FlexJobs, an online service specializing in telecommuting and remote work, recently put together a list of 17 high-paying jobs you can do on the side. To qualify for the list, each job had to be considered "flexible" (and not full time), and had to pay at least double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, according to the job posting on FlexJobs.
Brie Reynolds, the director of online content for FlexJobs, says "side jobs" are defined as anything part time, including freelance, temporary, short- or long-term, work-from-home, or in-person flexible gigs.
Here's FlexJobs' list of high-paying side jobs you might want to consider:
Curriculum writer
Pay: $50 an hour
Type of flexibility: Temporary, part time
Description: Education professionals with experience in curriculum writing will find a variety of part-time and/or temporary positions to assist educational institutions and organizations with curriculum development, writing, and adaption. These jobs seek people who have excellent teamwork skills and who work well under deadlines.
City-guide writer
Pay: $50 to $100 a project
Type of flexibility: Freelance, telecommute
Description: Travel and tourism businesses, as well as real-estate companies, often hire writers to write city and/or neighborhood guides with information about population size, shopping, recreation, culture, entertainment, things to do, climate, transit, and more.
Business consultant
Pay: $48 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time, telecommute, freelance
Description: Consultants may work with one local business or a variety of nationwide or international companies to handle questions, review processes, and improve performance. Extensive previous management experience is typically required.
Project manager
Pay: Up to $43 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time, freelance
Description: Project managers with previous experience are sometimes hired by clients who need a specific project handled from start to finish. They may oversee the project from idea creation through implementation, coordinate with all participants, track budgets, and troubleshoot issues.
Sign-language interpreter
Pay: $36.50 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time
Description: For those with sign-language skills and a license (which are usually state-sponsored), part-time and freelance contracts are often available. Depending on the employer, you'll help different populations with hearing impairments communicate with interpretation.
Web designer
Pay: $32 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time, telecommute, temporary, freelance
Description: Web designers are responsible for the graphic-design elements of websites. In these roles, designers create, update, and manage web-design elements, and they need to have design experience as well as excellent client-relations skills.
Software developer
Pay: Up to $30 an hour
Type of flexibility: Flexible schedule, part time, telecommute
Description: Software-development jobs are one of the most in-demand positions available today, and many offer part-time and project-based work. Depending on the gig, you might be updating existing websites, creating new templates, helping to develop new websites and apps, or other related tasks.
Online communications associate
Pay: Up to $25 an hour
Type of flexibility: Telecommute, part time
Description: Online-community management positions are a growing area for part-time work. Responsibilities typically include updating web content, managing social media, providing system administration, writing content, and creating reports.
Video reviewer
Pay: $25 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time, telecommute
Description: For certified teachers in a variety of subject areas, video-reviewer jobs are a part-time way to use your skills and experience for extra income. Video reviewers observe and assess the classroom and instructional performance of teachers from around the country, who send videos of themselves for review.
Accountant
Pay: $25 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time, freelance
Description: Though this isn't typically thought of as a "side job," accountants with several years of experience can find part-time work helping different businesses with accounting functions, reporting, and taxes. Some accounting side gigs help businesses and individuals complete their taxes annually or throughout the year, while others are responsible more for daily, weekly, and monthly accounting tasks.
Merchandise coordinator
Pay: $21 an hour
Type of flexibility: Temporary, freelance, short term
Description: A small amount of merchandising experience is needed for these types of jobs, where you'll support a merchandising team by maintaining and updating information such as reports, samples, and updates from other teams.
Bilingual legal assistant
Pay: Up to $21 an hour
Type of flexibility: Freelance, short term
Description: For someone with multilingual skills and legal experience, bilingual-legal-assistant jobs are often available as projects or temporary jobs in which you'll help an organization with a specific case or issue, reviewing legal documents using your language skills.
Lead-generation specialist
Pay: $20 an hour
Type of flexibility: Freelance, part time, telecommute
Description: Lead-generation specialists, also known as appointment setters, typically prospect, qualify, and generate appointments for a variety of companies and business-development teams. Someone with high self-motivation, determination, and communication skills should do well in this type of job.
Freelance product photographer
Pay: Up to $20 an hour
Type of flexibility: Temporary, part time, freelance
Description: Make no mistake — photography side jobs require someone who is highly skilled in photography and related software for editing and retouching photos. Photography experience is almost always required, and graphic design and Photoshop experience is a plus.
Bookkeeper
Pay: Up to $19 an hour
Type of flexibility: Temporary, flexible schedule, part-time potential
Description: Plenty of part-time bookkeeping jobs exist for both small and large companies. The responsibilities typically usually include using QuickBooks to do reconciliation, accounts payable, accounts receivable, etc. — so at least some experience (and relevant skills) are required.
Copy editor/writer
Pay: Up to $17 an hour
Type of flexibility: Temporary, part time, telecommute
Description: Copy editors and writers can be responsible for the writing, execution, and proofreading of materials across digital and print platforms. Depending on the employer, they may write and edit for marketing materials, editorial content, social media, or other types of material.
Temporary transcript processor
Pay: $15 an hour
Type of flexibility: Part time, temporary
Description: Data-entry jobs like transcript processing are a great side job for people who love to work independently, have solid attention to detail, and enjoy the unique challenges of data entry. Data-entry specialists are needed to input data from a variety of sources into the correct corresponding fields quickly and accurately, and working well under pressure is a must.
credit:businessinsider
No comments:
Post a Comment