Delivering nespapwers, walking with dogs, gardening, removing snow in winter, general houseworks like painting or such stuff, car washing, I also helped in companies when they had yearly stocktaking, as example I got all the list and had to get all that numbers and products in excel files. Donating bloodplasma also was payed in my country and helped me to afford my SI as a teenager. The shops that were connected with my SI also searched helpers when there were gaming fairs in my area, so they needed to store their stuff into trucks, build up at the fair hall their small shop, removing it after the fair... If you are a bit shy, like I am, ask others that are more connected, if they heard about such offered works. So the stocktaking works were offered from my sister, that worked in that company. They were very satisfied with me, because I am very fast and correct with numbers and such stuff, so they also called me for their other offices. The gardening, helping, dogwalking stuff I got because of helping my grandaunt. So when friends of her chitchatted with her and talked about their problems (As example family comes for a visit, and so they need to remove the complete snow in fornt of their house so their relatives have spaces for their cars or they cant go on walks with their dogs propperly, because of an injury. Or they ask you to take some stuff with you for them, when you get to the next city...) my grandaunt told them, that I helped her with that, and so I got the first jobs, then they talk with other friends of them, and mention you if they have problems and so on. Old people often need help, but they are sometimes very suspicious against foreigners, so if a friend of them recommends you, it is easier for them to trust you. Specially the dogsitting was nice, I mean getting payed for doing a walk: Best thing ever. ^^
07 May 2013, 3:28 am
