Career Center: Slacker careers
Food Taster. Coffee might cause too much of a buzz, but ice cream makers employ testers too. Not bad. Chocolate taster, even better.
More info: www.foxnews.com.
Hard-core slackers might still find these jobs too taxing. Here are a few truly low-energy jobs (though it might help if you can mooch additional money off parents or a spouse):
Self-Serve Gas Station Attendant. Mainly, you sit there and take money. Your greatest challenge may be to try to get the license plate of thieves who drive away without paying.
More info: www.afb.org
Order Taker. When I call to place an order at places like Park Seed, Lands End, or Jet Blue, the order takers tell me they really like their jobs and say it's usually easy and relaxing. I mean, it can't be too taxing to say, "What's your next item number?" Some, like many reservations agents at Jet Blue, even work from home.
More info: Go to www.simplyhired.com or indeed.com and search on "order taker" or "customer service."
Mystery Shopper. You buy stuff and fill out a checklist on how nicely you were treated. Can you handle it?
More info: jobsearch.about.com
Personal Shopper. You traipse malls to buy things with other people's money.
More info: www.startupjournal.com.
Store Security Guard. Your job is to stand there. I know, there's always the chance of danger, but 99 percent of the time it's uneventful. Occasionally you might have to walk a shoplifter into the back room.
More info: Read the security guard profile in the Occupational Outlook Handbook: www.bls.gov.
House Sitter. Water the plants, feed the cat, keep the lights on so the robbers think someone's home–all usually in a nice house in a nice neighborhood.
More info: Search www.indeed.com and www.simplyhired.com for house sitter jobs.
Flower Arranger. "I think I'll put that lily in there. OK, now a rose. Here, a bit of fern." Life doesn't get much softer than this.
More info: www.save-on-crafts.com/flowartec.html.
Sperm Donor. If you've got good genes and you're healthy, you can get paid to, well, contribute your seed. Now that's a slacker job.
More info: www.cryobankdonors.com.
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