Minimum Earnings Potential: ~ $20 - $30 per hour, $7800 pear year (CASH)
Maximum Earnings Potential: Practically unlimited
Maximum Earnings Potential: Practically unlimited
Time investment: other than finding one or two clients, none
Useful for: college students, academics
Tutoring is an easy way for struggling students, academics, and teachers to pocket cold hard cash on a daily basis with minimal effort. Furthermore, it's a great review of all the things that you were taught at a young age, but forgot. Quadratic equations? The history of the constitution? Basic chemistry? These are all basic building blocks that you can brush up on. They can also help you further your own education if you plan on going back to school for a degree or your masters.
Where should you look for tutoring gigs? As with many things, people tend to forget that sometimes the old fashioned way works best. Hanging up signs in your neighborhood, posting adverts near schools and playgrounds, and asking local parents is usually the easiest way to secure a tutoring gig. If they know you, it's even better - they would feel guilty about firing you. CraigsList is also a good option. However, when it comes to finding tutoring gigs online, be wary of services that do not pay immediately. Also be wary of services, such as WyzAnt, that pocket part of your earnings. There is zero need for a middleman in tutoring, so stay away from these so-called "services"!
A great thing about tutoring is the almost limitless potential. Yes, you heard that right. See, kids tend to have friends (I'm sorry if you were one that didn't). Furthermore, birds of a feather flock together. If a kid you are tutoring struggles in school, chances are that his friends also struggle in school. Network among his friends, and especially his parents, to get a steady customer base of around 4-6 clients. At this point, you can make your services more efficient by tutoring more than one kid at once in "tutoring groups".
Assuming that you somehow get tired of raking in cash all week with minimal effort, another advantage of being a tutor is the resume material. Having an extended tutoring gig signals to an employer that you are knowledgeable, well-read, and patient. Most importantly, it shows them that you have the skills to market yourself. So what are you waiting for? Get out and earn!
-Freddy
Where should you look for tutoring gigs? As with many things, people tend to forget that sometimes the old fashioned way works best. Hanging up signs in your neighborhood, posting adverts near schools and playgrounds, and asking local parents is usually the easiest way to secure a tutoring gig. If they know you, it's even better - they would feel guilty about firing you. CraigsList is also a good option. However, when it comes to finding tutoring gigs online, be wary of services that do not pay immediately. Also be wary of services, such as WyzAnt, that pocket part of your earnings. There is zero need for a middleman in tutoring, so stay away from these so-called "services"!
A great thing about tutoring is the almost limitless potential. Yes, you heard that right. See, kids tend to have friends (I'm sorry if you were one that didn't). Furthermore, birds of a feather flock together. If a kid you are tutoring struggles in school, chances are that his friends also struggle in school. Network among his friends, and especially his parents, to get a steady customer base of around 4-6 clients. At this point, you can make your services more efficient by tutoring more than one kid at once in "tutoring groups".
Assuming that you somehow get tired of raking in cash all week with minimal effort, another advantage of being a tutor is the resume material. Having an extended tutoring gig signals to an employer that you are knowledgeable, well-read, and patient. Most importantly, it shows them that you have the skills to market yourself. So what are you waiting for? Get out and earn!
-Freddy
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