There’s something in the water cooler. Recent research has shown that January is by far the most popular time of the year to apply for a new job, with Glassdoor reporting that 17% more job applications are started in January than in a typical month.

While over on Twitter we’ve seen that the interest in unusual jobs that leave the rat race behind is soaring, with a role on a remote Irish island receiving 23,000 applicants to live there over summer without electricity or wifi. Not to mention the decor brand which will pay someone £50k to travel the globe looking for interiors trends and the tiny, quaint bookshop in Oxfordshire looking for a new owner.

So, we know that people are looking for something different to the 9-5, but what’s the one thing all of these quirky positions are missing? Well… sunshine!

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