For many people, working with colleagues and being under the supervision of a boss could add up to the job itself. The stress of dealing with various people inside an office as well as the pressure of complying with a furious manager's demands also create a negative chain reaction that affects both work outputs and one's personal life.
According to The Cheat Sheet, if there's a way to refrain from such work dilemmas, it is only by deleting the source of all the stress and quitting from your stressful job. But what about the profit?
Self-employment is one of the proposed solutions of how to perfectly restrain from inhibiting stress of working with others without sacrificing your financial needs. In fact, as per the same report, there are more than 14 million self-employed workers in the US alone, based on the data of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Indeed self-employment is among the rising industries of the current generation. This often include jobs like freelancing and contracting which in other terms is a project-based work for either a big company or smaller clients. However, more people are still hesitant to try such due to risks of instability and low work security.
Nevertheless, there are still jobs that could make you your own boss without the need to resort to lower income. Here are our sorted list of the possible jobs where you can earn independently.
Outsourced Administrative works
This job often include works such as preparing for a presentation, data collection and organization, writing, and other back office jobs. Most of which pay a minimum of $30 per period, depending on the level of difficulty and amount of workload to be done.
This is a great job for people who have a skill in office jobs but want to do their work alone. Many companies and high-positioned workers are now looking for virtual assistants who can help manage their tasks in a due time.
Event Planning and Organizing
Extract your creative juices and earn at least $25K per event. This work is among the best self-employed jobs where you can layout your own plan based on the preference of your clients, and execute it along with a team or on yourself alone.
All you need is the right skill-set, a diploma or license that prove you are credible for the job, Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) credential mostly offered by the Convention Industry Council and a lot of creativity and great communication skills and you're set to start planning events for your respective clients.
Professional Services
If you are a professional at a certain field (accounting, engineering, law, medicine, photography, journalism and etc.) and you do not wish to be tied up working full-time for a single company, then you may have your firm and offer professional services to different clients instead. This job could give you hundreds or even thousands of bucks depending on the level of service you render for the client.
To offer such, you will be needing of course the right knowledge and skills, proper equipment, at least a bachelor's degree at a specific field, a license or certification of being a professional, a lot of connection for client referral and a good reputation in your chosen career.
Being self-employed doesn't stop you from thinking of various ways to earn a living. As long as you have the right skills, knowledge, professional requirements and a lot of dedication and determination, you will never go wrong with starting up your own job and be your own boss. And who knows, this might even bring you into success than merely working as a full-time employee.
