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How many of your friends have you heard moan and groan about their jobs? Loads right. Even the ones who seem to have had more careers than dinners never seem to find the right one. But that’s not so much because the world isn’t blessed with exciting careers; it’s more to with the fact they don’t know they exist.

When you’re thinking about picking a job, you tend to go through the main umbrellas, and then you pick a niche within that. But what you may not realise is, well, your college degree probably qualifies you for more roles than you even know exist. Seriously. There are some super-crazy and utterly-unique jobs that your degree may have prepared you for without you knowing, and here is the best of the bunch.

1. Putting The Adventure Into IT

For most people, IT sounds like the most boring career path anyone can ever choose. But that’s probably because they’ve never heard of an Information Security Consultant, which is someone businesses hire to test their security. That’s right. Your job is to break into a business and try and steal things as a way of highlighting any weaknesses. You literally get to be a part of Clooney’s Ocean gang. You could specialise in breaking into hospitals or e-commerce websites or department stores or, most thrilling of all, casinos. How cool would that be?

2. The Medical Job You Never Knew Existed

When you think about working healthcare, you probably think doctor, nurse, practitioner, surgeon or administration staff. That’s pretty much it. But there is way more to being a successful hospital than meets the eye. Yeah, we’re talking about marketing. We’re talking about there being a sudden interest in making the patient experience as good as it can possibly be in order to thrive. That could mean you go and view WonderWink Scrub shop today and think about how nurse uniforms could brighten patients days, or overseeing a blog that humanises the medical world or coming up with clever campaigns that put a smile on people’s faces; people that need to smile most of all.

3. Keeping Nature Accessible To All

If you can’t get enough of the great outdoors, then you need to consider becoming a Trail Steward. It’s got to be one of the coolest gigs around. Essentially, you are tasked with maintaining the trails of North America, and you get paid for it. That means making sure the paths are clear for walkers, dams aren’t falling into disrepair, water reservoirs are all dandy, fallen trees aren’t blocking anywhere and just generally making sure the trails are preserved as best you can.

4. Make Menus Magical

You know when you walk into a restaurant, pick up the menu and can’t decide what to have because everything looks incredible. Well, that’s because someone has designed it that way. But not just anyone: a menu engineer. It’s one of those hidden roles that can really make a restaurant profitable. We’re talking about imagery, the use of language, the order they are in, the pricing, graphics and imagery. Oh, and we’re talking about a possible $200,000 a year income.