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Hi, my name is Pat Goodwin with patgoodwinassociates.com and we're going to talk about how to make
money on the side. When I hear that topic I think about there's a reason for making
extra money on the side. It could be that you are trying to pay off a student loan or
you need to make extra money to whittle down your debt but when you're looking for making
money on the side, I would certainly encourage you to think about how many hours can you
actually donate to working on the side. Is it weekend work? Is it evening work? Is it
early shift work? And how many hours can you afford to be away from your family. So let's
look at you want to make sure that you are alert and confident in the job that you have
in your day job or night job, so as you select a job about making money on the side, what
types of jobs might there be for you? There could be everything from assistant librarian
in a library on weekends to cleaning homes to pet sitting to helping the elderly and
being a caregiver and sitting with someone who needed some extra care in their home.
To actually being a security guard. To being a substitute teacher maybe in the summer if
you are a teacher. To be a tutor. I've known people who've made great work by being a tutor.
You may have a keen mathematical skill but you're not working typically in your field
of work. There are a lot of students who are honor students who want a math tutor to help
them excel in their particular subject. You may be fluent in Spanish and you could teach
Spanish. You could go to Sylvan Learning Center and look for making extra money on the side
by being a tutor there. So just get creative, go to the website and look at extra jobs or
home based jobs. As you drive through communities and you look at different buildings they may
have a sign posted for extra help needed. It could be seasonal work where you're working
seasonally during the holidays in retail. There are wonderful stores that open up just
seasonally like the calendar stores where you could work there. And there could be people
on extended vacations where you could actually house sit and be paid quite handsomely to
be there and to take care of their home. So you want to present yourself as someone who's
highly responsible, on-time with a high degree of integrity and trust and then as you present
yourself for that extra, making extra income on the side, they're going to know more than
likely that you're making a full time income and why you're looking for job. You can keep
the reasons maybe professionally, you just need to make some extra money to pay off some
bills. So I hope that helps you think about how can you make some extra money on the side.