amazed how often this happens.”
The job would entail attending some dinners, going to a ceremony and touring the factory once a day. The rest of the time, he and the other “executives” sat in fly-ridden office, where they slept, read magazines and joked around.
12. When you're a video game tester, your parents no longer have excuses to yell at you for playing video games
Job description: Remember the times your parents deterred you from playing video games because there's "no future"? Well there is and it comes in the form of a video game tester. Their challenge, should they choose to accept it, is to take on a quality-assurance role, playing an unreleased game over and over and over again. In this way, they'll be able to see whether they can "break" the game or identify any bugs in it before it ships out to the general public.
Average salary: USD55,000 (RM229,000) per year.
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Notable example: Brent Gocke, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Senior Release Manager himself found himself in that scenario. A fresh college graduate who had started working in real estate, around the mid 2000’s he found the market tanking and knew he needed to transition into a new career. He enjoyed playing video games so he tried to enter through the quality assurance (QA) department as a video game tester so he could learn about the industry. He didn’t have the qualifications that game developers and producers had, and QA positions had the least amount of prerequisites. Gocke went straight for Sony and the big publishers because he knew he was looking at this as the entry-level position in a lifelong career. Eventually, he grew within the company and ended up as a senior release manager, gaining experience and contacts as we went up the corporate ladder.
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Carlsberg recently offered Malaysians probably the best job ever to be a Carlsberg Beer Taster. The pay? RM10,000 for only 8 hours of work in 2 days! Wonder who got recruited? Find out here!
