Welcome to 2015 guys! Hope this year has been treating you well so far and you all had some well deserved time off to refresh and recuperate for a great year. My holidays may have been a bit more wild than relaxing but it was still amazing and I am super keen to kick 2015's ass! I am more then ready to go back to full time work hopefully sooner rather than later and then back to uni almost full time in February which is going to be manic but I can't wait. I've been reading up on the unit outlines for my classes and am terrified and pumped. The classes sound really interesting but the essays slightly intimidating. Maybe I'm crazy but give me an exam over an essay any day :-) My next placement is coming up in April for four weeks and although I certainly don't have the same level of nerves as I dd for my first placement my legs are already hurting from all the standing I'll be doing :-P
Things are a little slow with work at the moment so I wanted to take the opportunity to make all the nurses and students out there aware of the ways I have been supporting myself through uni whilst work is slow. Not many people are aware of the opportunities available to earn money legitimately online, particularly for nurses or health professionals with our knowledge of medical terminology, our experience with fast talking doctors and our professionalism dealing with confidentiality. There are many sites out there that enable nurses to offer their skills on a freelance basis and I personally have found enjoyment and some spare cash by offering skills in transcription, specialising in medical transcription but I have also completed many other jobs from radio podcasts to training sessions to interviews for books. My favourite sites for finding legitimate freelance jobs online are elance.com and odesk.com but there are a few tips and tricks I have learnt that will help you get started.
My first piece of advice is to be patient, it probably took a few weeks to get my first job but ever since then I have consistently been getting work and at times have even had to decline jobs due to having too much on offer and this is great because it allows you to pick the best jobs that you want to work on. Secondly when you first start out on these sites the employers don't know you, they don't know your work and they don't want to get scammed. When I first started out I was charging as little as $9US an hour which is awful pay but once you complete a few jobs and get some good feedback on your profile you can very quickly up that to $20+ an hour. Finally when you apply for jobs you submit a proposal and as this is the only thing your employer has to judge you on it is critical that you get your wording right and treat the proposal as you would if you were applying for any in person job.
The thing I love most about these sites is that you are in complete control. I work when, where and how I want. If I'm busy at work I decline jobs or negotiate new time frames, if things are slow I pick up some extra work. Honestly I'm not sure I would have survived the last few months without these sites. I hope that these tips and tricks help anyone who is looking for a little extra cash to get them through and I would be more than happy to discuss this topic further or answer any questions any one has; you can comment on this post or use the contact form on this website to send me an email. Good luck everyone!
- Just Another Student Nurse
Things are a little slow with work at the moment so I wanted to take the opportunity to make all the nurses and students out there aware of the ways I have been supporting myself through uni whilst work is slow. Not many people are aware of the opportunities available to earn money legitimately online, particularly for nurses or health professionals with our knowledge of medical terminology, our experience with fast talking doctors and our professionalism dealing with confidentiality. There are many sites out there that enable nurses to offer their skills on a freelance basis and I personally have found enjoyment and some spare cash by offering skills in transcription, specialising in medical transcription but I have also completed many other jobs from radio podcasts to training sessions to interviews for books. My favourite sites for finding legitimate freelance jobs online are elance.com and odesk.com but there are a few tips and tricks I have learnt that will help you get started.
My first piece of advice is to be patient, it probably took a few weeks to get my first job but ever since then I have consistently been getting work and at times have even had to decline jobs due to having too much on offer and this is great because it allows you to pick the best jobs that you want to work on. Secondly when you first start out on these sites the employers don't know you, they don't know your work and they don't want to get scammed. When I first started out I was charging as little as $9US an hour which is awful pay but once you complete a few jobs and get some good feedback on your profile you can very quickly up that to $20+ an hour. Finally when you apply for jobs you submit a proposal and as this is the only thing your employer has to judge you on it is critical that you get your wording right and treat the proposal as you would if you were applying for any in person job.
The thing I love most about these sites is that you are in complete control. I work when, where and how I want. If I'm busy at work I decline jobs or negotiate new time frames, if things are slow I pick up some extra work. Honestly I'm not sure I would have survived the last few months without these sites. I hope that these tips and tricks help anyone who is looking for a little extra cash to get them through and I would be more than happy to discuss this topic further or answer any questions any one has; you can comment on this post or use the contact form on this website to send me an email. Good luck everyone!
- Just Another Student Nurse