10 Great Sites To Find Gigs And Part-Time Work

If you’re considering escaping your 9-5 job for something more flexible or want to work part-time in retirement, you’ll likely discover that finding a flexible job online is a challenge.

It takes persistence, patience and moxie to sift out the few flexible gigs from the thousands of full-time postings.

Making matters more complicated for you, there are scores of sites advertising work-from-home gigs and part-time jobs that are questionable at best — and con jobs at worst. You’d be amazed how sophisticated some of these work-from-home sites look, making it nearly impossible to distinguish the scams from the legitimate players.

To help you cut through the clutter (and avoid the phonies), I’ve pulled together a list of 10 of my favorite sites for flexible work. In addition to job listings, many of these sites host valuable articles and resources to help you navigate the world of alternative-work arrangements. (To learn about other helpful resources for finding flexible work, visit my list of 100+ Great Second-Act Career Sites on my blog at MyLifestyleCareer.com.)(MORE: Starting a Side Gig After 50)

One caveat: When you go to any site looking for work opportunities, please exercise common sense and caution. With that in mind, here are the 10 sites I recommend checking out, whether you’re looking for a challenging part-time gig, a seasonal job or just an easy way to supplement your retirement income:

Best Overall Site

FlexJobs.com In my estimation, this is the best jobs board for flexible work. While I normally advise steering clear of sites that charge for access to their postings, I think this one is worth it (cost: a minimum of $14.95 a month).

FlexJobs is fastidious about checking the legitimacy of its listings before posting. As a result, the site boasts an unusually high percentage of flexible professional jobs. (I experienced its rigorous screening process firsthand a few months ago while helping my congregation search for a new assistant; FlexJobs carefully evaluated us before agreeing to post our listing.)

You’ll find jobs in more than 50 categories and a wide range of scheduling arrangements — part-time, telecommuting, full-time but flexible, etc.

Even if you choose not to pay to access the listings, you can still read the FlexJobs blog, where you’ll find a wide selection of articles on flexible work, including some targeted to the 50+ demographic.

Working From Home 

Ratracerebellion.com Out of all the types of flexible job listings, finding quality and legitimate work-from-home gigs tends to be the most problematic. That’s why I like Ratracerebellion.com.

This site screens all its listings and compiles them into a free daily e-newsletter. You’ll find a variety of jobs, including customer-service, administrative, technical and writing projects.

Most are on the lower end of the pay scale — often in the under $20 an hour range. But as a subscriber to their newsletter, I’ve seen see a smattering of higher-paid opportunities, some of which even offer benefits.

Directselling411.com Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the home-party industry is a big player in the work-from-home space. And if you’re interested in working for a home party such as Pampered Chef, this site (from the Direct Selling Association) is a great place to begin your research

Five Part-Time Jobs That You Can Do Online

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Online jobs are popping up across the web as technology makes it easier and easier for workers to conduct business off-site.

Getting a part-time online job wasn't always easy. With so many scams claiming to make you thousands of dollars in just a week or require participants to start off by making an investment into the scam, many workers are understandably hesitant to find a job online.

Luckily for job seekers, employers are opening up more and more part-time positions online so that they have access to a more diverse applicant pool and they can save on overhead costs by hiring people to work off-site. If you're looking for part-time online job, see if one of these positions suits you:

1. Social Media Expert

From car dealers to local boutiques, nearly every business is looking for a social media expert to Facebook, Twitter and blog about their business. If you want to be proactive, brush up on your social media knowledge and confront local businesses about hiring you. With more and more businesses pulling away from traditional advertising and unsure how to use social media sites to their advantage, you can easily sell yourself as a new hire, as long as you stay on top of your game.

Who's Hiring: Social Media Experts

2. Editor

Many professionals or even job seekers are constantly looking for another set of eyes to edit their new business proposal, cover letter, or transcript. Editing jobs pop up all over job boards and can turn into a steady part-time job if you continue to network.

Who's Hiring: Editors

3. Bookkeeper

With easy-to-use bookkeeping software available, more and more businesses are able to hire part-time bookkeepers who work from home. If you're organized and comfortable with numbers, bookkeeping for a local business can turn into a great part-time job for someone on the prowl for a flexible work schedule.

Who's Hiring: Bookkeepers

4. Data Entry

Rough financial times means that administrative assistant positions are often cut, even though there is work that still needs to be done, such as data entry. Working part-time doing data entry for a company means you'll always have a steady stream of work coming your way, and it's a great foot in the door.

Who's Hiring: Data Entry Workers

5. Call Center Jobs

Companies hire part-time workers to run their call centers from home. Running a virtual call center from your home could mean anything from telemarketing to customer service hotlines. Although little experience is required, some companies do look for employees who are bilingual.

10 Part-Time Jobs You Can Do From Home

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Working from home is typically seen as  an alternative to jobs that require you to work from an office or outside location. Part-time work-from-home jobs are a great way to earn extra cash during your free time at home. A few jobs may require an on-site presence on the weekend or periodically, but in general, these are options that won't disrupt your daily gig.

In general, these are options that won't disrupt your daily gig.

1. Tutor

Pay: $10.90 to $18.85

Job Description: Being a tutor can earn extra money which can be re-invested to your own needs. It can be done at your own convenience, through an agency such as Champion Learning or Academic Advantage. Simply, negotiate the session time with clients and decide how much of your time you want to commit. The skills you develop as a tutor are transferable and valued in the work place. And by helping others to learn, you learn new skills and knowledge as well.

• Find Tutoring Jobs
• A Day in the Life of a Virtual Tutor

2. Childcare Worker/Babysitter

Pay: $7.82 - $10.18

Job Description: Get a job in childcare and you will be in demand! Good childcare providers (informally known as babysitters) are not only needed by many parents, but they are usually busy with repeat jobs for the same families. You get paid on the spot. You can vary the number of kids you sit depending on your comfort level. And you get to spend your time with children. Sounds great! Unless, of course, you don't like children.

• Find Jobs in Childcare
• Confessions of a Nanny

3. Wedding/Party Planner

Pay: $31,049 to $43,668

Job Description: Party planners conceive, organize, and execute special affairs such as weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries, and bar and bat mitzvahs. They custom design an event to suit their customers' needs and budgets. Yes, it can be a full-time job. But it works well as a part-time job as well. The great thing about party planning is that it's a good, quickincome. And it allows you to showcase creativity.

• Find Event Planner Jobs
• Confessions of a Wedding Planner

4. Answering Service

Pay: $9.46 to $12.69

Job Description: This entails answering incoming calls from offices (i.e. doctors offices, apartment complexes, etc.) after normal business hours and relay information per specific account protocol. It's pretty easy and for the most part, stationary, which can be a good or bad thing. The pay is pretty good and all you need is good people skills and a pleasant phone presence. Oh, and patience.

• Find Message Service Jobs
• Telemarketer Tells All

5. Scheduler

Pay: $11.92 to $17.51

Job Description: This is similar to the working for an answering service in the fact that it does not entail much physical activity. Schedulers handle client calendar and updates appointments as needed. The job is pretty flexible and great for anyone who has great organizational skills.

• Find Scheduler Jobs

6. Medical Biller

Pay: $11.88 to $15.72

Job Description: Medical Billing and its related occupations continue to be the fastest growing opportunities in health care. Insurance companies and the government are spending more time and money researching and controlling claims' fraud, abusive practices, and medical necessity issues. Because of this, insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and other providers are hiring more.

• Find Medical Billing Jobs

7. Freelance Writer

Pay: $28.78 to $45.62

Job Description: Freelance writing work generally requires at least one field of expertise. Create technical writing documents or blog about sports, politics, entertainment, etc. Writing assignments can also include grant proposals or academic projects.

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8. Caterer

Pay: $9.47 to $11.97

Job Description: Cook food for events, i.e, parties, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, prepare specialty items, hors d'oeuvres, etc.

• Find Catering Jobs

9. Desktop Publisher

Pay: $15.98 to $21.30

Job Description: Complete assignments involving word processing, including page layouts, charts and computer graphics utilizing desktop publishing equipment and integrated software packages. May require an associate's degree in a related area and experience in the field or in a related area.

• Find Desktop Publishing Jobs

10. Fundraiser

Pay: $35,349 to $51,291.

Job Description: Responsible for achieving an agreed money-raising target by approaching trusts, corporations, statutory bodies, major donors, individuals and other sources, and by running events. Fundraisers work with individuals, communities, businesses and charitable trusts to raise awareness of the charity's work, aims and goals.

• Find Fundraising Jobs
• It's a Campaign Year -- Party Your Way to a Job!

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Salary data courtesy Payscale.com. Wages are based on the median range data for the United States.

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How Students With No Money Can Still Make Money Online Right Now

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Everyone wants to make money online. Students are always online. Students need money.

Wait a minute, are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Are there online jobs for students without investment money to get started?

I don’t want to be one of 60 million people on the ‘net writing about how to make money online because everyone thinks that those sites are a scam.

However, I love to talk about making money online because it’s one of the most amazing things that you can do with your spare time in your youth. If you can make even one dollar online, you’ll be ahead of your buddies that spend all day on Facebook creeping girls that they have no chance with.

One of my favorite articles that I ever wrote is about how you can start an online business in 6 easy steps. I wanted to expand on this today and talk about online jobs f or college students.

By default, I feel the need to write about making money online once in a while, since I do make money online and lots of my friends ask about how this can be done. I also noticed that one of my most popular pieces is still the one about the best online jobs for college students.

So how can a student with no money to invest make money online?

I list out the options that worked for me.

Start freelancing.

As you’ve probably noticed by now, I love the idea of freelancing and making extra money on the side. Hence, why I launched an eBook and blog titled, Start Freelancing Now.

To save you some time and so that I don’t repeat myself (I’ve been known to do that), I suggest that you ready my piece on how to become a freelance writer right now.

For now I wanted to highlight some of the comments from the last time I wrote about online jobs for college students.

Chris wrote in with how he made money online as a college student:

I use freelancer.com and it’s wonderful. It has a milestone payment system so you get a portion of your fees upfront. You simply decide what your skills are, bid for jobs and if you are selected, you dictate your price and how long it will take to deliver.

I specialize in writing articles and product descriptions. The last descriptions I did for cellular factory got me $120. You can also create a webpage for a fee on the site and advertise your business.

And don’t worry about getting cheated. Freelancer.com has a a legal department that will settle all disputes after reviewing all evidence. Just remember that the minimum payment on freelancer is $30. It is a rule of the site.

A large percentage of my online income actually comes from freelance writing. I wouldn’t change this for the world because I love what I do and I love to see you guys keep more cash in your pocket.

Perform some sort of a unique service.

You can also create your own job as a student by offering some sort of a service.

I was reading about this the other day at 20s Finances and stumbled upon this little nugget of information on using Fiverr to make money:

A friend of mine offered to sing people ‘Happy Birthday’ in German for $5. Last year, he made close to $1,000 just for signing the song!

In a similar note, many years ago, a reader who eventually turned to full-time blogging left the following comment here:

I’ve actually looked into becoming a virtual assistant. I’m keeping it as a backup option if I ever hate my job enough to leave.

What I’m getting at is that if you can perform any sort of decent service online, you’ll be able to make money as a broke college student looking for beer money. Just please don’t limit yourself and try to explore all options.

Who knows, you might even build enough of an income to pursue online work full-time as I’ve been working on ever since I finished my studies last year.

Those are the best ways that college students can make money.