Part Time Weekend Jobs - Finding The Highest Paying Weekend Jobs

By Suryaratna Chandrashekar

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During times of economic turmoil, everybody is in search of ways to supplement their income. But your week is already full and yet your income still seems to be inadequate to put food on the dinner table, pay your monthly bills and send your children to school. This causes people to look for another possible source of income. A word of caution though, most of these weekend jobs are manual in nature and most are not in an office setting so be ready for some hard work. Here are some of the higher paying jobs that are out there for people wanting to work on the weekend.

Manual and Highly Skilled Jobs

Most weekend jobs are manual and high-skilled jobs. These usually include plumbing, electrical work, painting and gardening jobs. Though manual in nature, it is considered high-paying since they are paid on an hourly basis or when they finish the job. The downside is you have to be skilled in performing such tasks. These types of jobs are usually done in private homes.

Property Maintenance Jobs

Another type of high-paying weekend job is performing property maintenance. Property maintenance deals with maintaining the upkeep of properties, commercial spaces or areas inside an exclusive subdivision or village. Property maintenance includes the monitoring and checking the cleanliness of function rooms, pool areas and even landscaping. You may be required to do some painting, minor repairs, shovel snow in the winter or simply change light bulbs that have burnt out in hallways.

Part Time Sales Associates

Among all the weekend jobs, this is the highest paying. You do not just have the basic pay but also the commission you get on a per sale basis. Sales Associates usually are involved in selling real estate, appliances and even cars. These usually require sales skills. Selling might take some time to master as you have to learn to ask for the sale, not just expect people to buy.

Tutorial Services

Another high-paying weekend job is working with school children and high school teens. Tutorials are best done on weekends since during the week the children are in class. These sessions could be tutoring in math, writing skills, science or even music. You have to be competent in the academic subjects that you will be handling, used to dealing with children and most of all, have great patience to go over and over the material if needed.

Think Outside the Box

While you are searching for the perfect weekend job, you can find additional ways to supplement your income. Do odd jobs, sell old clothes and household items you no longer wear or use online, in a yard sale or at the flea market. You can even buy the contents of storage units when the owners fail to pay the rent and sell them.

There is a wide variety of weekend part-time jobs. As long you are dedicated and have the drive to take on a job over the weekend, there is a job out there that will fit your needs. The extra money you earn will help you be able to survive in this difficult economic time we are living in.

by Joe Turner, for Yahoo! HotJobs


As the economy has worsened and millions of job seekers are chasing after fewer and fewer jobs, what you put on your resume has become more important than ever. Before you send your resume anywhere, run it through this quick five-point checklist to determine if it needs a tune-up or a complete overhaul.

1. Clear Objective

There has been a lot of debate lately among the resume-writing "chattering classes" about whether today's resumes even need an objective. After 15 years of reading resumes for my clients, my answer is definitely, "Yes." However, I should clarify. By "objective," I'm not referring to the fluff that most job seekers concoct. The objective should be your targeted job title and nothing more. This focuses the resume and necessitates that you use the rest of the resume to support why you're the best candidate to fill this particular job title. It also leaves no doubt in your reader's mind about who you are.

2. Opening Statement

Does your resume open with a long paragraph titled, "Summary of Qualifications"? Problem: Of the thousands that I've read over the years, most are nothing more than fiction. Long laundry lists of skills and assorted keywords. Two of the biggest offending phrases are "results-driven" and that ever popular "proven track record."

If your resume looks like this, you might want to rethink your approach. Don't bore your reader by emphasizing keywords and hackneyed cliches. Employers want to know how you can solve their problem right now. Don't annoy them by failing to answer this urgent question.

Instead, include a simple, concise opening statement. This one sentence is usually called a Unique Selling Proposition. It should define who you are, your single biggest strength and end with a benefit that you offer. Ideally it should be something measurable, since everything boils down to dollars. This strips away the fluff and quickly answers that critical question in their mind. Do this, and you make it easy for them to call you.

3. Measurable Results

OK, now you have a great opening statement. For Act Two, you must back that up with added proof. Don't rely on tired cliches. Tantalize them with a bulleted list of specific achievements. By achievements, I mean an end result that reaped some benefit for either your employer or the client you've worked for.

This may require that you think outside your box or cubicle. Regardless of your role, you have a bottom-line impact on your employer. Your job is to communicate your true value clearly and specifically to your next employer. It may take a bit of effort to develop these bullets. And that's all they should be. No more than a one-sentence brief description of the benefit or result and how you accomplished it.

If you can put together a concise list of five to seven good achievements that are Return-on-Investment (ROI)-oriented, you'll score a lot quicker than relying on those unexciting cliches.

4. One Job Title, One Resume

Resume readers are very focused and they're looking for specific items. They have very short attention spans and can be easily distracted. When they get distracted, they start getting confused, and when that happens, they screen you out and reach for the next resume.

So, if you are looking for a position as a project manager, tell them why you're a great project manager. That's all they want to know. Don't tell them about how you used to work as a carpenter or how you managed and ran your own consulting business. They don't want or need to know about your other unrelated careers or positions. Even if you were great at them.

Use one resume to sell one job title. If the resume doesn't clearly explain why you're the best project manager in your city, then either drop the information or minimize it because it doesn't belong there.

Stick with one career on one resume and you'll have less chance of getting screened out.

5. "Above the Fold"

Place all of your most important selling information at the very top half of page one. Most resume readers spend about 20 seconds of actual eyeball time before they decide to move to the next resume. They are not going to waste their time looking through your resume to find critical information, such as how you "increased revenues $350K" or "decreased labor costs by 12%." This information should be polished like gemstones and presented on a silver platter at the very top of the first page. Do this, and they'll be spending a lot longer than 20 seconds on your resume.

As a recruiter, Joe Turner spent 15 years finding and placing top candidates in some of the best jobs of their careers. The author of "Job Search Secrets Unlocked" and "Paycheck 911," Joe also hosts his weekly "Job Search Guy Radio Show" on JobRadio.fm as well as other locations. You'll find free tips and advice here.