America's favorite divorced dad, Jon Gosselin, just can't seem to stay out of the news despite his stated desire to begin living a normal life.

But if we take Gosselin at his word that this is not a ploy to somehow get back on Jon & Kate Plus 8, he's going to need to get another job at some point. So what can he reasonably be expected to do for a living now?

In the same spirit as our recent attempt to provide some vocational options for Paula Abdul, here are some jobs Gosselin would be very well qualified for:

VH1 dating show star: Due to recent unfortunate events, the future of the VH1 dating empire is currently up in the air, but Gosselin could be just the man to revive it. His name recognition is quite high, he's already used to television cameras, and who wouldn't be charmed by the episode when the finalists are grilled by eight little potential stepchildren?

Emcee of the Miss America pageant: Miss America has been trying to morph itself into an extended reality show for a few years now. A logical next step would be to hire someone from the reality world to host the extravaganza. Gosselin has a lot of spare time, and he has excellent name recognition with two demographics who are important to the pageant: traditional women and pigs who like to drool at chicks in bikinis. Besides, the gig would be an opportunity for Gosselin to collect 50 new phone numbers. Could he really turn it down?

Hosting a parenting show on Spike: The show Kevin Federline should have grabbed up while he had the chance! There are plenty of television shows about raising kids, but all of them seem geared towards women. But there's nothing for the man whose idea of bonding with their kid is taking him or her to the tattoo parlor for the first time, or to give advice on how to tell the little ones that while you still love Mommy, there are four or five other ladies you love just a bit more right now.

Boyfriend for Jessica Simpson: There's a class of celebrity that no longer does much actual work, but still manages to regularly appear in gossip columns because readers find their love lives fascinating. The attention given to Gosselin's succession of girlfriends indicates that he has joined this club. So why not kill two birds with one stone, and pair him off with a woman whose only real job anymore is trying desperately to get photographed with any available man, Jessica Simpson? Now of course, you might say here that dating Simpson is hardly a job, but I would think anyone who has been involved with or married to her would disagree.

Crusader for children: This would be an extension of what he has just started doing. Granted, most seem skeptical that his efforts to stop Jon & Kate Plus 8 are really about the welfare of his children and not himself, but if he sticks with it and fakes sincerity long enough, there could be some serious cash in it for him down the road. He could start a foundation to show that he's not just a former dork with a premature midlife crisis. He could hold a wet t-shirt contest to raise awareness of the plight of sextuplets without their own TV show. Next could come a book about his changed ways, and then who knows? He needs to keep pounding that "I'm doing it for my kids" drum until people forget just how long he lived off of them.

Sperm Donor: Why not? He has eightfold proof that he's doing just fine in that area. Of course, the downside is that a woman would not probably not be happy to know that Gosselin has anything to do with the genes of their offspring. Donors are ordinarily anonymous, but if a mother finds that her baby boy is showing a sudden interest in Ed Hardy diapers and starts hitting on the nanny, the jig is up.

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