Each of the people featured in the article had a financial situation that seems to be pretty common these days. They were experiencing lay-offs and downsizing at their full-time employment, just graduating from college with high student loan debt, being unable to find full-time work comparable to previous employment, and so on.
I have been contemplating taking on a second job to help with debt and savings, but I have been unable to commit myself to the idea of giving up my free time. I guess I am not ready yet to make that step – even though I know it would help me get out of debt quicker. One problem I keep running into is the hours most of the part-time jobs want you to work. I don’t get off from my full-time job until 5pm and most of the office type part-time positions require working during the day. I have been thinking of tutoring, but after school programs are usually over by 5 or 6 pm. There are private tutoring services that would be more willing to work with my schedule and maybe even off weekend hours. I have a paralegal certification so I am also looking for contract work as a paralegal that would fit my schedule. This would allow me to gain experience in a field that I am interested in and earn extra money. Retail isn’t an option for me, right now, because I am unwilling to give up my entire weekends and evenings to work a position that doesn’t pay well.
I may be naive about this whole part-time job situation, but the job has to be something that I am comfortable working. I am getting closer and closer to the realization that to do the things I have planned or even the things I need to do, I need a part-time job. But the right kind of part-time job…at least until I am forced to do otherwise.
Do you have a Double Life? What types of positions or money making ways have you committed yourself to?
i am considering taking a job that is not of my own making :-(
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