Benefits July 21, 2009
Workers Get Creative to Supplement Income
July 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Desperate times
call for desperate measures, and when the lack of jobs makes
taking on a second one difficult, one has to get creative to
find supplemental income.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
In a recent survey completed in June, CareerBuilder asked more than 4,400 workers to share some of the more unconventional ways they’ve earned extra dollars.
Examples cited by respondents, according to a press
release, include:
- Used a portable propane burner to heat oil, and sold catfish dinners on the front porch;
- Made Star Wars costumes for people;
- Donated blood plasma;
- Researched stories for a gossip columnist;
- Won money on a game show;
- Juggled chainsaws in a talent competition;
- Posed for an art class;
- Worked as a tarot card reader;
- Wrote a freelance article on Big Foot;
- Took notes in class for college students;
- Took items from the Lost & Found and sold them online;
- Gave people in the office hair cuts;
- Tested recipes for a book;
- Worked as a movie extra;
- Participated in product testing for bandages;
- Played in Poker tournaments; and
- Participated in university research studies.
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