Consultant
Consultancy is a great option if you have specialized experience and skills that make you outstanding. Consultancy in a particular industry will allow you to make your own schedule provided and optimize it for results. You can start by contacting your former colleagues and employers. Ask them whether they might need your services or if they know someone who do.
Bartender
Bars are increasingly hiring seniors to help behind the bars. Bartenders get paid a decent salary off often working part-time. On top of your earnings, you will get tips which raises your hourly rate to between $20 and $25. This job is perfect for individuals who want to earn a lot of money working for less hours.
Childcare services provider
Childcare services is one of the most lucrative jobs for individuals who like taking care of children and who early childhood education background. There is always a parent in the neighborhood who need a babysitter. They regularly need babysitters whenever their nannies are not around among other reasons. If you are not comfortable with going to baby sit at people’s homes, you can offer the daily childcare services at your home at particular hours during the day. The hassle of taking care of kids in people’s houses does not conquer well with many people.
Teaching assistant, instructor, or tutor
Some seniors derive pleasure from imparting knowledge on younger generation. Particularly, this is best suitable for individuals who have a background in the education sector and people who take pride in helping and being around the youth. With this opportunity, you can make money working as an instructor, teaching assistant, or even a private tutor. Older seniors can leverage their extensive experience, knowledge and wisdom to help others learn something new in a particular field. The desire to help the young generation and make a difference drives senior citizens to look for related employment opportunities.
Dog walker
Dog walking is one of the professions that have emerged recently and are proving to be very lucrative especially when practiced in large cities such as New York City. This is a good opportunity to earn while taking part in your much needed exercise. You can take it as a professional dog walker and earn up to $110,000 a year working part-time. It is especially a great opportunity for senior citizens who like being around dogs. Additionally, if you can walk several dogs at the same time, this opportunity can prove to be highly attractive to you.
Customer service representative
One of the reasons why customer service representative jobs are on high demand is because you can do it from the comfort of your home. This is a great opportunity for individuals who can calmly handle verbal communication with clients despite their mood or tone. If you have great verbal skills and you can be patient with people, this is a great opportunity for you.
Blogger
Blogging doesn’t call for much educational background or even specific training. You just need to be good with words and you have an ultimate part-time job. Additionally, you will need basic technology know-how to know your way around various content management systems. You should comfortable enough with technology to be able to attract traffic and perform other basic blogging tasks not related to writing.
You can start from blogging about the field you have a background in. While you can start off by offering free services, you should not do writing for free once you have established an online presence. With this type of part time jobs for seniors, you can earn up to $15.73 per hour.
Virtual assistant
If you are comfortable with technology and you have a background in administration, this opportunity can help you leverage your skills to earn money and keep yourself busy. While virtual assistant jobs don’t require an education background, you must have solid writing skills as well as good skills with programs such as Microsoft Office.