Much like finding a babysitting job, finding a tutoring job is another
excellent way to make money fast. Not only is possible to get a job that starts
tonight, but there’s also a good chance that you’ll get paid in cash on the
spot. And when you’re in a bind, it doesn’t get much better than that.
When it comes to tutoring, there’s a good chance that the student or the
student’s parents will want you to have some sort of formal credentials. In
some cases, they’ll simply want you to be in college. In other cases, they’ll
want you to have a bachelor’s degree or an advanced degree. And in other cases,
they’ll want you to have significant prior teaching and/or tutoring experience.
If you’re already starting to worry that your credentials may not be
sufficient,
don’t. If you satisfy even one of the criteria, there’s a good chance
you’ll be able to find a bunch of tutoring gigs; and then leverage them into
future gigs (if you decide to continue with it).
Before you do anything else, start by creating a resume that focuses on
skills that you have that are pertinent to tutoring. This should include all
prior teaching and tutoring experience, all degrees you hold, all standardized
tests scores (if relevant), all reference you have from past tutoring work you
have done, and all relevant coursework you have done on the collegiate level
Once you finish typing up your resume in Word, spend some time to format
it so that it looks nice, and then save it in PDF format. Whenever you send out
applications for prospective tutoring jobs, you should always attach a
copy of
your resume.
Now that everything is prepared, your next step is to look for tutoring
jobs online. Again, you can do this through www.care.com and www.collegehelpers.com (if you
are in college). Another great source of tutoring jobs is www.craigslist.org. If you
do decide to search for tutoring jobs through www.craigslist.org, one
thing you’ll notice is that many of the tutoring jobs are posted by agencies.
If you want to continue to do tutoring in the long term, working through an
agency may be your best option. If you’re looking for short-term work agencies
may not be your best option, as they are unlikely to pay in cash; and will
require you to do through a lengthy application process.
On the other hand, if you do want longer term jobs, you should seek out
all of the agency jobs and post an application on each agency website.