No doubt, if you are used to finding a seasonal part-time or full-time temporary job during the winter months or for the holidays, things are extremely different this year thanks to the pandemic.
Nonetheless, ‘tis the season to find jobs online, whether they be temporary or more permanent jobs. You can use the holiday season to get your foot in the door in a telecommuting job, work from home, and be first in line for a full-time job when it becomes available. Not unlike jobs when small businesses had a chance to survive in the brick and mortar venue(s), the streets were open, and we were not on lockdown.
Last year, you could have found seasonal jobs on the streets, by responding to Help Wanted signs in the windows of your favorite establishments. Local shops and retail stores littered the streets, and in a day (or two) you could end up exchanging your skills for cash in a brick and mortar business or restaurant.
This year, we have seen the biggest downturn in small businesses ever, and those left standing (only about 30 percent) could still use a helping hand during the holidays. Other businesses and organizations who were unaffected by the pandemic were able to quickly adapt to the telecommuting-style of working from home, and they, too, are looking for extra help during the holidays.
Though this year, you won’t find the Help Wanted signs hung in the windows. Now, you will have to find these jobs online, and not all of the jobs are teleworking as many warehouses and other essential businesses are in need of the extra labor to help make it through the holidays.
And if you thought your job search could be done by scouring your newspaper’s classified’s Help Wanted section, at first glance, you will know this is not how it is done. You will have to take your job search online.
If you want to find a job this year, you will have the best luck looking at sites like, jobs.google.com, Flexjobs, Indeed.com, upwork.com, facebook.com/jobs, and CraigsList, just to name a few. And what kind of jobs will you find?
As you might have guessed, right now there is a preponderance of jobs online which are primarily remote work, such as data entry, social media, internet marketing, customer service, telemarketing, and spoken language interpreters. You will also find retail, delivery, and warehouse jobs. And many of them include perks and benefits, including health insurance and paid vacations.
If you have a car and a valid driver’s license, delivery jobs are also in demand at Amazon and Door Dash.
A recent review found many full-time 40-hour workweeks paying $17 an hour for local work and you could earn much more if you have finely refined skills and experience.
If you are feeling like there is a lack of work available, and thinking that there are no traditional seasonal jobs to be had, it would be understandable. Mostly because you cannot see or find them the way you are used to.
Pretty much anyone with a computer and an Internet connection has little to worry about when looking for some extra spending cash, only be aware that there are some criminals who might like to take advantage of your online job search, so exercise your due diligence and check out any potential employer before jumping in to anything.