Job with three months off that can earn you over £100,000 a year – and you won’t need a university degree

A JOB is offering a whopping £100k a year with three months of holiday – and no degree is needed to apply. Aspen Tucker, 29, from the US has revealed how he left his normal life to work as a travelling nurse, and now earns the big bucks. CNBCAspen Tucker makes a £100k in only nine months working as a travelling nurse in the US[/caption] Tucker had been working as a staff nurse in South Carolina during the worst of the pandemic in 2020 before he swapped it all for a lucrative life as a travelling nurse. He told CNBC Make It all about the opportunities of travelling around the US on short-term nurse contracts. The young nurse makes a mega £100k, owns three cars and is able to take three whole months of holiday off each year. And Aspen’s job does not require a bachelors degree. Instead, a much shorter associate’s degree ticks all the job’s requirements. However, the same cannot be said for the UK, where most nursing roles require a university degree in it beforehand. It all started when he saw a posting pop up online for a job that offered a temporary nurse contract in Texas that was over three-times what he was being paid. The 29-year-old immediately took his stuff and left, telling his manager “I’ve got to go. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. Tucker has been on the road ever since and hasn’t looked back as travel nurses are in high demand. He typically picks up nursing contracts that range from four to 13 weeks long and works a minimum 48-hours a week, which is roughly £71-an-hour. He also loves the fact he gets to travel all over the country and explore new places, while still helping people at the same time. Explaining what he does when he’s not working, he said: “The first thing I’m doing is booking a vacation.” Aspen’s salary coupled with time to kill has allowed him to tick off a bucket list of countries he dreamt of seeing as a child. In just three years, he’s already visited Belize, Colombia, Seychelles, Qatar and Kenya. Tucker can also make extra money renting out his home back in South Carolina when he is away, which helps to supplement his income even further. However, it isn’t all plain sailing for the health worker and he wants others to understand the drawbacks of a life spent travelling for work. His job keeps him away from his family, his dog and he works hard, ling hours. “I’m way outside my comfort zone — usually in different cities or different states. It does have its challenges,” he explains. Each time he enters a new hospital, he is thrown right in and has little time to adjust. “You have to be flexible, adjustable and willing to learn right there and then.” Meanwhile, a job in Australia is offering £4000 a month to only work six hours a day, but no one wants to take it up. An Australian MP has pleaded for fruit pickers to step forward to sort out the seasonal bumper crops amid a critical shortage of workers in the country. Similarly, other sectors outside of agriculture are begging for workers in the south pacific country, including six-figure salaries in mining and auto electricians.