How to Make Money While Unemployed
Being unemployed is difficult and can last a long time. It is important to know how to make money while unemployed in order to not go completely in debt while looking for a new job.
There are several ways to make money while unemployed, though most methods will not provide you with a full salary. You will most likely have to employ several methods to make money during unemployment in order to come up with the money you need to pay your minimum bills.
The article below outlines several ways you can find work while unemployed.
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** Spend less money while unemployed **
Although spending less money is not an actual way to make money while unemployed, it essentially adds up to the same thing. By budgeting your money during unemployment, you can potentially save substantial money each month - which is money you will not have to be making. (Obviously the amount of money you would save would depend on how much money you were overspending to begin with.)
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** File for unemployment **
The first way to make money while you are looking for a new job is to collect unemployment with your local unemployment office. Unemployment benefits vary from location to location. Generally, amount of money you would make collecting unemployment would be a percentage of how much money you were making at your previous job. The process of collecting unemployment can be tedious, but the money that you make can be a significant contribution to your unemployment money making efforts.
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** Find out from your unemployment office what restrictions apply **
Once you are collecting unemployment, you need to find out if you are allowed to work, even part time, for another job while still collecting. You might have to give up your unemployment once you start making even a small amount of money.
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** Find out if your previous employer needs you at all **
Even if you have been laid off, it is possible your previous job will need you on occasion for consultation. Keep up a friendly rapport with your company and find out directly or through employees that still work there if there is a chance of doing consulting jobs through them.
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** Find consulting jobs in your field **
Find temp agencies in your area and find out how you can become part of their job bank. If you are qualified in certain fields of expertise, companies might want to hire you on a temporary basis. Sometimes these temporary jobs last for months or longer, so not only would you make money, but you can potentially find a new job this way.
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** Start your own consultation business **
If you have a particular skill, you can start your own consultation business. Contact local businesses that could need your services. You can also advertise your services through the web, though you will need to do active promotion and not just put up a webpage. A lot of companies during the recession need consultants, especially if they previously laid off employees themselves. As a consultant, you can charge more money per hour than you would as a salaried worker, so if you can sell yourself, it could potentially be one of the more profitable ways to make money while unemployed.
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** Look for odd and end jobs **
If you cannot find something in your field, you might have to lower your expectations and find any type of odd and end job that you can. Perhaps you can do gardening work for neighbors, do babysitting or pet sitting, help friends install software on a computer, etc. Although you will not become rich doing these jobs, you can make some income during unemployment if you are willing to do odd and end type jobs.
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** Look for freelance jobs online **
Search for freelance jobs online. You can start by looking at gigs at Craigslist, but there are many other freelance job sites beyond Craigslist. Try doing a Google search for freelance jobs in your fields of expertise and see what comes up.
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** Sign up for revenue share sites **
You can also find revenue sharing sites online where you write articles on your area of expertise and you share the revenue with the publishing website. (Ehow is an example of one of these sites.) If you write many articles, the money can add up.
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** Sign up for online quick answer sites **
There are several sites online where people ask you questions and you answer with either short text answers, answers by email, answers by chat or even by phone. You get paid for answering their questions. See resources below for example sites.
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Tips & Warnings
Making money during unemployment is difficult. Do the best you can and try not to give up.
