Many students seek out part time work to help supplement their income
during school or to start paying back their student loans so they can
have financial freedom upon graduating. Sure, there are plenty of places
on, or near your campus that will hire college students.
Here are 13 innovative ways to help students make extra money during college:
1. Sell your photos online
If you have a digital camera you’re already in business! Take
advantage of your artistic talents by capturing images that can be sold
as stock photography online to sites like Dreamstime.com,
SnapVillage.com, Shutterstock.com, iStockphoto.com, Fotolia.com and
BigStockPhoto.com. You’ll make money every time your stock photos are
downloaded, and most sites will even let you retain a portion of your
copyright.
2. Contribute as a freelance writer online
Are you English major or just a well written individual? Then take
this as your opportunity to find plenty of places to publish your work
online—not only to boost your portfolio, but also to make you some cold
hard cash! Sign up for a few freelance blogs—there are thousands online
that post the most recent freelance jobs listings every day of the week
day. The great thing about writing for the web is that you can cater
your writing to your interests. For instance, science majors can post to
innovation blogs, nutrition majors can post to healthy eating sites,
and students studying to be veterinarians can post to pet health sites.
Writing jobs are broad and plentiful so you’ll be sure to find something
that’s relevant to your studies. And the best thing about it—you can do
it from the comfort of your dorm room!
3. Tutor other students online
If you excel at your chosen subject—be it Math, Science or even
Kinesiology—you
can be pretty sure there are other students out there who are
struggling and would jump at the chance for some after-school help! Take
this as a cue to set up your own tutoring services and charge a fee for
each hour you spend teaching. The great thing about online tutoring
sessions is that you can set up a simple Skype chat and tutor from your
living room.
4. Sell tickets to school games and events
Is your university hosting a hot off-Broadway play? How about a rival
college basketball or football game of the season? Everyone, including
those that don’t go to your college, enjoy snagging tickets to games and
events that they don’t get first picks at because they aren’t students.
Since you get first pick at tickets, why not buy a couple of extra for
really hot events and sell them online in Facebook Marketplace,
Craigslist and Twitter for a small mark-up for your troubles?
5. Offer resume writing services
With things like resume writing, you can set your own hours and it
will never interfere with your school work or study time. If your own
resume is something of envy amongst your fellow students, offer to help
them write their resumes for part time job search and work-study
programs. You can offer a base fee per resume written or charge by the
hour. Either way, you’re making cash in your off time.
6. Edit student essays
Another job you can easily do from your dorm or apartment is
proofreading. There is an incredible demand for proofreaders among
college students, and an online forum allows them to conveniently send
it to you and have it sent back error-free and ready to hand in. Post an
ad offering to proof student essays and assignments for clarity of
content, spelling, grammar and syntax errors before they hand them in to
a professor. A good grasp of writing language, grammar and spelling, as
well as an eye for detail is all you need to excel at proofreading
online.
7. Sell stuff you don’t want online
Are you or someone you love a yard sale junkie (I’m looking at you
mom)? Look around that room of yours and find stuff you don’t want or
use and sell it on Craigslist, EBay or Etsy. If you set up auctions
(items go to the highest bidder) you can generate a pretty good income
from selling items online—especially if they have collector or vintage
appeal.
8. Take part in online studies
You live on campus—so there are a ton of research studies going on as
I type this! Offer to take part in their studies for a small fee.
Nothing crazy, just offer to let medical students pick your brain (not
in the literal sense) or study your behaviors for a small payment each
week or month.
9. Sell unique t-shirts
Sites like Zazzle.com and its imitators let you
create a custom t-shirt design,
post it and earn a percentage of the sales. Custom t-shirt designs are
ideal for the arts student in you—and also a great way to get word out
to establish your name in the art world.
10. Sell your class notes
You’re already sitting in class taking notes anyway, so why not see
that as an opportunity and sell copies of those notes to less engaged
students? Chances are one of them is dozing off beside you right now! If
your notes are organized, clear and neat, many students would be
willing to buy them as an extra study aid to cram for the final exam.
11. Blogging
Blogging is an easy way to make money if you are like one of millions
of young adults who blog about your passion (i.e., online games,
technology, automobiles, travel or fashion—even school life). You can
monetize your blog by partnering with an affiliate program (take for
example Amazon who can post an affiliate link and sell travel guides to
compliment your travel stories). The way it works is, whenever a reader
on your blog clicks on the affiliate link—you get paid!
12. Be an online code monkey
Are you a computer engineering student or an aspiring software
developer? Use your talents to take in some freelance software script
writing jobs. Or offer to help small businesses with internet marketing
services like SEO and link development.
13. Be a virtual assistant
A great work from home gig is the virtual assistant—and many large
and small companies are using virtual assistants to help them work call
centers, schedule appointments, and field responses to cold calls. The
pay isn’t fantastic (on average $8 to $10 per hour), but you can work
for companies oversees so you are assisting during your off school and
class hours.
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