7 Jobs That Can't Find Anyone Over 50 (And Why You Already Qualify)

Today, I'll be showing you seven jobs that can't find anyone over 50 and why you already qualify. And I promise this is the first list of its kind that won't insult you with a job that starts with the word seasonal. Now, the belief that you walked in with is that nobody hires over 50. And it's half true. 3,300 companies signed a public pledge, the AAP employee pledge, that was promising not to discriminate against workers over 50. So, you don't sign a pledge against something that isn't already happening. So, clearly, this is a real thing. And at the jobs that everyone applies to, the 55-year-old loses to the 28-year-old who costs less. But here's the half that's wrong. That fight is happening in about 12 crowded jobs, and everybody over 50 keeps lining up for the same 12. Meanwhile, there's a whole set of jobs with a shortage flip to power. So, the Department of Energy says that 63% of nuclear employers call hiring very difficult. One in three of the people running your town's water can retire inside of 10 years. And the average facilities manager in America is 49. And in those jobs, your age isn't what they're overlooking. It's actually what they're looking for. Right? Most, if not all the jobs that we're going to go over in today's video actually prefer to hire people on the older side. And I know it's real because I've spent almost 10 years helping people get the right job. And so I know exactly which jobs are easier to get into for people that are over the age of 50. Brian, for instance, we helped get a job at 59 years old. Nurse Jen, we helped her make a second income making over 10,000 a month. And my brother at the age of 50, we helped him get to $18,000 in a single month. And we have over a thousand documented testimonials for our community members that we've helped get these same results. And every one of them was told the same thing that you were told. So this is going to be real postings, real people on camera. All the sources will be on the screen. I'll be showing the pros as well as the cons of each job and the job where sometimes you can retire in less than 10 years and they train you from zero. That's going to be near the end. So if you appreciate me making this type of content, you want to see me make more of it in the future, then let me know by gently cheersing that like button and let's jump into it right now. All right. First one on the list is going to be a death investigator or a rural coroner. Now, I always like to start these lists off with a weird one. Sometimes it's weird or morbid. But the reason I do that is I want to unlock your creativity. There's a lot of random jobs out there. Jobs that you don't even know exist or jobs that you've never heard of. And some of these jobs can be really good. And because of the fact that nobody knows about them, they're actually relatively easy to get into. So here's one of them. So, when somebody dies outside of a hospital, this is the person who shows up, figures out what happened, documents the scene, and notifies the family. And because rural coroner offices face chronic staffing shortages, and rely heavily on part-time or on deputies, your age is often an asset rather than a barrier. So, the field requires a stomach for difficult sites and the ability to deliver devastating news to grieving families with immense empathy, skills that come naturally with age and experience. And this was discussed by a Louisiana coroner and he recounts his professional experience investigating a wide range of bizarre and often gruesome death scenes emphasizing the need for compassion and careful observation in his line of work. >> Now what was interesting was her arms were removed. She was a Mexican female. >> So according to historical documentation, England invented this job in 1194. And they didn't give it to the smartest men in the village. They gave it to the one that everybody already trusted. So, you're over 50. Your county already trusts you, but they don't trust the 21-year-old. This is exactly why one of our community members is crushing it right now. Nurse Jen, she's in her 60s. She teaches seniors how to navigate the US health care system, and she's not guessing. She spent 33 years as a healthcare professional, and she knows how hard that system is because she worked inside it. Now, when she joined our program, she had no idea how YouTube works. And in her own words, she said, "I haven't dipped my toe into YouTube." But she went for it anyways because she knew that she could help people her own age. And the first month that she got monetized, she made $6,000. Then the next month, $8,000. And the month after that, over $10,000. And here's the best part. She was able to quit her nursing job and she's traveling all over the US right now, sometimes outside the country. And those videos that you're watching, she records them in her camper van. And according to Glass Door, Coroner Investigator makes between 51 and $78,000 a year, which is pretty good money. But also understand that if you're living in a higher cost of living area, the pay is going to go up. So, $51 to $78,000 a year is a lot of money if you're living in a small town. And the pay does go up if you're living in a higher cost of living area. Time out. Time out, guys. If you ever thought, I should be on YouTube, but I never started because of the time or the editing or not knowing what to say or not knowing how to get started. AI just solved all of those problems for you. Because you can now make money from YouTube working less than 4 hours a week. 15 to 30 minutes a day is all you need. And this works even if you have a full-time job, you run a business, you're already doing YouTube and you failed at it, or you're doing YouTube and you're doing pretty well, but you're struggling with monetization, or you're just a normal person who isn't techy at all. Which is exactly why this week I'm hosting a live training on exactly how to start YouTube stepby step for beginners. It is 100% free, no cash at all. And on top of that, I'm going to be handing out even more bonuses at the training. Now, just to give you one example, you'll be getting my niche validator pro that's powered by Claude and we have a chat GBT version as well. And this is a super valuable piece of software where you can finally figure out what the best niche for you is. Or if you already have a niche, it's going to help you make it 10 times better. So, do not sleep on this one. Go and grab your spot down in the description and the pin comment below because the only way to get it is by joining the training. So, if you wait, you might miss out. Now, with that said, at the workshop, you will get to meet me personally. I will be answering questions before, during, and after the workshop directly. So, I'm looking forward to seeing you there. So, go click that link in the description and the pinned comment below. It's happening this week. So, get it on your calendar. And if for some reason you can't make it or you weren't able to be there, still go click that link in the description because it will automatically put you on a wait list to notify you when we'll be running our next live training and you will be the first one to hear about it. So, yeah, looking forward to seeing you there. And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. All right, next one is a facilities manager or FM. And they ensure that a company's physical buildings and grounds run safely, efficiently, and comfortably. And essentially, if a building is too hot, a roof leaks, a security system fails, or the utility bills are too high, it falls under the facility manager's umbrella. Now, the average age of a facility manager in the US is roughly 49 to 50 years old. And a massive wave of retirement has left companies scrambling for replacements. So, if you're over 50 or transitioning from another career, getting certified is the fastest way to prove your knowledge in command hire pay. And the two most recognized organizations are IFMA, the International Facility Management Association, and Bowie, or BOMI, Building Owners and Managers Institute. But you might be thinking, "Okay, Shane, but I'd never get through an interview." Well, there's a channel called Career Vids, and they made an entire video on the facilities manager interview, the actual questions, the actual answers, and somebody already did the homework for you. And in 1389, England had a job called Clerk of the King's Work, the man who ran the king's buildings, and they gave it to Jeffrey Chower, the guy who wrote the Canterbury Tales, which is a cool little piece of history. And by then, he'd already been a soldier, a diplomat, and a customs officer. So, they didn't want a young man, they wanted somebody who'd already done three careers. And that's exactly why one of our community members is landing deals right now. Wen Hops, for instance, recently retired from the military, and he was a project manager by background. And he and his wife bought and sold real estate for over 20 years. And now he helps people over 50 figure out their house before they sell it. So downsizing, decluttering, what to fix before the sign goes up. Three of his videos have crossed 100,000 views, one hit 193,000, and he's almost 10,000 subscribers now. Then an 85-year-old man in Colorado called him and asked to meet at a Starbucks. And Welon was 2 hours away, so he tried to hand him off to an agent closer by, but the man said no. He'd watched four or five hours of Weldon's content, and Weldon was the only one that he wanted to work with. And Weldon told him that he'd have to pay a higher rate to work with him. And the guy agreed, right? And nobody picked Weldon because he's a great marketer. They picked him because he's obviously done this before, right? He has the age, he has the experience, he has the wisdom. So, same thing a building owner is hiring for. And that's the same thing that you already have if you're over 50. Now, according to Glass Door, a facilities manager makes between 101 and $171,000, right? And this is one of those jobs that could be considered kind of a semi-blue collar type job where it's kind of quote unquote boring work that somebody has to do that does take some sort of specialization. And these are the types of jobs that my brother Zach covers on his channel, Zack of All Trades. Now, we helped Zach start this channel last year. And one month after starting the channel, he had his very first video blow up and get $800,000 views. And he went from zero to full-time income in less than one month. Right? 29 days after posting that video, he had a $214 day, which is a $78,000 year run rate. And to finish off his first year, he had an $18,000 month. So, if you're interested in learning more about that and learning exactly how we helped tons of people start YouTube channels, a lot of them just using the knowledge they have from their career to help other people get jobs or learn the software that you have to use in the career or just be helpful in the career in general, then go ahead and attend the live training by clicking the first link in the description and the pin comment below. This is a completely free live training and we're going to help you pick your niche with an AI that we've spent hundreds of hours of making. Or if you already have a niche, we'll help you make it 10 times better. And picking the niche is the absolute key because you need to make sure that you're helping people solve the right problems. So, we do have limited seating almost every single time we run out of seats. So, make sure you click that first link in the description in the pin comment below to attend. Lock your seat in. And also, if you're seeing this in the future, still click that link as it'll automatically add you to the wait list to attend the next live training that we do. Also, I'll be answering questions before, during, and after. So, I look forward to seeing you there. With that being said, there's another career that is trades related. So, this is probably another one that Zach would talk about on his channel, and that is a cost estimator. So, construction cost estimator figures out exactly how much a building project will cost before a single brick is laid. They act as a financial architect, analyzing blueprints and specifications to forecast the total expenses of a project, so their company can submit a competitive and profitable bid. And the construction industry as a whole requires hundreds of thousands of net new workers to keep up with the demand driven by infrastructure projects, manufacturing plants, and AI data centers. However, pre-construction roles like estimating hit firms the hardest. Industry surveys show that up to 80% of construction firms struggle to find qualified estimators, and that's a big problem. But you might be thinking, "All right, Shane, but who actually does this?" Well, there's a guy on YouTube who goes by Precon Grant, and he says he was a field construction worker making 45,000 a year, and now he's a pre-construction manager making over a h 100,000. And he's working from home. So, same trade, same knowledge. He just moved from the field to the spreadsheet. And watch what he did next. He built an entire channel teaching construction guys how to make that same jump. And he even built a course for it. So, think about what that tells you. The demand is so real that teaching people how to get this job became its own business. And I would know how desperate they are. My brother's been in the trades for almost 30 years. And he told me that they'll hire somebody with zero trades knowledge and just train them from scratch, right? And that's one of the reasons why he made that channel. And it's not just Zach, right? Zach's in his 50s. He did this. Nurse Jyn's in her 60s. She did this. Our community member Craig who's one of the biggest realtors in Montana who's nearly 70 years old did this. But it also doesn't have to be career related. It could be anything that you have experience with. For instance, Guy is one of our clients who has tenitus which is constant ringing in the ears. And he made a channel where he helps other people who have tenitus manage it, treat it, or just prevent it from happening in the first place. And his goal was to make 1 to2,000 extra dollars a month because he's close to retirement. and he was able to get there almost immediately after joining the program. And before he even reached 500 subscribers, so he had 450 something subscribers and he was already making $1,500 a month. Now he's much bigger. He's making a lot more money than that. But the whole point is he reached his goal with just 500 subscribers, not even that. RJ the Unretired talks about retirement and how to unretire, which is basically where you're retired, but you just do stuff that you want to do and sometimes you can get paid for it. And a few months after starting that channel, he made over $28,000 in a single month. You could also talk about investing like Felix and Friends who's one of the biggest investing channels on YouTube and he goes around with his dog, hikes all over and talks about the latest news that came up with the economy or different companies that are doing well, etc., etc. And it doesn't have to be anything money related at all. For instance, one of our clients is Nate. He plays pool and that's the whole channel. Just a guy who's good at pool talking about pool. And before he came to us, he was posting and getting some views, but he had no niche, no system, and no way to make a dime off of any of it. And within his first month with us, he got monetized. and his biggest video is just him breaking down another player's stroke. You could also cover something like chess. Nathan Rose, one of our community members, is really good at chess and he's retired, but it's his passion. And he was able to make a full-time income with just a few thousand subscribers with a tiny chess channel, right? And what separates him from almost all of the other YouTubers is the fact that they used our system. For most chess channels, you wouldn't be making a full-time income until you're at 200 or maybe even 300,000 subscribers. But Nathan was able to do it with just 2 to 3,000. And if you want the exact steps that we used with all of them, join me this week because I'm hosting a free live training on growing and making money with YouTube. And I'll be teaching you exactly how to pick the right niche because that's one of the most important things is that you pick the right niche, you pick the right video ideas, you package those ideas correctly, and then you monetize your channel properly. You actually sell the right stuff on your channel. And I'll be teaching you step by step. Even if you're a total beginner, even if you're not charismatic, even if you don't want to show your face, even if you're not tech-savvy, even if you don't know how to use a camera, we teaching you exactly how to get started with this, and it's completely free. So, click that first link in the description, the pin comment below, and we look forward to seeing you there. All right, this next one is near and dear to my heart, and that is a pickle ball referee. So, this is the referee that makes sure that the match gets played fair and by the book. So, pickle ball is a sport that just recently blew up. It's actually one of the fastest growing sports in the world. It's something that I play myself and it's actually very popular among older people because I think part of it is because it's relatively easy to play and if you play it the right way, you're not at that much of a risk of injury. So, if you're somebody who plays pickle ball or maybe even some other sport, this could be a good fit for you. And look at the size of this thing, right? 24 million Americans are playing pickle ball right now and it's still climbing. Tournaments are popping off all over the country. And here's what most people don't know about those tournaments. They run the brackets by age. There's 50 to 54, there's 55 to 59, all the way up to the US Open where the mixed doubles bracket for 50 to 54 has 29 teams in it. So 29 teams, one age group. So the whole court is people your age and every one of those matches needs somebody calling it. And on the A tour, the referees are already mostly retirees. Now, that's not anybody doing them a favor. They're the ones who can travel Tuesday through Sunday, and it goes past the players. So there's a channel called Better Pickleball. They have 85,000 subscribers and it's people over 50 teaching people over 50 how to play pickle ball better. And there are certain playing styles that are better suited for people that are on the older side. And her video, A Senior's Guide to Pickleball Success, got 76,000 views. And she's doing a coaching program for seniors over 50. And I bet she's making a lot of money with it. And this isn't just pickle ball. It works with any racket sport. For instance, Martha Garzone, one of our community members, is a former professional tennis player. She's a certified coach and she spent decades in the sport. and she'd been posting on YouTube on and off for almost nine years. And she called it slow and painful. And she had the expertise. But what she didn't have was a system. So every video meant starting over from scratch. So we fixed her video ideas, her titles, her thumbnails, and got her publishing consistently instead of whenever she felt like it. Then we built a real offer around the decades that she already had. She monetized in 3 months, nearly 10xed her subscribers. One video hit 94,000 views, and she landed multiple paid brand deals. and people started flying out to train with her in person. So, same sport that she's been known for for 30 years, she just finally pointed it at the people who were already looking for it. Now, according to Zip Recruiter, the average salary of a pickleball referee is about $43,000 a year. And in some states, like California, it goes up to $69,000 a year. Now, here's a very interesting career that's been getting very popular lately, and that is pure recovery specialist. So, this is somebody who's been through an addiction or a mental health crisis, came out on the other side, and now gets paid to walk other people through it. So, the behavioral health industry is facing a massive spike in older adults seeking help for mental health and late onset substance use challenges because peer support relies on relatable identity. Healthcare networks need older peers to match this demographic. All right, but who's actually hiring for that? Well, Beth Walters gave a TEDex talk about it, and the job posting had some very interesting information that you're not supposed to talk about on YouTube. But here's the part that's built for you specifically. Massachusetts has a credential called certified older adult peer specialist. And it exists because people over 50 in crisis don't want to talk to a 26-year-old. And the state's Medicaid program covers it. Somebody's billing for it, which means somebody's hiring for it. In 1935 in Acron, Ohio, a stock broker who couldn't stop drinking sat down with the surgeon who couldn't stop drinking as well. And that meeting became Alcoholics Anonymous. Neither one had a credential. The only qualification was having been there. 90 years later, it's a state license and there's a version built for people your age. And one of our clients is doing the same thing on camera. Donald Crow runs a channel called Second Act Recovery. It's for people in recovery, people thinking about quitting, families of somebody struggling, and he was posting consistently and the views wouldn't move. And he wasn't even sure he was in the right lane. Then he joined us and we told him the one thing that nobody tells you, which is stay in the lane. One of his recent videos hit 113,000 views in 2 days. He's monetized now and his worst decade became the reason that people trust him, right? So life gave him lemons and he turned it into lemonade. Now according to glass door, a peer support specialist makes between 49 and $73,000 a year. We could take these skills further, start posting on YouTube and make even more. All right, next one is going to be a nuclear plant operator. And this is the person in the control room watching the gauges, running the reactor. And there are only about 5200 licensed reactor operators in the entire United States. The Department of Energy says that 63% of nuclear employers reported hiring was very difficult. Over 80% said that they had trouble hiring at all. And Energy Northwest filmed what the training actually looks like. It's a full-size copy of the control room, and they run you through every emergency until it's boring. And the most dangerous machine in America was built by a man that they couldn't retire. Heyman Rickover built the nuclear navy. He was 54 when the first nuclear submarine launched, and the Navy tried to retire him for decades. Congress kept him on the job until he was 82 because when the machine can melt down, nobody wants the kid. They want the guy who's seen a pump fail. So, you're over 50, you've seen things fail. And speaking of Navy, we have a community members channel named Navy Viking, right? So, that's the channel, but his name is Rick. And he retired after 40 years in the military. And he didn't want a career. He wanted $2,000 a month to fund his travel and finally feel free. So, he started a channel about the thing that he does in his garage, 3D printing. 6 months in, he was stuck at 50 subscribers. Views stuck between 50 and 200. And then he joined us and two videos took off while he was on vacation. 29,000 views, then 24,000, then another hit, 24,000 in just 8 days. And that's a pretty good feeling when you open your phone up in the morning and you see that your videos blew up while you're on vacation. And his channel is monetized now and he's crushing it. So 40 years of discipline and he just finally pointed it at a camera. According to glass door, a nuclear operator makes between 87 and $150,000 a year. And in my opinion, I believe that nuclear energy is the future. I've done a lot of research on this and I think it's pretty obvious that that is going to be what we end up going towards. All right, next one is a water treatment operator. So, every glass of water in your town went through a plant. Somebody ran that plant, right? They have to read the gauges, adjust the chemicals, sign off that it's safe to drink. And the National League of Cities said that roughly one-third of the water workforce is expected to become eligible for retirement within the next decade, leaving an estimated 10,000 openings for water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators each year through 2034. And according to a guy who's been doing this job for years, operators must be observant, using their senses to smell for odors, listen for mechanical issues, and visually inspect surroundings to catch potential problems. Also, many plants offer on the job training for new hires, so you don't need prior experience. And in 97 AD, Rome had a problem. The aqueducts, the water for millions of people, were being run into the ground. So the emperor gave the job to a man named Fontennis. And he was 57. And he'd already been a general, already governed Britain, already been console. And they didn't give the water to the smartest kid in Rome. They gave it to the man who'd already run a province. So if you're over 50, you're already running something. And notice what this job actually is. It's local. Your town, your plant, your neighbors drinking it. People think local is the ceiling, but it's actually the opposite. So Craig Ciphers, for instance, is one of our community members. We mentioned him before, and he'd been on YouTube for two years, posting every single week, staying consistent, and the views were not coming. So he fixed the basics, helped him implement our system, and one of his very first videos with us did over a 100,000 views in a few weeks. And he'd been uploading on YouTube for 3 years, spinning his wheels, and getting pretty much less than 100 views per video. And then one upload more than doubled everything he'd ever done. So local wasn't the limit. Local was the whole edge. According to Glass Door, a water treatment operator makes between $49 and $71,000 a year. So, there's a secret side of my business that most of you have no idea exists. And I actually have a coaching program on personal branding and growing on YouTube and making money on YouTube. This is good for complete beginners, maybe even people who just want to get a job by growing their personal brand, as well as business owners, all the way up to people who are very advanced on YouTube. And they get to work directly with myself and my team to help them reach their goals. Now, we are opening up three to five spots, and this is pretty rare. We usually don't have these open. We usually only limit them to a select amount of people as well, but we're opening up three to five spots, and you can check those down in the description and the paid to comment below. And in this program, you will get to work directly with myself and other people who are highly successful on YouTube. Everyone in our program has 100K plus subscriber plaques. Just as an example, Shawn was able to go all the way from being stuck, not making very much money on his channel, to making over $500,000 in a single month. Now, that's an example of one of my more advanced students, but there are lots of examples of people starting out from scratch, and they got to 5K a month or 10K a month, etc. So, check that out down in the description and the pin comment below, and I look forward to working with you and see if you're a good fit to work together. Now, last one on the list, and I'm putting this one because it was actually a special request from one of the viewers of the channel, and that is a safety manager. So, this is the person on a job site whose only job is making sure that nobody dies today, right? And also to make sure the company is compliant with laws and regulations. So every construction site, every plant, every warehouse over a certain size has to have one. And this job is growing 18% over the next 10 years. And that is one of the fastest growing jobs that the government tracks. And it has almost 21,000 openings a year. And the degree requirement says occupational health and safety or related field. Keywords there are or a related field. That's the door. But you might be thinking, "All right, Shane, that's a clipboard job for some kid with a degree." Well, there's a channel called Hard Hat Highlights, and it's a construction safety manager on camera saying it makes about $160,000 a year. And here's the thing about that job. Nobody sends a 25-year-old to tell a crew of 45-year-old iron workers to shut it down. They won't listen to him, but they'll listen to you. The gray hair isn't a problem in this job. It's the qualification, and you walk the site. You don't care anything up it. OSHA 30 is one week. The certification is a test, not a degree. And it's relatively easy to get. And there's a channel that's called Safety Spiel that broke down exactly how you get qualified. Three levels, what training you need, where to get it. The main certification body is BCSP and that's board of certified safety professionals. So, somebody already did the homework for you, right? And this is the new education. You don't have to go to college to get these jobs anymore. You can just go on YouTube and they'll tell you exactly what to do there. Or you could just make your own YouTube channel helping other people. And that is exactly what my brother did with trade related careers. He'd spent 30 years in the trades and he made the channel that he wish he had when he was first getting into it. That's common sense to him now because he spent so long in the trades and most of his friends are in the trades. So, he kind of knows the pros and cons of all of them and he just shares that information with other people on his YouTube channel and he went from zero to a full-time income in less than a one month doing that. So, there's so much opportunity here and it doesn't have to be career related or money related. There's a lot of other ones that it can be as well. With that being said, if you want to know exactly how we helped my brother do that, go ahead and attend the live training by clicking that first link in the description, the pin comment below. And also check out this video right here to see exactly how we helped my brother go from zero to full-time income in less than one month. And you can check that out by clicking right here.