Working from home can be a sure way of earning extra income or keeping oneself occupied.

• Data Entry
• Proofreader
• Mystery Shopping
• Pet Sitter/Walker
• Translator
• Search Engine Qualify Evaluator
• Writer
• Tutor
• Transcriptionist
• Brand ambassador

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Are you retired? Do you still want to make money as a retiree? If your answers are Yes, then there are huge opportunities for you.

As you close one chapter as an active worker, another chapter in your life can be opened if you’re not ready to call it quits yet.

If you are still in active duty yet you can spare some few hours a week, consider earning extra income using one of these techniques.

There are several reasons people would want to work a little while after going on retirement. It may be that the person needs some extra income to supplement his/her retirement package or prefer to keep himself/herself busy than wearing off in the lazy chair.

Working from home can be a sure way of earning extra income or keeping oneself occupied.

In this article, we take a deep dive into the top 10 jobs retirees can sign on from the comfort of their home and tell you your potential income, skills you may need and where to look for these jobs. Are you ready? Let’s go hunting then.

(1) Data Entry

A data entry clerk enters data or updates data in a computer system. There are countless people or companies looking for data entry  clerks to feed data into their computer systems.

Your Work : You’ll enter data or information into a database, create and/or use spreadsheets, cross-check information to verify its health.

Requirements : computer literate, Microsoft technologies like Word, Spreadsheet, good and fast typist, pays attention to details, strong internet connectivity.

Average Income: $14.44 – $27.50 per hour

Sources for job openings: Indeed, Robert Half International, Data Dimensions, Megatypers

(2) Proofreader

If you’re an avid reader, then you should exploit your hobby to make money. You can proofread articles to earn some extra income.

To proofread means to examine text carefully so as to find and correct typographical errors and mistakes in grammar, style and spelling. This may also include punctuation, formatting, and accuracy.

Your work : As a Proofreader, you’ll check articles for readability, proper grammar, formatting and consistent style.

Most companies pay per word. That’s, they pay per the number of words proofread. The longer the article, the higher your income.

Requirements: computer literate, good grammar, writing, spelling and reading skills, pays attention to smaller details

Average Income : $24 – $31 per hour

Source of job openings : Proofreading Pal, Cambridge Proofreading, Indeed

(3) Mystery Shopping

A mystery shopper is a person hired by a retailer or marketing research company to shop at one or several locations and report back on the overall customer experience. It’s one of the few jobs one can exploit his/her own shopping expertise.

Your Work: A mystery shopper typically reports on the following. 

(1) How he/she was treated in person or on phone when he/she shopped 

(2) Comment on the general appearance of the store; the way items are displayed 

(3) The quality of the sales process either  in-person or online experience. 

Requirements : Good conversational skills, good working phone with good signal, ability to write detailed reports 

Average income : $12-35 per hour; intermittent additional benefits 

Sources for job openings : BestMark, Intellishop, Secret Shopper

(4) Pet Sitter/ Walker

Are you a pet lover? Do you enjoy pet-sitting or walking pets? 

Get paid while you take care of other people’s companion animals in your home as daycare or overnight. This could be feeding or playing or grooming the pets.

Your Work : feeding the animal, playing with the animal, grooming the pets.

Requirements : pet lover, like walking and exercising pets, like playing fetch. 

Average Income : 15.16 – 23.43 per hour 

Sources of jobs openings : Rover, Wag, Fetch

(5) Translator

If you have foreign language skills, then you’d want to consider being a Translator.

Your Work : translate documents. These may be court, contract, scripts, etc.  Able to provide on phone interpretation,

 Requirements : fluent in another language, able to beat deadlines

Average Income : $17.2 – 24.21 per hour

Sources of job openings : Upwork, FlexJobs, WeLocalize, Lionbridge

(6) Search Engine Quality Evaluator

If you have a computer, good internet connection and have the knack for following basic written instructions, then you might just be the perfect person to review quality of search engines.

Your Work : to rate what users really think of  the search engine company; evaluate the average response from customers

Requirements : computer literate, have a computer or laptop, have good internet connection, have basic internet skills, able to understand and follow basic written instructions

Average Income : $19 per hour

Sources of job openings : Appen, Lionbridge, Leapforce

(7) Writer

At times you may not even know how good you are until you give it a try. If you have an appetite for writing, this is the time to cash off your hobby.

Your Work : Write articles for publication online

Requirements : Have good grammar, writing, spelling and reading skills. Good at expressing oneself in words; knowledgeable in particular field

Average Income : $25.12 – $30.09

Source of job openings : FlexJobs, FreelanceWrriting, Morning Coffee Newsletter

(8) Tutor

Tutoring online is one of the common ways you can earn extra income from the comfort of your home. Online teaching is a huge and ever growing industry. There are a lot of online sites recruiting remote tutors to help students with their assignments, exercises, etc.

Your Work : tutor students; help them with their exercises and assignments; grade tests and papers 

Requirements : Knowledgeable in a subject area; Appetite for teaching; Good interpersonal skills; Having a certificate in teach will be a bonus;

Average Income : $18.27- $44.47 

Source of job openings : Indeed, Tutor, Kaplan, Pearson Education

(9) Transcriptionist

Call on your listening and writing abilities to make extra money right from the comfort of your home. If you are good at listening and typing, then you just found a suitable job that will make you good money.

Your job entails typing verbatim what you listen to from an audio file.  This could be a verbal instruction; a recorded conversation between two people; captioning a video

Requirements : computer literate; good and fast typist; good spelling, writing and grammar skills; good hearing abilities; able to understand thick and foreign accent; able to pass a Transcription test

Average Income : $12 – $29.07 per hour 

Source of job openings: Rev, TanscribeMe, CrowdSurf, Quicktate, Acusis, Athreon, Press Ganey

(10) Brand Ambassador

You love this particular cloth or footwear. You’ve used this deodorant throughout your entire life. You love the brand. You can spot the nuances between the different brands you’ve used.

Are you a fan of a particular product or brand? It’s time to take back the money you’ve hurled into the company’s purse.

Be a brand ambassador for your favorite product. At times, you don’t necessarily have to be an authority on the specifications of the product. Just the will to study, know and understand may be enough to start ‘branding’ online.

Your Work : You raise brand awareness to result in sales or patronization.

Requirements : social media influencer with Active following; supportive of particular brands; interested in sharing your discoveries,findings and suggestions with others.

Average Income : $12 – 27 per hour

Source of job openings : Ainfluencer, Needle

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