Finding part time or temporary work quickly in 2019
July 13, 2019 4:38 PM Subscribe
I'm a bit lost and struggling to find part time or temporary work, and I really need to find it ASAP. I feel a bit lost because I've had little to no luck and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. It's been so long since I've looked for work that wasn't related to my career that I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
I need to find part time work or temporary work and I need to find it ASAP. I'm going back to school in the fall full time, and I've had no luck with my job search so far. I'm feeling a bit lost and don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've not looked for this kind of work since I was a literal teenager - my first career job was when I was 20.
Thus far, with my search current search, I've either been turned down or just don't hear back. So I'm hoping metafilter can give me some idea how I should be approaching a part time job search in 2019.
Some of you already know, I have had a rough few years.
Things are finally maybe close(r) to getting better. I think, I hope. It's been a huge upheaval and every time things started to come together, something else went wrong. The short version was I couldn't find a job fast enough, my landlord decided he wanted to sell the place and not renew the lease, spun out a bit a the thought of moving with not enough money (I had a large setup for fish and honestly, I was just getting stable) I decided if I let a lot of my old life go, I could go back to school full time. But getting to that point hasn't been easy, and this last piece, I need to just get a job so I can pay bills, feed myself and my cats and really get this bastard of a life started again.
The problem I'm facing now is that it just seems like looking for part time work, any part time work, is too broad. There are theoretically so many things I could do. Yet I'm not even getting call backs and interest in anything I've been applying to.
I need money like yesterday, which makes this harder. I have received a lot of financial (and other!) help from friends and strangers in the last 10 ish months and I feel like I can't ask for more help. But also frankly I don't want to. I just want a job and to make my own money.
I'm fortunately staying with a friend rent free for the moment, which has been a giant help and has cut down on my anxiety a ton, and lifting the burden of worrying about shelter for the moment. But I still have car insurance, cats, gas, phone service, etc... I also don't know how long I can stay here; it wasn't meant to be long term.
I've been trying to limit my search to part time jobs I could work around my upcoming school schedule. I'm willing to work full time for the summer, but I've not been pouring energy into it because I need to find something and I wanted to limit my search to what seemed to have the best return. My assumption was any short term contract would be at least 3 months and anything in my field would have a longer hiring process.
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I've only seriously been looking since June 1 because my move was a clusterfuck that took all my time. Foolishly, I thought something would come through quickly once I really started looking. I did apply to a few jobs here and there prior to June and that should have been a sign for me because I had no bites or interest.
In my hubris, I initially tried looking for work that was part time, remote, better paying, and appropriate to my skillset as a user experience designer, or something I could translate my skills into. I looked at part jobs, remote jobs, looked at some QA jobs ( thought this might be a good grind type work I could do without letting myself get carried away), graphic design jobs; but I got a lot of rejections or just nothing at all.
I started looking at internships for students since hey, I am a student going back to school. I thought I'd be a shoe in, after all they're getting my experience but at a lower pay rate, what a deal! I explained this (more elegantly) in my cover letters, when I called to talk to hiring managers. I even ended up putting in my resume after a while. (For those hiring managers that never read cover letters) Still rejection letters or nothing.
I started applying at coffee shops, first some of my favorite indie places and then eventually starbucks. I thought for sure I was a shoe in at one of the coffee shops based on my conversation with one of the regular/long time baristas, but nothing has come through. Nothing from starbucks either which I was really shocked at.
I haven't looked at fast food, but that might be my next step. I'd rather not but honestly, any port in a storm.
I haven't started with the retail stores yet, but this might be next as well.
I don't want to do waiting/restaurant work or bartending. I have waited tables many years ago, and I'm ill suited. I'm also just not good at deflecting the unwanted advances of men, and from the women I've know that have bartended, this is a necessary skill.
I have been this past week applying for on campus jobs that are unskilled labor. Unfortunately most are taken for the summer or don't start until the fall. I'm hoping something will come through but I just don't know or how quickly they will.
I've talked to the career counseling office at the school I'm going to attend; they give me some quick tips, their food pantry info, and have an appointment next week to talk to someone in a longer appointment to help me find something on campus.
Any misc part time jobs I spot on various job boards that I think I could do I've been applying for. But this is where the "how do I apply to these jobs?" comes in. How much time do I spend on impressing them, following up?
---
To bridge the gap while I'm looking for part time work, I have tried to set up some work on gig economy type apps:
I signed up for Wag to walk dogs before I realized there was a $25 registration fee. Clinging on to the little money I had, I didn't finish because it seems to risky without knowing what the return would be.
I started to sign up for ubereats, but they require vehicle registration paperwork, and my cars registration expired early June because I was too broke to pay it.
I signed up for instacart and they rejected me because of a speeding ticket I had 2 years ago. I asked them to reconsider, as its the only speeding ticket that I've had in 15 or 20 years. I can't tell if they have or not, in the app it told me I to pick up my shopper card, but when I tried to do that, they said they just mailed it out and will take 5-7 days.
Still waiting on postmates but afraid they'll not approve me for one of the above reasons. They sent me my card, but when I activated it, they said i needed to upload my drivers license to verify birthday. Now I have another 5-7 day wait.
I haven't applied to any other food delivery apps (yet) because I'm not sure if I should throw any more time into those given the issues I've had.
I've signed up for usertesting.com but only have received one test I qualified for.
As a petite woman with a history of domestic violence, I've been avoiding rideshare driving. I'm not too thrilled about delivery but it seems like I have more control. I haven't tried other delivery apps yet, i'm afraid I'll have the same issues.
I'm nervous about posting and taking odd jobs on craigslist for the same above.
I'm also nervous about anything with a lot of driving because I haven't been able to take care of some small but potentially big issues - the car is 2500 miles past the oil change and there is a slow leak in one of the tires. My car insurance is past due and my policy will cancel on the 19th, so it might not be an option if that happens.
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I have some stuff that I can sell in storage, but selling is a huge time sink. I made this mistake when I moved; I had to sell my stuff and I wasted way too much time on that, not realizing how difficult it would be.
I've done freelance web design in the past, but I'm avoiding it for two reasons - I'm miserable at time management so I end up spending more time than I should and not getting nearly the amount I should for the work. I also fear it would take too long to find and negotiate some freelance work.
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I do have some restrictions- Physically I have wrist and back issues. I can probably do computer work part time just fine (4 hrs a day), but full time (8 hrs a day) would be out of the question right now. Same with cashier work (I think); anything really wrist intense is going to be problematic.
Sitting for too many hours a day is a no go, but a standing desk is fine, or the ability to sit and stand. I can sit for 4 ish hours as long as I can stand up and stretch/walk a bit.
I do smoke pot, anywhere from 0 to a couple times a week. It's the only thing that has kept me sane when I fall down the anxiety hole. I didn't think of this until today that some jobs that might be readily available might be out of the question, and I have no idea what those kinda of jobs are or how prevalent testing is.
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The biggest problem I'm facing is time. My cash reserve is in the 10s of dollars and I have bills next week. $30 by monday, $10 by wednesday, $100 by thursday. More the following week and that doesn't account for other past due bills, car maintenance, gas, food, pet food, probably other things I'm not thinking of. Some can be got from a food pantry, which I think I'm going to need to do. (I have exhausted the food stamps I can get without working 80hrs/month)
The amounts seem doable but I don't know how. I really thought food delivery / gig apps would let me bridge this, but the last week is pointing to at the very least needing more time before I can start.
I feel like I'm watching this graph of my meager money going down and the time to find something going up. I just am lost at how to find something quickly.
I think what I need to do is take it in two steps - whatever job or gig app I can do RIGHT NOW, and then work on finding something better paying/more suited to school. I just don't know how best to do the RIGHT NOW job search.
Oh, also I have adhd. I feel like I'm using this as an excuse whenever I mention it, but I just mean that in addition to the anxiety of it all, I'm just so scattered because there really seems to be too many options to figure out what to focus on. For example, I look at part time work on the job board that's big in my city and there are SO MANY JOBS I don't know where to start. Usually a pick a few that look like I could do them and apply. But it's not lead anywhere.
Friends have said I need to just stalk and follow up on a job. But I feel like the times I've done that, its been wasted. That's great advice for career type work but a big waste of time when I'm desperate for work. Or maybe I'm wrong?
I'm close Metafilter, real close. How do I do this?
I need to find part time work or temporary work and I need to find it ASAP. I'm going back to school in the fall full time, and I've had no luck with my job search so far. I'm feeling a bit lost and don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've not looked for this kind of work since I was a literal teenager - my first career job was when I was 20.
Thus far, with my search current search, I've either been turned down or just don't hear back. So I'm hoping metafilter can give me some idea how I should be approaching a part time job search in 2019.
Some of you already know, I have had a rough few years.
Things are finally maybe close(r) to getting better. I think, I hope. It's been a huge upheaval and every time things started to come together, something else went wrong. The short version was I couldn't find a job fast enough, my landlord decided he wanted to sell the place and not renew the lease, spun out a bit a the thought of moving with not enough money (I had a large setup for fish and honestly, I was just getting stable) I decided if I let a lot of my old life go, I could go back to school full time. But getting to that point hasn't been easy, and this last piece, I need to just get a job so I can pay bills, feed myself and my cats and really get this bastard of a life started again.
The problem I'm facing now is that it just seems like looking for part time work, any part time work, is too broad. There are theoretically so many things I could do. Yet I'm not even getting call backs and interest in anything I've been applying to.
I need money like yesterday, which makes this harder. I have received a lot of financial (and other!) help from friends and strangers in the last 10 ish months and I feel like I can't ask for more help. But also frankly I don't want to. I just want a job and to make my own money.
I'm fortunately staying with a friend rent free for the moment, which has been a giant help and has cut down on my anxiety a ton, and lifting the burden of worrying about shelter for the moment. But I still have car insurance, cats, gas, phone service, etc... I also don't know how long I can stay here; it wasn't meant to be long term.
I've been trying to limit my search to part time jobs I could work around my upcoming school schedule. I'm willing to work full time for the summer, but I've not been pouring energy into it because I need to find something and I wanted to limit my search to what seemed to have the best return. My assumption was any short term contract would be at least 3 months and anything in my field would have a longer hiring process.
---
I've only seriously been looking since June 1 because my move was a clusterfuck that took all my time. Foolishly, I thought something would come through quickly once I really started looking. I did apply to a few jobs here and there prior to June and that should have been a sign for me because I had no bites or interest.
In my hubris, I initially tried looking for work that was part time, remote, better paying, and appropriate to my skillset as a user experience designer, or something I could translate my skills into. I looked at part jobs, remote jobs, looked at some QA jobs ( thought this might be a good grind type work I could do without letting myself get carried away), graphic design jobs; but I got a lot of rejections or just nothing at all.
I started looking at internships for students since hey, I am a student going back to school. I thought I'd be a shoe in, after all they're getting my experience but at a lower pay rate, what a deal! I explained this (more elegantly) in my cover letters, when I called to talk to hiring managers. I even ended up putting in my resume after a while. (For those hiring managers that never read cover letters) Still rejection letters or nothing.
I started applying at coffee shops, first some of my favorite indie places and then eventually starbucks. I thought for sure I was a shoe in at one of the coffee shops based on my conversation with one of the regular/long time baristas, but nothing has come through. Nothing from starbucks either which I was really shocked at.
I haven't looked at fast food, but that might be my next step. I'd rather not but honestly, any port in a storm.
I haven't started with the retail stores yet, but this might be next as well.
I don't want to do waiting/restaurant work or bartending. I have waited tables many years ago, and I'm ill suited. I'm also just not good at deflecting the unwanted advances of men, and from the women I've know that have bartended, this is a necessary skill.
I have been this past week applying for on campus jobs that are unskilled labor. Unfortunately most are taken for the summer or don't start until the fall. I'm hoping something will come through but I just don't know or how quickly they will.
I've talked to the career counseling office at the school I'm going to attend; they give me some quick tips, their food pantry info, and have an appointment next week to talk to someone in a longer appointment to help me find something on campus.
Any misc part time jobs I spot on various job boards that I think I could do I've been applying for. But this is where the "how do I apply to these jobs?" comes in. How much time do I spend on impressing them, following up?
---
To bridge the gap while I'm looking for part time work, I have tried to set up some work on gig economy type apps:
I signed up for Wag to walk dogs before I realized there was a $25 registration fee. Clinging on to the little money I had, I didn't finish because it seems to risky without knowing what the return would be.
I started to sign up for ubereats, but they require vehicle registration paperwork, and my cars registration expired early June because I was too broke to pay it.
I signed up for instacart and they rejected me because of a speeding ticket I had 2 years ago. I asked them to reconsider, as its the only speeding ticket that I've had in 15 or 20 years. I can't tell if they have or not, in the app it told me I to pick up my shopper card, but when I tried to do that, they said they just mailed it out and will take 5-7 days.
Still waiting on postmates but afraid they'll not approve me for one of the above reasons. They sent me my card, but when I activated it, they said i needed to upload my drivers license to verify birthday. Now I have another 5-7 day wait.
I haven't applied to any other food delivery apps (yet) because I'm not sure if I should throw any more time into those given the issues I've had.
I've signed up for usertesting.com but only have received one test I qualified for.
As a petite woman with a history of domestic violence, I've been avoiding rideshare driving. I'm not too thrilled about delivery but it seems like I have more control. I haven't tried other delivery apps yet, i'm afraid I'll have the same issues.
I'm nervous about posting and taking odd jobs on craigslist for the same above.
I'm also nervous about anything with a lot of driving because I haven't been able to take care of some small but potentially big issues - the car is 2500 miles past the oil change and there is a slow leak in one of the tires. My car insurance is past due and my policy will cancel on the 19th, so it might not be an option if that happens.
---
I have some stuff that I can sell in storage, but selling is a huge time sink. I made this mistake when I moved; I had to sell my stuff and I wasted way too much time on that, not realizing how difficult it would be.
I've done freelance web design in the past, but I'm avoiding it for two reasons - I'm miserable at time management so I end up spending more time than I should and not getting nearly the amount I should for the work. I also fear it would take too long to find and negotiate some freelance work.
---
I do have some restrictions- Physically I have wrist and back issues. I can probably do computer work part time just fine (4 hrs a day), but full time (8 hrs a day) would be out of the question right now. Same with cashier work (I think); anything really wrist intense is going to be problematic.
Sitting for too many hours a day is a no go, but a standing desk is fine, or the ability to sit and stand. I can sit for 4 ish hours as long as I can stand up and stretch/walk a bit.
I do smoke pot, anywhere from 0 to a couple times a week. It's the only thing that has kept me sane when I fall down the anxiety hole. I didn't think of this until today that some jobs that might be readily available might be out of the question, and I have no idea what those kinda of jobs are or how prevalent testing is.
---
The biggest problem I'm facing is time. My cash reserve is in the 10s of dollars and I have bills next week. $30 by monday, $10 by wednesday, $100 by thursday. More the following week and that doesn't account for other past due bills, car maintenance, gas, food, pet food, probably other things I'm not thinking of. Some can be got from a food pantry, which I think I'm going to need to do. (I have exhausted the food stamps I can get without working 80hrs/month)
The amounts seem doable but I don't know how. I really thought food delivery / gig apps would let me bridge this, but the last week is pointing to at the very least needing more time before I can start.
I feel like I'm watching this graph of my meager money going down and the time to find something going up. I just am lost at how to find something quickly.
I think what I need to do is take it in two steps - whatever job or gig app I can do RIGHT NOW, and then work on finding something better paying/more suited to school. I just don't know how best to do the RIGHT NOW job search.
Oh, also I have adhd. I feel like I'm using this as an excuse whenever I mention it, but I just mean that in addition to the anxiety of it all, I'm just so scattered because there really seems to be too many options to figure out what to focus on. For example, I look at part time work on the job board that's big in my city and there are SO MANY JOBS I don't know where to start. Usually a pick a few that look like I could do them and apply. But it's not lead anywhere.
Friends have said I need to just stalk and follow up on a job. But I feel like the times I've done that, its been wasted. That's great advice for career type work but a big waste of time when I'm desperate for work. Or maybe I'm wrong?
I'm close Metafilter, real close. How do I do this?
Employers for jobs like you're looking for get literally hundreds of applications, and have little to no time to sort through them, especially for jobs in more desirable places, like certain coffee shops. Just handing in an application and sitting back expecting a call is unlikely to result in a response. It helps to go to places and introduce yourself, although that is not a guarantee either.
Also, if you are putting down that you will need to be scheduled around your school hours, managers will not want to deal with that. They have to churn out schedules every week, they do not want to hear what a headache yours will be before they even meet you. You might have to say you will have open availability for the unforeseen future on your application, and then, if you are called in for an interview, kind of get a feel for whether they will work with you on your schedule or not.
Good luck.
posted by Armed Only With Hubris at 5:12 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Also, if you are putting down that you will need to be scheduled around your school hours, managers will not want to deal with that. They have to churn out schedules every week, they do not want to hear what a headache yours will be before they even meet you. You might have to say you will have open availability for the unforeseen future on your application, and then, if you are called in for an interview, kind of get a feel for whether they will work with you on your schedule or not.
Good luck.
posted by Armed Only With Hubris at 5:12 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
Have you gotten in touch with any temp agencies? When I was just out of college, I got a ton of rejections or just no responses to my applications, but I got work very quickly through a temp agency.
posted by litera scripta manet at 6:02 PM on July 13, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by litera scripta manet at 6:02 PM on July 13, 2019 [4 favorites]
Definitely go to the food pantry! That's what they are there for!
Have you talked with any temp agencies? There are some focused on more design-oriented jobs, in addition to the usual clerical ones. Back when I was temping, the key was that you couldn't just wait for the agency to call you with a job. After going through their various placement tests, I called first thing every morning to see if they had any openings I qualified for. After I'd done that a few times they knew I was reliable & started contacting me with better jobs.
Another idea: several of the grocery stores near me (including Walmart) hire people to go through the store & fill online orders. These are usually an hourly position, rather than gig-based (like Instacart), so you can rely on steady pay & you aren't responsible for delivering the food. Go to indeed.com and search for "personal grocery shopper" or "personal shopper".
And for the short-term cash needs, have you looked into selling plasma? I don't know if you're eligible, but I have friends who do it when things get tight.
posted by belladonna at 6:04 PM on July 13, 2019 [4 favorites]
Have you talked with any temp agencies? There are some focused on more design-oriented jobs, in addition to the usual clerical ones. Back when I was temping, the key was that you couldn't just wait for the agency to call you with a job. After going through their various placement tests, I called first thing every morning to see if they had any openings I qualified for. After I'd done that a few times they knew I was reliable & started contacting me with better jobs.
Another idea: several of the grocery stores near me (including Walmart) hire people to go through the store & fill online orders. These are usually an hourly position, rather than gig-based (like Instacart), so you can rely on steady pay & you aren't responsible for delivering the food. Go to indeed.com and search for "personal grocery shopper" or "personal shopper".
And for the short-term cash needs, have you looked into selling plasma? I don't know if you're eligible, but I have friends who do it when things get tight.
posted by belladonna at 6:04 PM on July 13, 2019 [4 favorites]
Try freelance transcriptioning/captioning with Rev. The sign up is fast and you can usually get approved to start projects in a few days. It’s legit and they work with major clients. Be sure you’re up on your grammar and memorize their style guide because they don’t fuck around there and will reject you. Otherwise, you get paid weekly. It’s not going to be a ton of money, but I at least pull in $350 a month doing it here and there as a side hustle to pay down my credit card debt. The trick is to get a voice to text app like Dragon for your phone to do the leg work for you while you edit and format it.
Other than that, teaching English online can bring you decent income as well. Memail me for more details on both.
posted by Young Kullervo at 7:07 PM on July 13, 2019 [16 favorites]
Other than that, teaching English online can bring you decent income as well. Memail me for more details on both.
posted by Young Kullervo at 7:07 PM on July 13, 2019 [16 favorites]
You say you don’t want to do restaurant work because you’re ill suited for serving, but have you considered cooking? The turnover is often high, so it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if you worked a few weeks, as long as your body can hang with it, then leave. Most kitchens grumble about, but are used to folks that show up for a paycheck, then disappear.
posted by Grandysaur at 11:27 PM on July 13, 2019
posted by Grandysaur at 11:27 PM on July 13, 2019
I wasn't sure if you live near your university or not, but if you do see if there's anything on their job boards or forums; talk with the financial aid department about whether there are jobs you can have once or even before school starts; see what's on the notice boards on campus and maybe put up a flyer yourself offering editing or tutoring services or whatever else you think might apply. If this is a school where there are professors' labs or research projects you might be interested in working for, it couldn't hurt to talk with them; they probably already have people for the summer but you never know and you might make some connections.
(One thing to consider if you're planning to work during the school year is how to balance the load that work and school together would take on your wrists.)
Sign up for the big babysitting or petsitting sites where you are. Also post online and physical ads (on notice boards in places like libraries, parks, supermarkets, community centers) offering tutoring in web design (or other areas). Try tailoring the ads to curious adults and to kids. See if any community centers or old age homes might be interested in hiring you to teach computer-related stuff.
posted by trig at 4:38 AM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
(One thing to consider if you're planning to work during the school year is how to balance the load that work and school together would take on your wrists.)
Sign up for the big babysitting or petsitting sites where you are. Also post online and physical ads (on notice boards in places like libraries, parks, supermarkets, community centers) offering tutoring in web design (or other areas). Try tailoring the ads to curious adults and to kids. See if any community centers or old age homes might be interested in hiring you to teach computer-related stuff.
posted by trig at 4:38 AM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks everyone. These are great suggestions. I feel kind of dumb for not knowing some of these but honestly, truly this is so different from how I've looked for work in the past.
I am in luck and when i got home last night, I had my postmates starter package. I was able to go out and do a delivery just to see what it was all about. I only did the one (it as late and I was tired) but I'm going to try my hand during dinner hours today. Its not a part time job but it will help with the RIGHT NOW while I'm getting something else. I feel silly for not signing up sooner, but these weren't even on my radar. Honestly? I think I got spoiled, the last few times I looked for work I had employers chasing me. I figured if I brought those skills to lower skilled job, it would be easy peasy.
I don't weigh enough to sell plasma so that's out.
The temp agency I have dealt with tend to be specialized to my field and really only have longer term contracts. It's basically the work of applying for a regular fulltime job and if you're lucky, you might get hired in a month. I didn't consider or even really know the older style temp agency's exist. Which is dumb, of course they do, so I'm going to have to see what I can find out.
I am working on finding the campus jobs for the fall, and am meeting again this week to get help looking. I did apply for a few thus far, both more internship style and more just janitorial/groundskeeping/office assistant type work; I have been rejected from a number of the internships but just applied to the others this week so here is to hoping.
Some of these, especially the transcription ones sound great. I was initially worked because of my wrists but I already use dragon and I never considered that for transcription. So....
posted by [insert clever name here] at 10:47 AM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
I am in luck and when i got home last night, I had my postmates starter package. I was able to go out and do a delivery just to see what it was all about. I only did the one (it as late and I was tired) but I'm going to try my hand during dinner hours today. Its not a part time job but it will help with the RIGHT NOW while I'm getting something else. I feel silly for not signing up sooner, but these weren't even on my radar. Honestly? I think I got spoiled, the last few times I looked for work I had employers chasing me. I figured if I brought those skills to lower skilled job, it would be easy peasy.
I don't weigh enough to sell plasma so that's out.
The temp agency I have dealt with tend to be specialized to my field and really only have longer term contracts. It's basically the work of applying for a regular fulltime job and if you're lucky, you might get hired in a month. I didn't consider or even really know the older style temp agency's exist. Which is dumb, of course they do, so I'm going to have to see what I can find out.
I am working on finding the campus jobs for the fall, and am meeting again this week to get help looking. I did apply for a few thus far, both more internship style and more just janitorial/groundskeeping/office assistant type work; I have been rejected from a number of the internships but just applied to the others this week so here is to hoping.
Some of these, especially the transcription ones sound great. I was initially worked because of my wrists but I already use dragon and I never considered that for transcription. So....
posted by [insert clever name here] at 10:47 AM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
If there’s one near you, Trader Joes is a great place to work. They pretty much hire anyone, and will definitely work around your schedule.
posted by Thorzdad at 11:07 AM on July 14, 2019
posted by Thorzdad at 11:07 AM on July 14, 2019
Congrats on the delivery, don't feel dumb, don't feel bad borrowing from friends (instead pay it back and forward). Hope things start looking up and please update if they don't.
posted by trig at 12:03 PM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by trig at 12:03 PM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
I was initially worked because of my wrists but I already use dragon and I never considered that for transcription.
Another thing is that Rev just launched a new browser editor called Line where most of the dialogue in any given recording is already transcribed and you just have to correct it for errors and format it to meet their style standards. Not sure if they have something similar for captioning. It's really convenient but it basically is the same thing I was doing with Dragon: recording everything, pasting it into their browser editor and then editing/formatting. Depending on the quality of the audio it can be a crap shoot but then I avoid those projects to begin with.
posted by Young Kullervo at 12:38 PM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Another thing is that Rev just launched a new browser editor called Line where most of the dialogue in any given recording is already transcribed and you just have to correct it for errors and format it to meet their style standards. Not sure if they have something similar for captioning. It's really convenient but it basically is the same thing I was doing with Dragon: recording everything, pasting it into their browser editor and then editing/formatting. Depending on the quality of the audio it can be a crap shoot but then I avoid those projects to begin with.
posted by Young Kullervo at 12:38 PM on July 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Have you looked at TaskRabbit? We just hired someone at my office to do a few hours of putting together a direct mail and I think we paid him a pretty decent rate. I bet there are some tasks people need in your area that you'd be suited to!
posted by radioamy at 3:32 PM on July 15, 2019
posted by radioamy at 3:32 PM on July 15, 2019
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