The Aruba Tourism Authority is on the hunt for someone to fill the role of the island's weather person, which it bills as the “world's easiest job.” Why is it so easy? The tourism authority explained that Aruba experiences more sunny days than any other Caribbean island.
Finance was overwhelmingly tagged as the world's most boring industry, with finance-associated positions occupying four of the top five slots on the “most boring” list. The people occupying those “boring” jobs were also not seen as competent, according to the report, which surprised at least one of the study's authors.
Some of the more repulsive or dangerous jobs included fuller, executioner, leech collector, plague burier, rat-catcher, leather tanner, gong farmer, and sin-eater.
Logging workers were found to have the most dangerous job in America with 82.2 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers. Fishing and hunting workers have the second most dangerous job with 75.2 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers.
The article says workplace boredom generally occurs when people feel like they don't belong in their jobs; believe they are underutilized, doing work that is beneath their skills or experience; or lack the opportunity to learn new things and develop in their careers.
Cambridge Scientists unleashed a computer to find the most boring day in history. And the computer had the answer after assessing more than 300 million historic facts. William Tunstall-Pedoe found out that Sunday, April 11, 1954, was the most eventless day in recorded history.
What are unique careers? Unique careers are lesser-known positions that are not as traditional as job titles such as teachers, sales associates , doctors and lawyers. In comparison, people may not have even heard of these less common careers, possibly because other people don't talk about them as frequently.
