Teach What You Know to
Earn Money
The absolutely smartest thing any retiree can do to earn more
income is to use what you learned in your most recent job or
what you learned over a lifetime -- rather than trying to
develop new skills in retirement.
If you do not want to
work
as a consultant or freelance or teach
at the college or university level, consider these.
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Tutoring Students.
Working as a private tutor can be done for students of all
academic levels and you do not need a teaching credential to do
this although it will definitely help you. You can help children in grade school catch up or stay
up to speed in reading and math by spending an hour or two a
week with them. Worried, working
parents of middle school and high school students also look for someone to help their children do well in
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You should specialize in a single field: reading
or math are probably the two most in demand for the lower
grades. English, math and science for the upper grades. After you
get a new business card, you could start your new tutoring
career simply
by word of mouth among people you know locally. Or
advertise online in your local area. Or on Craigs List.
Enhance your credibility by producing a small brochure that outlines your services
and any special qualifications you may have for the job.
For example, if you worked in a job before you retired that required math, you
should include that for a Math Tutoring Specialty.
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Education Instructor. Teaching adult
education or extension classes through a local
community college or university can be fun. The
pay, however, is meager at best, so it probably should
be considered a source
of extra cash. You don't need an advanced
degree to do this.
You will be expected to
develop your own topic and an outline of how you plan
to teach it. In our local college people are
teaching everything from soap making to speaking
English without an accent to photography to investing. Other
people use classes to develop leads for their primary
businesses.
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| Sarah,
a retired writer with an interest in
genealogy, put together a course in memoir
writing and produced a short guide on the
topic. The local community college
jumped at the opportunity to have her teach
the class three times a year. It turned
out to be more fun than a big money maker, but
she broadened her contacts. |
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More retirement jobs using skills you currently have:
If you are looking for
part time work simply to pick
up some extra cash or pocket money, we have different
suggestions for you.
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NOTE: All names
on this site have been changed to protect individual privacy.
The stories are real, the names are not. |
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