Top 6 Must-Try Part-Time Online Jobs for Students

Being a student is great, except for one thing, you're probably broke most of the time. Unless you're a rich kid with a pretty fat wallet, you must know how small is the daily allowance of a typical Filipino student. Between unexpected school fees and food breaks, there will be hardly anything left for you to enjoy or save. It also doesn't help that most students in the country are doing online classes because, you know, parents don’t give you allowance when you’re just at home. So if you’ve decided to look for the perfect online jobs for students, then we’re here to tell you that you’re doing the right thing … and that you’ve come to the right place!

 

Here is a list of the best home-based online jobs in the Philippines for students like you:

 

Data Entry

More popularly known here in the Philippines as ‘encoding’, this online job requires workers to accurately input valuable information into the client's spreadsheet or database. The pay for an online data entry clerk varies and may not be enough for an adult to rely on, but it is a good source of income for students like you.

 

The salary for a part-time data entry specialist in the country typically starts at ₱51 per hour up to ₱511. This may vary depending on your client and experience.

 

Some great websites to apply on are OnlineJobs, Freelancer, and Upwork.

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Transcription

Up next on our list of part-time online jobs for students with no experience Philippines is transcription. A transcriber's primary task involves listening to audio and video files, then typing everything they hear onto a document quickly and accurately. Like data entry, transcription could be a full-time or part-time online job.

 

The pay for being a transcriber varies depending on the client and, of course, your experience. On top of that, there are also different types of transcription, with some being more difficult than others. But for starters, you can expect about ₱36 to ₱789 ($0.70 to $15.40) as the beginner's hourly rate. It’s worth noting that other clients prefer to pay per batch of audio files instead.

 

There are several websites that students like you can apply to if you want to become a transcriptionist. This includes VirtualJobs. PH, OnlineJobs, and Freelancer.

 

Online English Tutor

Another awesome side-hustle to try is teaching English online. If you know the English language well, this could be a fun and exciting way to earn that extra cha-ching. The nationality of your students may depend on whichever website you are going to sign up on. But typically, they will be from countries that aren’t that strong when it comes to English, such as Japan, South Korea, and China.

 

The salary an online English tutor in the Philippines could get is anywhere between ₱100 to ₱300 ($2 to $6) per hour for beginners.  If you become a part-time online English tutor, you can expect your classes to last between one and three hours per day. This is fine, as it means you will still have plenty of time to do other things, such as your schoolwork.

 

51Talk, TeacherOn, and Acadsoc are some of the best websites you can be a part of if you want to be an online English teacher.

 

Virtual Assistant

Have excellent organizational and communication skills? Then you might want to try your luck at being a virtual assistant. Considered by many as one of the best online jobs in the Philippines for students and adults, a virtual assistant is basically a corporate boss’s secretary that works remotely.  

 

As a virtual assistant, your job will mainly be administrative tasks such as setting up appointments, dealing with emails, and data entry work such as updating documents and answering phone calls.

 

For the pay, a virtual assistant job could be a good source of income as a full-time VA in the Philippines has an average salary of over ₱25,000 ($500) per month. But since you're still a student, the wage you can get for doing a part-time VA job will be somewhere between ₱150 to ₱300 ($3 to $6) per hour or around ₱8,000 to ₱13,000 a month.

 

If being a virtual assistant seems like a great idea, head over to sites like VirtualJobs. PH, Online Jobs PH, and Upwork to start applying for available positions!

 

Online Surveys

 

This will not pay you as much as the other entries on our list of part-time online jobs for students in the Philippines. But if you enjoy answering questionnaires on just about any random stuff you can think of, this could be very enjoyable.  

 

Several websites reward survey participants with points that they can exchange for food coupons, store discounts, cash, and more. Of course, you need to keep in mind that this cannot be a regular side job, as there will be plenty of days when there will be no paid surveys to answer at all.

 

Some legit paid online survey websites are SurveyTime, PanelPlace, and MoBrog.

 

Video Editor

Put your fan cam/TikTok editing skills to good use by becoming a video editor. The job of video editing doesn't just require a huge amount of creativity, attention to detail, and knowledge but also tons of patience and top-quality video editing software.

 

As a video editor, you’ll be able to work on wedding videos, commercial advertisements, company presentations, YouTube vlogs, and random videos for various social media platforms. The pay for being a video editor is on the higher side compared to the other online jobs we mentioned above. To give you a more specific number, the average hourly rate of a newbie video editor is around ₱250 per hour, so if you work 4 hours a day before or after your classes, you can get up to ₱1,000!

 

Freelancer, OnlineJobs, Virtualjobs, and Fiverr are just three of the many awesome websites where you can find video editing jobs.

 

Final Words

These are just seven of the best online jobs for students in the Philippines. The jobs included in this list are fun, easy to do (as long as you have the skills), and should be enough to help you earn some money while studying. Give any of them a try today and see which one you like the most!

 

 

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