9 Amazing Part Time Jobs For Students In India

Worried how to bear all your financial expenses while you’re still studying? or How not to bother your parents for the same?

Yes! You don’t have to wait until you get a degree to secure a job.

You can easily earn extra cash by opting for various part time jobs. Find a foolproof way to earn while you’re still living your college life.

To cut the long story short, have you ever dreamt of running a part-time business while keeping your day job alongside? Thought about part times jobs while you’re still studying?

Whatever the reasons may be, you don’t need to hold yourself from buying the swankiest gadgets or the prettiest dresses. There are plenty of part-time jobs for students which will help you earn that extra money.

Edunuts has brought you a list of the top 9 exciting “part time jobs for students in India” that will help you earn cash without hindering your college lifestyle:

• Tutors

It’s one of the best part-time jobs that you can opt for. The options for tutoring are endless. You can go on and start mentoring a school student in whatever subject you’re good at, you can even work at a nonprofit after-school program or help an elementary school student with his or her reading. Tutoring has become a big business, because nowadays parents are ready to spend a good amount of money to have their kids tutored.

Apart from this, you can even sign up for any of the new gig tutoring or teaching websites like InstaEDU, TakeLessons, Sylvan Learning Center, StudySoup, Maestro and Skillshare. The pay is usually high and the hours flexible. Tutoring a student or helping someone along with having your own flexible hours is exciting as a student.

• Photographers

If you own a DSLR and are passionate about clicking that perfect landscape, this can be the best part time job you can go for. The profession of photography has a very flexible schedule as photographers often work at events at nights and on weekends. You can reach out to the local photographers and see if they need an assistant or intern or you can even start your own photography business by photographing your friends for special events, weddings or other professional headshots.

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• Event Planning

Event planning can turn out to be one of the best part-time jobs if you’re good at organizing details. Lately, a lot of people are hiring event planners for planning personal events like weddings and birthday parties and official events like conferences. Companies usually look for the students pursuing management or marketing.

These planners are being hired for almost every event from Olympics to general business breakfast meetings and from engagement ceremonies to formal parties. They’ll be required to plan the entire event design, brand building, social marketing, communication strategy, audio-visual production, scriptwriting, logistics, negotiation, budgeting, and client service. You can anyways start small and work out your way into a job with larger firms.

• Social Media Assistant/Manager

If you’re in college, sure stuff that you’re aware of Instagram, Snapchat and other networking sites. So why not make money out of it? Put those skills to use by running and managing the social media accounts for a local business or a startup. These part-time jobs are very flexible, and you can even work from home.

All you have to do is to manage the social media channels and assist companies with their content marketing. Some of these jobs can be performed remotely, which is perfect for a college student who is good at multi-tasking.

• Blogger

The field of blogging is gaining a lot of popularity these days. Various extremely flourished enterprises and businesses hire bloggers to create engaging and relatable content for their websites. Fashion Blogging, Photography Blogging, Writers Blogging, and Learner’s Blogging are among the various interesting branches. Blogging won’t let you limit your job search to local businesses instead it is generally remote and submitted online. This job will not only help you earn money but also will make a big social audience for you. You can even be proactive and reach out to your favorite blogs to see if they are looking for contributors.

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• Babysitters

Babysitting can give you some serious cash. You can babysit on those days of the week when you don’t have any classes or you could use those days to babysit kids when their parents are away. You can use Care.com, Sitter City and Urban Sitter to find families in need of a babysitter near you.

• Pet Care

If you can’t help falling in love with animals every time you see one, now is the time to get paid for it. While you’re studying, you can take some time out of your schedule and spend it with your furry friends. Nowadays, a large number of families has at least one pet, be it a cat or a dog, and nobody has time to take care of them. You can do it and earn from it. This kind of job is well suited for those of you who with limited and inconsistent schedules, need to make a small amount of extra cash.

• Fitness Instructor

If you’re a person who loves working out or is very regular at exercising, then why not start getting paid for it? A Fitness instructor is someone who has knowledge about fields like  yoga, Zumba, spins, gym, etc. As a fitness trainer, you can instruct at your campus gym or offer extensive training and fitness exercise to individuals who require it, provided you get the proper certifications that your gym requires. Not only will it give you an incredible feeling of a solid workout but you’ll also feel excellent knowing you’ve helped other people get healthy too!

• Brand Ambassador

The job of a brand ambassador has a lot in store for a student seeking to enter the corporate world as a fresher. Brand Ambassadors are generally energetic, friendly, outgoing and self-motivated. They may work for a local startup or business. It is ideal for those students who want to gain experience in multiple roles. As a Brand Ambassador, you will have to participate in cold calling, social media, email marketing, flyering, as well as attending different events to represent the company that you’re working for. There’ll be several opportunities in store to grow within the company.

Get inspired, find a job, and make money. Some of the jobs listed above might not bring in much money, but the work experiences will be valuable in many other ways. You’ll have all the experience required to start working in corporate sector. You’ll have the chance to prepare yourself for post-college days.

Go further and conquer!!

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