5 Most Obscure Jobs around the World

Have you thought about people who have found lucrative yet strange niches to exploit? You may be familiar with professions like doctors, lawyers, office employees, and teachers. These jobs fill a sizable demand gap and pay well, but their unique qualities preclude them from becoming well-known. Inventive strategists who take advantage of untapped opportunities are the brains behind these positions. Investigating these in-demand but unusual professions may provide priceless insights, whether you’re dissatisfied with your current job, are looking for work, or are just looking for interesting conversation starters.

Human Alarm Clocks
Customers of Daily Wake Up phone are given a live person who will phone them either daily or on a predetermined day to remind them of their obligations, daily schedules, and important occasions. This is a terrific method to profit from other people’s busyness and avoid everything from forgetfulness to individuals sleeping through their alarm clocks, given the number of people who have busy personal and professional life.

Professional Bed Warmers
Professional bed warmers are paid to wear special, all in one-sleeper suits, and warm up the beds of Holiday Inn guests, before they get under the covers. An Edinburg Sleep Centre study concluded that cold beds inhibit sleep, and warm beds, approximately 20 to 24 degrees Celsius, help people have a good night’s sleep.  In January 2010, five-minute free bed warming sessions were test driven at London and Manchester, U.K Holiday Inn Locations.

Paint Dry Watcher
Are you familiar with the saying: “it’s like watching paint dry?” Keith Jackson knows what it’s really like to watch paint dry, because he watches paint dry for a living.  Keith Jackson became a professional paint dry watcher when he was 16 years old.  Companies pay Keith Jackson to figure out what paint will dry fastest, time how long it takes for different types of paint to dry, and tell them when their paint will dry.

Human Mannequins
Human mannequins are paid about $100 per hour.  The pay is so high because it involves staying still for periods of time that very few people can successfully achieve. This job isn’t for people with even a hint of ADD, or those who get bored easily because you’re paid to stay super still in one place for several hours.

Professional Queuer
If you don’t mind standing in a long line-up for extensive periods of time, this is the perfect job for you. For $36 per hour an American company called linestandings.com provides lobbyists with someone who will wait in line, at busy congressional hearings, and in China, where it’s actually quite common for a bank line up to take half a day, Professional Queuer’s jobs are gradually growing in popularity.