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How to Earn a Second Income
Ang
Berg
Ang Berg
works at a public relations firm in Albany, N.Y.
She specializes in media relations and
has
experience
generating press
in
trade,
national
and
local
publications
for
an
array
of
agency
clients. Berg holds a
Bachelor of Arts in communications.
Earning a second income gives you the
opportunity to enjoy things you otherwise would
not be
able to afford or assists you in
saving up for serious endeavors in the future.
Follow the tips below
for ways to
supplement your primary income and increase your
financial status.
Determine
your availability. Before you can begin to earn a
second income you must determine
the
amount of time you have to dedicate to doing so.
Are you available nights or only weekends?
Do you have family or additional work
obligations that will affect the amount of time
you can put
into earning a second
income? All of these questions should be answered
before moving forward.
Determine your interests. Finding a
second source of income is relatively easy but
finding one
that you enjoy doing is
another story. Determine what you like to spend
your free time doing and
research
opportunities.
For
example,
if
you
like
dogs
you
can
start
a
part
time
dog
walking
business
or
if
you
like
the
beach
you
can
lifeguard
on
the
weekends.
While
it
would
be
more
enjoyable
to be doing something that is of interest to you,
you may have to settle for something
that is not.
Research opportunities. Look on the
internet, newspapers and local job sites. Don't be
afraid to
let people know that you are
looking for a source of second income. Also,
consider starting your
own business
based on the needs of those around you.
Be prepared to give up some
of your free time. Working for a second income may
seem easy
but
requires
you
to
give
up
extra
curricular
activities
and
events.
Determine
how
important
a
second income is to you and be prepared
to temporarily decline invitations to parties and
events.
Dedicate yourself.
A second job may seem secondary to everything else
around you but your
employer
will
feel
otherwise.
Give
the
same
amount
of
dedication
and
respect
that
you
give
to
your
primary job and you will reap the benefits.
如何赚得第二份收入
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关公司工作，她在媒体关系及贸易方面有一些工作经
验，有国家、地方刊物的一些客户。
拥有通信学士学历。
她在
eH
ow
撰写文章，赚取了第二份收入，她提供了几种赚取二份收入的方式。
1
、确定您能做的贡献。在这之前，你必须安排出您赚取额外收入，可以提供的时间。
大概什么时间可以做这些事，
比如晚上或周末？征求家人的同意，
如果还有其它的家务，
将
可能会影响到一些时
间，你如何赚额外的收入？在这之前，你把所有的问题都考虑好。
2
、确定你的收益。找到一个比较容
易的收入来源，当然，如果你想找到一个喜欢做的
事是另外一回事。确定你想花费的时间
，以及为此做出的一些付出。例如，如果你喜欢狗，
你可以做一个与狗狗服务相关的工作
。如果你喜欢游泳，可以在周末做一些海滩救员兼职。
虽然更愉快的事情是做你感兴趣的
，但无论怎样，你都是要解决一些问题。
3
、研究机会。在互联网上、报纸、当地的求职网站上寻找。不要怕
被别人知道你正在
寻找第二份的收入来源。此外，还要考虑基于你周围人脉的一些需求。
4
、安排
时间。安排好一些你的自由时间，可能你会放弃一些休闲时间。第二份收入工
作看似容易
，但需要放弃你的其它活动或休闲时间。确定准备谢绝的邀请或宴会。
5
、奉献工作。第二份工作可能就在
你周围，但是你的老板会觉得不是这样。你要给予
这份工作以足够的时间奉献与尊重，你
将获得收益。
How to Be
the Most Interesting Person at a Networking Event
如何在社交中成为最有魅力的人
I
know you can think of a time when you were
networking and a very smiley,
ambitious
attendee came up and shook your hand, eagerly
offering their business card
and a 20
minute spiel of what they do. No matter what their
line of work, you?re
instantaneously
bored just because of how they started the
conversation. That?s because
nobody
actually enjoys listening to others talk about
themselves. Certainly not a long
ramble
without an invitation.
But
even though you might be annoyed by the idea, can
you also remember a time
when you were
at a similar event and then ended up being that
person?
Maybe it happened
because you actually think what you do is
interesting to everyone
or you were
nervous about what you should be doing in that
environment and you were
just trying to
fill conversation.
But
doing this is how you end up further back from
where you started.
When you
approach the idea of network
ing as a
?do or die? situation, you?re going to
get nothing (especially valuable
contacts) out of it. In a world full of social
media
generated conversation, “building
relationships” is one of the biggest buzz phrases
—
and
with good reason.
You?re not going to be remembered unless you?ve
provided value . And
blabbering on and
on to grow awareness of what you do professionally
and how you can
be hired isn?t
valuable. You need to go above and beyond to be
different than everyone
else by
tailoring the conversation to always benefit
others. These steps will help you
become the most interesting person in
the room (even if you?re an introvert) and grow a
strong and valuable network of people:
1. Be picky about giving
out business cards. When someone approaches me
with a
business card in my hand before
I can even introduce myself, they?re already
dismissed
as someone I would be
interested in learning about. You are not more
legitimate to me if
you printed your
information on a fancy piece of paper. You?ve only
was
ted more trees by
giving
them to people you don?t know are interested in
working with you. Carry only a
couple
of cards with you at a time and don?t even pull
your wallet out to trade until you?ve