Category: Blog

  • Side hustles to save your retirement

    Side hustles to save your retirement

    Retired unexpectedly? Side hustles may help to save your retirement.

  • 4 great tax breaks for side hustlers

    4 great tax breaks for side hustlers

    Having a side hustle gives you tax breaks not available to employees, including these 5 great tax breaks for side hustlers that can save thousands

  • Health-related side hustles

    Health-related side hustles

    The pandemic wreaked havoc on the medical field but has also fueled health-related side hustles in nursing, therapy and caregiving.

  • Writer? Where to post a portfolio to land jobs

    Writer? Where to post a portfolio to land jobs

    Writers are in demand, but how do you get the plum positions? One smart strategy is to post a portfolio online to highlight your skills and specialties. Here’s how.

  • Share your skills and profit from a distance

    Share your skills and profit from a distance

    If the latest Covid numbers have you reluctant to go out — even to work — here are remote jobs that can help you cash in while you keep your distance.

  • Earn good money with dirty jobs

    Earn good money with dirty jobs

    You can earn good money with dirty jobs. Just ask Sandra Gordon, who earns around $75 an hour cleaning muck off baby equipment

  • New jobs for testers, laborers, caregivers and others

    New jobs for testers, laborers, caregivers and others

    Even as Covid slams the traditional employment market, new jobs fueled by online platforms that help you find freelance work, are going strong.

  • September side hustles

    September side hustles

    Overwhelmed parents will drive demand for September side hustles this year, as “distance learning” forces frazzled mothers and fathers to seek help.

  • Pandemic’s impact on workers

    Pandemic’s impact on workers

    The pandemic’s impact on workers has been devastating. In addition to fueling a sky-high unemployment rate, even people who have kept their jobs are earning less.

  • How to get and keep remote work

    How to get and keep remote work

    How can you get and keep remote work, without sacrificing your career, family life, or sanity? 10 tips.

  • Get paid to read

    Get paid to read

    If you’re good at spotting grammatical and spelling errors, you can get paid to read. A number of sites enlist freelancers to copyedit and proofread everything from business documents to books.

  • A variety of new jobs

    A variety of new jobs

    Looking for work? SideHusl’s editors found a variety of new jobs for writers, reviewers, college students and teenagers this week.

  • RV rentals are red hot

    RV rentals are red hot

    With the pandemic still in full swing, an increasing number of vacationers are avoiding airlines and hotels. But RV and camper rentals are red hot.

  • Side hustle to finance holiday buying

    Side hustle to finance holiday buying

    Want a side hustle to finance holiday buying? Consider selling stuff that you already own.

  • How to use side hustles to change your life

    How to use side hustles to change your life

    Side hustles can change your life. Just ask Kevin Ha. Last year, the income from Ha’s side hustles hit a point where the 33-year-old was able to quit his day job. Nine tips.

  • Best sites to sell a cell phone

    Best sites to sell a cell phone

    The best sites to sell a cell phone will either buy your phone outright or help you sell it directly to another consumer.

  • High pay for expertise

    High pay for expertise

    Several online consulting firms provide matchmaking services to connect seasoned pros with someone willing to pay for expertise.

  • Clinical trials: Highly-paid but risky

    Clinical trials: Highly-paid but risky

    A highly-paid but potentially risky way to make money is to volunteer for clinical trials. In many cases, you can earn thousands in a few days.

  • Pay for opinions

    Pay for opinions

    You’ve heard the expression “a penny for your thoughts”? Dozens of companies would like you to take the expression literally. They’ll pay for opinions. Some will pay considerably more than a penny too.

  • Jobs revving up and reviving

    Jobs revving up and reviving

    In the last few weeks several types of jobs have started revving up and reviving, providing opportunity for those looking for holiday work.

  • Rent out your house for events

    Rent out your house for events

    As cities re-open, there’s never been a better time to rent out your house for events — an activity that can pay $50 to $500 per hour.

  • California drivers get a raise and benefits

    California drivers get a raise and benefits

    California ride share and delivery drivers will get a raise and some insurance benefits, thanks to a law recently approved by voters. Widely watched in other states, this law could serve as a nationwide model. 

  • How to find a great side hustle

    How to find a great side hustle

    While online platforms make it easy to find a side hustle, you’ve got to navigate a site’s terms to find a great side hustle that pays well and offers good working conditions.

  • Fast-cash side hustles

    Fast-cash side hustles

    While the government wrangles over pandemic relief, bills still need to be paid. Fast-cash side hustles can help.

  • Seasonal jobs: Poor pay in great locations

    Seasonal jobs: Poor pay in great locations

    If your career is still on a pandemic-induced hold, you might want to check out seasonal jobs. These positions are notoriously poorly paid, but are located in scenic camps and resorts. Call it your “gap” summer.

  • Side hustles for wedding season

    Side hustles for wedding season

    As vaccination rates rise, long-delayed weddings are getting scheduled. That opens up a wealth of side hustles for wedding season.

  • Starting a personal shopper business

    Starting a personal shopper business

    Unlike Instacart, which get shoppers to work for them, Dumpling helps you start your own personal shopper business. It simply provides billing, marketing and support

  • How to build your own website

    How to build your own website

    In the Covid age, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a writer or a realtor, you need a website to avoid becoming invisible. Here’s how to build one in an hour. Cost: $12 a month.

  • Is publishing a book a good side hustle?

    Is publishing a book a good side hustle?

    At a time when cheap self-publishing options have turned book publishing into a burgeoning cottage industry, authors have mixed opinions about whether publishing is a good side hustle.

  • Remote jobs for the Coronavirus era

    Remote jobs for the Coronavirus era

    If you don’t want your finances to expire while you sit out the pandemic, you’ll need an alternative. Consider remote jobs for the Coronavirus era