Earning money is a constant and quite prominent factor in probably all of our minds. But when you’re still young and not able to work a full time job, because you have to go to school or university, this is not so easy. In this post I want to give you some ideas of how you could earn money, or at least what I did throughout my school years to do so.
Under 18:
When you’re under 18 it might even be a little bit harder, because many restaurants or cafés won’t hire teenagers, because of working regulations. Still there are quite a few options to make money.
- babysitting -> maybe you have neighbours or friends of your parents with young children, who could use a babysitter
- tutoring -> students from lower grades might need help with their schoolwork
- cleaning schools -> schools often get “deep cleaned” during school holidays. Just ask the janitor whether you could help with that and earn some money in turn
- work in the cafeteria of your local swimming pool
- coach younger children of your sports club
Over 18:
Once you are an adult, looking for part-time jobs becomes much easier. This is because legally you are allowed to work more. Obviously you can still do all the things I listed above, but here are some other ideas.
- work in a café or restaurant as a waiter/waitress or dishwasher
- if you’re a student, you could ask research groups, etc. if they could use help -> I help a research group with genotyping once week, because it is so time-consuming.
- make an online-shop -> this is way easier if you sell a digital product, because you don’t need to store and ship your product
- work in a cinema, fitness studio, grocery store, petrol station, …
As you can see, there are a lot of possibilities. And maybe, if there are no ads on the internet, just try to go there personally and ask the manager if they could use some additional help. This way, they already get a first impression of you and therefore your chances to get a job might also be higher.
I hope you got some inspiration from this blog post and wish you good luck earning money 😉
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