10 Part Time Jobs To Earn You Cool Cash While Job Hunting

10 Part-Time Jobs To Earn You Cool Cash While Job Hunting

The title of this piece actually is ‘DON’T GLUE YOUR BUTT TO YOUR FAVORITE CHAIR AT HOME, EYES ALL DAY ON YOUR LAPTOP, IN SEARCH OF YOUR DREAM JOB. ENGAGE IN THESE PART-TIME JOBS AND EARN COOL CASH WHILE YOU ARE AT IT’ Wheeew! That would have entered the Guinness book of records as the longest title ever coined for an article but blog title restrictions just won’t let this title be great! 😭😭😭

This article is for you; you who have been trying to get a job for over a month now. You have got the requisite skill and experience to land your dream job and have sent out CV upon CV (or perhaps resume upon resume).

Maybe you have also written and re-written your application letter so much that you deserve to be awarded “The Nobel Prize for (the mastery of) Cover letter”. 😉

Pause a bit, mate and learn how you could use this time you have at your disposal to your advantage.

1. Writing

I’ll be honest with you. I became a content writer because I was unemployed for a while. Prior to this time, I had always known my writing skills were beyond average but I never did anything lucrative with it.

In my spare time, I wrote short stories, poems, inspirational pieces and all but never took writing seriously. When my few days of unemployment turned to so many months of unemployment, I ran back to my ‘first love’- Writing!

So any time you see my article on this blog, be sure to thank ‘Mr Unemployment!

Perhaps, just like me, you have what it takes to cash out on writing but you have relegated this innate ability to the background and are too busy chasing your ‘dream job’. Your deliverance has come!

Apart from content writing, many part-time opportunities exist in the field of writing such as freelance writing for an editorial, Book editing, screenwriting, blogging, participating in short story competitions, among others.

If you want to make money through Freelance writing, here are some superb platforms you cn also start with:

• Upwork
• Medium
• iWriter
• Guru
• Blogging Pro
• Freelancer

2. Ushering

This is a part-time activity that gives instant cash. Ushers are usually paid per-day with a day’s activity being between 2 to 5 hours.

If you are an individual with a pleasant attitude (or at least who can maintain a pleasant attitude for a few hours 😆 ) and you are willing to stand for a couple of hours, then you are on your way to earning instant cash via ushering.

To become an usher today is just as simple as registering online on verified ushering platforms or even walking into an event planning outfit or sending an email stating your interest in ushering. For any of the options, you may need to send in a good looking full-length picture of yourself to land the job!

Let me let you in on a little secret, if you usher for five out of seven days in a week, you could way be on your way to earning more than an average banker while working half their working hours! Great huh?

3. Marketing

Some reputable organizations hire part-time marketers who get payments strictly on a commission basis. These marketers are not to be physically present during workdays and as such get payments based on the result(e.g product/services sold or clients gained).

Also, in some parts of Africa, there exists another form of part-time marketing where marketers go out in groups on weekdays and get benefits based on daily sales.

They are not under any obligation to work for the company for a specific period of time.

If you are someone with the innate ability of persuasion, perhaps you should put it to good use in the field of marketing!

4. Teaching

One profession that can never be outdated is teaching. During the Stone Age, we were taught how to light a fire with stones. Even in this digital age, we still need to learn how to create fire without stones.

My point really is that no matter the age the world is, there will always be a need for a teacher! Teaching is a field with numerous opportunities as there is no limit to the number of things that can be taught. Alchemy Tuition is an online platform where a variety of subjects can be taught.

Also, even without the skill or experience of a teacher, everyone on this earth is capable of teaching at least one thing successfully.

With technological advancement in this digital age, there are so many teaching mediums which ensure that distance is no longer a barrier between teachers and prospective students.

So cash in on perhaps the most important profession in the world and teach someone something you know.

Here are superb platforms to help you reach prospective students:

• Tuteria- Tutoring platform for online and offline tutoring
• Tutorme: Online tutoring platform with virtual classroom having a whiteboard, text editor, audio/video chat, and screen-sharing capabilities.
• SpecialEdTutoring- online tutoring platform for students with special needs.
• Udemy- online tutoring platform aimed at professionals.
• Skooli: Online tutoring platform known for its expertise in maths tuition.

5. Event Coordination

Most people are familiar with event decoration and planning but not with coordination. A lot of people don’t know that, apart from the hiring of event decorators and planners, event coordinators are also useful.

Sometimes, the services of event coordinators are independent of planners and decorators; Yes! You heard it on this blog first! 😀 

An event coordinator is a go-between for the client and guests. During events, he/she usually coordinate different activities such as the activities of Ushers, servers e.t.c.).

Prior to an event, a coordinator should come for a compulsory one-day briefing called Vendors meeting. And here’s the juicy part, an event coordinator is usually paid higher than an usher.

6. Modelling

Contrary to popular belief, modelling is not all about half-naked skinny individuals parading the runway. It is a broad profession that involves individuals of different shapes, sizes and age groups (e.g plus size models, petite models, child models, mature models).

Modelling is also not limited to ‘clothes’. For instance, Part modelling is a form of modelling that involves body parts such as the feet (e.g shoe or nails modelling), hands (jewellery, nails or beauty products modelling), eyes (beauty product modelling), among others.

Modelling is a lucrative business which yields daily returns. So, put that unemployed body to good and profitable use!

7. Ride Share

Rideshare is a modern cab system such as Uber, Taxify, Cabiride, among others. A lot of people do not know that a car owned solely for private use is primarily a liability. However, putting your car into use via the rideshare medium can actually transform your car from a liability into an asset.

If you still have that outdated belief that ‘driving’ is a job for the poor, perhaps you haven’t heard of Gavin Escalor, an uber driver who, in 2015, had an annual income of $252,000  ($3,000 to $18,000 monthly from jewellery sales to uber passengers).

He owns four cars, employs six drivers and is the reason for the coinage, Uberpreneur.

Do you know you can also make money from rides share apps through referrals? Also, if you have an idle car and would like to put it to use on any rideshare platform but don’t intend driving it yourself, Cabiride is the platform for you! Don’t let that car lie idle for another day, put it to good use now!

8. Call Centre

Although call centres exist in different parts of the world.

In advance countries, employees of call-centres have relatively flexible work hours and yet get better payments than most part-time jobs.

This makes working in a call centre in these parts of the world one of the most lucrative part-time jobs which will have minimal interference with your job hunt.

9. Nanny/Babysitting

Whether during a baby boom period or not, the services of nannies or baby sitters is a constant need (Full time and part-time). Families with full-time nannies still require part-time Nannies for weekends or special occasions.

Getting a part-time nanny or babysitting duty is as simply asking a friend or family member whether if need your services in this aspect. When you carry out a job well by feeding and grooming the child for success, you are on your way to getting more jobs through referrals.

So start sitting on those babies today! 🙄

10. Handiwork

No matter how huge and prosperous industries and organizations become, there will always be room for handiwork. Handiwork includes photography, painting, knitting, jewellery making, bead making, makeup (cosmetology), tailoring and so on.

The period of being unemployed is a good period to optimize the knowledge of handiwork you have. During this period, you would have ample time to perfect your craft or art through practice.

Never let the fear that you haven’t attained the status of a pro stop you from having a handiwork. If you have basic knowledge in bead making, go ahead and do more. Your craft has potential customers because some individuals see the beauty in ‘simplicity’.

So put your ‘hands’ to ‘work’ and reap all the monetary benefits!

Finally…

While you begin to earn some cool cash with these ideas and your dream job finally comes, your personal assistant might just be the one to receive the good news, a phone call inviting you to pick up your appointment letter. No jokes! 🙄

A sage once said: “Sometimes delay opens your eyes to opportunities you would have otherwise ignored and forces you to tap into unused or underdeveloped potentials”.

And guess who this sage is?? Me! 😉