The Bachelor-Verse's 10 Most Absurd Contestant Job Titles, Ranked

In the end, all modern-day Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants seem destined to become social media influencers. But before they start hawking skin care products on Instagram, the single guys and gals of ABC's dating franchise have other jobs — and they're often completely ridiculous.

With Season 18 of The Bachelorette now underway (Tuesdays, 8/7c), and "pizzapreneur" Peter Izzo among the men vying for Michelle Young's heart, we're revisiting some of the reality series' most puzzling contestant occupations of all time, ranked from least to most absurd.

As we whittled down the list below to 10 total job titles — five from The Bachelor, five from The Bachelorette — we were reminded how often the word "enthusiast" is used in contestant bios (Chicken enthusiast! Sport fishing enthusiast!), while others have come up with very creative ways of saying they're unemployed.

And though the below professions are anywhere from confusing to completely made up, we have to admit: These contestants are the ones who stand out in a sea of pharmaceutical sales reps... until they get eliminated at the very first rose ceremony, that is.

Scroll down for our ranking of the Bachelor-verse's most nonsensical contestant job titles, then add your own favorites from seasons past in the comments.

Six years later, we still have lots of questions about Ryan McDill's occupation. Can he tell a good junkyard from a bad junkyard? Or does he specialize in the junk itself? Regardless, McDill was swiftly booted on Night 1 after getting very drunk and exhibiting gross behavior, including a joke about rape. "People need to get off their high horse. It was awesome and entertaining," McDill told TMZ after his exit, proving that this junkyard specialist was the real garbage all along.

It was Brandon Howell's decision to appear on this mainstream, broadcast-TV dating series that let us know he wasn't a true hipster.

Alex Dillon's experience as a sloth really only applied to her limo introduction, when she told Colton Underwood, "I heard you take things slow" while dressed as the leisurely mammal. She was eliminated on Night 1, to absolutely no one's surprise, but we respect the commitment.

Sadly, Kelly Travis — who competed for Juan Pablo Galavis' affection — didn't actually make a living out of her love for canines. She really worked in business development for construction companies, but that makes for one boring chyron.

Before Season 23 premiered, we assumed Erin Landry perhaps played Cinderella at Disneyland, which would all but assure her a flattering edit on a Disney-owned ABC series. But nope: Per Landry's official Bachelor bio at the time, she worked for her stepmother's business, and she was merely dubbed Cinderella for her Night 1 entrance in a horse-drawn carriage and pale blue evening gown.

Kamil Nicalek is probably better known now for breaking up with Annaliese Puccini during the Bachelor in Paradise reunion special in 2018. But this job title is all we ever needed to know about Nicalek, who admirably tried to make scrolling through Twitter sound very, very important.

Another woman in pursuit of Juan Pablo, Lucy Aragon was all about flower crowns, good vibes and zero clothing. And though Aragon was eliminated in Week 3 of Season 18, she seems to be content with how things panned out, using the #FreeLikeMe hashtag in most of her recent Instagram posts. "Being a free spirit isn't a job, it's a lifestyle," she told Bustle in 2020 — and hey, at least she knows it's not a real job.

Things didn't work out between chicken lover Tiara Soleim and Ben Higgins, but it's for the best: Tiara's love for No. 1 chicken Sheila seemed unparalleled anyway.

Easily the most terrifying job title on this list, Tickle Monster was the given occupation for Jonathan Treece during his pursuit of Rachel Lindsay, who was nice enough not to eliminate him immediately after he did this. He made it all the way to Week 4, in fact!

If your job is a word that doesn't even exist, it's gotta top our list. "Whaboom" wasn't so much Lucas Yancey's profession as it was a comedy schtick that he desperately hoped would catch on; he introduces it to Rachel Lindsay here, and she gamely endures the whole thing. But even though Yancey's two weeks on Season 13 were incredibly annoying to watch, his eventual exit — along with the elimination of Yancey's nemesis, Blake Elarbee — gifted us with one of the Bachelor franchise's most memorable and hilariously immature fights.