How to Moonlight Without Losing Your Job
With gas and food prices rising, and with home values and savings shrinking, many people are finding themselves in a financial bind. Developing a second income stream is a challenge. Here's how to moonlight without losing your job.
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Things You'll Need
- A desire to get off the credit merry go round.
- Creative thinking
- An update to your resume
- Honesty
- Persistence
Instructions
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First, update your resume. Take a look at the resources at the end of this article for ideas on tweaking your resume. One income just isn't enough when you are eyeball deep in debt. Break the chains of modern-day indentured servitude: create a second income stream and apply it to your debt.
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Think outside the box. Break your job experience down into duties. Match those duties to jobs available in your area, preferably jobs that are on the way to your first job, or very close to your home., in order to save gas money.
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Talk to your current employer about any possibility of extra hours or additional roles you can take in your current company. If nothing is available, be up front with your employer. Talk about your need for additional income and your search for a second job. Ask about flexible hours and what would be least disruptive to your current employer.
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Take a job with hours after your first job, or on days you are not working the first job. Be sure to schedule yourself enough recovery time between each job or you could wind up losing both jobs and your health. Don't forget to include family time as well. it does you no good to pull in big bucks if you have no life to come home to.
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Talk to both employers from time to time about your duties. Take care to give both employers your best.
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