Part Time Jobs in India

Part time jobs allows a good income at flexible work hours. Part time jobs are meant for persons who are unable to dedicate the whole day for job, or for jobs that do not require a full time worker. Part time job seekers may be students, householders (or housewives) who are engaged with other responsibilities. Part time jobs in India allows not only extra income but also a good source of career development. There are project based jobs, flexible hourly jobs, paid per hour jobs. Changing technology brings new advantages to the mankind every day. Internet enables a person work for companies at a distant place at the time of his choice from the comfort of his home. Many jobs are outsourced online, which any eligible person can do from the cosy comfort of his own home.

The scope of part time jobs in India is ever widening. With the increasing number of organizations opting for lower infrastructural costs, promising prospects for freelancers look imminent since there is a huge manpower requirement in the top industries. Individuals involved in freelance jobs remain fairly content as well. They don't really have to dedicate 8-10 hours in a regular job for 5-6 days a week. It helps them to explore multiple interests and skills. For instance a single employee may have versatile talents based on which he can earn his living. But a contract bound full time job requires him to devote his entire energy into one thing only, which won't be the case in freelance or part time jobs.

Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi are the leading cities providing part time or home based jobs. Let us find out the kind of part time options available in India:

Data Entry: Perhaps the most common among the part time or freelance jobs in India are the simple data entry or copy paste jobs. Here you will be presented with a chunk of data by the organization. Data entry professionals are required in key industries like IT, Automobiles, Airlines, Food services and so on. You have to ensure the smooth processing of the given information by entering the same in an excel sheet or word document. Basic computer skills and typing speed will be tested here. These works are mostly done from home. Variable designations for data entry operators may be Transcriptionist, Typist, Record Coder, Information Manager etc. Almost all the cities like Hyderabad, Chennai and the ones mentioned above offer these jobs. As data entry professionals you can earn on an average around INR 2,500- INR 30,000 or more depending on your profile, the size of the organization, the city you are living in etc.

Freelance Writing Jobs: People blessed with extraordinary writing skills can rake in good salaries from part time and online writing jobs. Part time copy writers, content writers, are in great demand nowadays. Salaries differ with differences in projects. Though content writers rule the freelance writing area, technical writers can also avail the part time options by being a little more diligent with their job searches.

Online Teaching Jobs: Several KPOs and EPOs need part time teachers for their candidates.

The advent of Social Media has ensured the growth of a host of part time or freelance jobs in India. The most wonderful things about these jobs are that there is no formal training required. If you are a regular in Social Media, and take a keen interest in it there will be no dearth of jobs like Social Media managers, Social Media executives etc for you.

Other regular freelance jobs include ad posting, tele-calling, e mail sending, graphic designing, Oracle training and survey or audit jobs.

Conclusion

Freelance jobs without the usual securities of regular jobs? like Provident Fund , gratuity, cash bonus, retirement benefits were not really viewed as viable career options. However, its popularity is on an upward graph now for reasons already mentioned above. It won't be surprising to see more MNCs exploring this option in 2013.