3 Steps to Make Weekend Job Finding Easy
3 Steps to Make Weekend Job Finding Easy
3 Steps to Make Weekend Job Finding Easy
Seeking a weekend job is easy when you know the steps. One weekend job seeker started with the local want ads and went from there. Soon he was stuck in a very stressful retail customer service job that took more from him than he thought it would. Soon he lost his regular job due to the stress. This all could have been avoided had he followed three simple steps.
Step 1: Start With You
I know, weekend work does not a career make. But it might lead to opportunities you might not see now. Use every job search as a way to first know who you are, what unique talents you bring to a job, and what energizes you.
Take an inventory of what you do best, what inspires you, and what your work environment needs are.
Are you the kind of person who needs a lot of social contact, needs a supervisor to keep you focused, or have trouble learning something new on your own? Don't work at home doing data entry. Home assembly might be a better option if you do it with others. But start with a clear knowledge of who you are.
Step 2: Avoid the Scams
Just today I got an email message promising me a job, yes only 17 left, that pay me $6000 a day. I'm not making that up. What they're selling is actually a small business opportunity that could end up being lucrative, but let's not kid ourselves. There are weekend work-at-home opportunities that are legitimate, regular jobs such as you find in the want ads, or legitimate business building jobs, but my research showed only 1 in 20 work from home ad was an actual job.
While weekend work is perfect from home, especially if you have a regular job, beware the scams. The obvious ones overpromise. Research opportunities thoroughly. Stick with what you do best. Don't get pulled into something that doesn't use your natural talents but sounds good. Be you. You are enough. And you will eventually find the right match for your talents, interest, and aspirations with the right weekend opportunity.
The legitimate work-from-home opportunities are those that are off-loading work they need to be done in order to make more money or solve a problem. For example, if you're good at data entry, Amazon.com can use your talents. Or if you like to write, there are many opportunities since blogs, websites, and other publishers need content for an information hungry world.
Step 3: Scan All Opportunities
The best opportunities are those match your unique gifts and talents to serve an underserved market. While you find these opportunities on the popular job boards, you may find unique opportunities that grow with your unique skills. Mike needed an weekend gig to pay down some debts. I talked him through a quick inventory of his skills and temperaments and he realized he needed something that would work from home given his family situation. He loved to write and always dreamed of a job that used his writing talents. I hooked him up with some writing resources and he started to get his feet wet.
In Mike's case, he started by writing articles for a website. It paid $10 an article. That was fine to start. With a growing portfolio, he branched out to other forms of web content. Soon he began to learn how to become market his own information products. Before he knew it, his e-book was pulling in $3000 a month! He didn't quit his day job, but paid off his debts much faster than he ever dreamed possible.
Start with an inventory of your talents. Learn to spot a scam. Look over all the opportunities before you jump into weekend work that only drains you. And you might find that the weekend job that filled a need turns into a career.
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