11 Ways To Make Money As A Corper

To an average corps member in the National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) Scheme, the current living allowance paid by the
Nigerian Government isn’t sufficient to cater for their daily
needs. In an effort to cushion the effect of the money drought,
some who still have their parent’s back depend on
supplementary funding from home. If you are one, know that
such support wouldn’t last forever. Start thinking of alternative
means of survival on your own. The following tips should help.
Private Teaching
This is an age-long tradition that had kept many people going
all through their university life. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to
continue with the tradition. You indicate your interest in
teaching children at home to everyone around you. It is
always advantageous here for you if you got posted to a
school. The teachers, the students, the members of your host
community, not leaving out your fellow corps members could
be helpful. It could involve you placing an advert of that
through whatever means people can get it. Pupils and
students in the terminal levels of their education need special
lessons. Approach their parents and agree with them on some
convenient price. Let me remind you that you can’t give what
you don’t have. Update your knowledge to be able to teach
others!
Laundry Service
Some folks require the service of persons to handle their
laundry. This is a very lucrative venture you can engage in
during your spare time. Have you ever attempted calculating
how much those illiterate ‘any wash’ women made daily from
students during your university days? I know your style of
handling the trade would be much professional based on your
level of education. Brand the service well. Start small and
grow it into something worthwhile.
Agriculture
This, we were taught back in our elementary school, is the
oldest occupation of man. Every individual, no matter how
sophisticated, depends on agricultural products to survive.
What are you waiting for? This becomes handy when you are
serving in a rural/agrarian area. Your host community could
be kind enough to lease you some land to grow crops. Those
from the nomadic families could allow you milk their cattle
too. A cordial relationship with members of your host
community is all you need to keep you going. Think of a
sector in agriculture you can invest in. Snail rearing, fish
farming, poultry farming, bee farming and crop production are
among areas to consider. Read further on various areas in
agriculture on your own. Better still, your jottings during the
SEAD lectures relating to agriculture would be very valuable
here.
Retail
The distribution of products to their final consumers is going
to be interesting to those with good marketing skills. Get some
marketable product of interest to sell in your host community
and get your profit out of that. Wouldn’t it be interesting that
you make some people’s work easier by bring their basic
needs closer to them?
Writing
The people around you need the service of a graduate like you
to help them put their thoughts in print. Use this avenue to
make some cash. It might not be appealing to some people
that you charge to write for them. Let such people look for
others that would do so for them for free. Today, writing is
about the fastest growing lucrative venture. As long as people
value your writing skill they would be ready to pay for your
service. Writing is real business!
Editing and Proofreading
Some people are good writers but would still need others to
proofread their works. Such people don’t want to patronise
professional editors because those ones charge more. You are
a likely alternative to get such assignments done. Be prudent
enough to charge them well. Your knowledge of grammar isn’t
a waste. Use it to make some money!
Mobile Workforce
What about making some money from your mobile phone?
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to use your phone for purposes
other than connecting with friends and families? I had once
written about some productive things you can do with your
phone. With your phone, tablet or laptop, you can connect with
clients and business associates to get things going. Physical
presence to carryout business transaction is now becoming
de-emphasised with technological advancement. You can
serve others to make money anytime, anywhere.
Educational Research
These days, tertiary education students are lazy about doing
educational research. If you know how to choose suitable
researchable topics, prepare a review of related literature,
compile and analyse data, this is where you can make some
dough. The aspect of data compilation and analysis is the
bomb. Let such students know of your service and charge
them good. This becomes useful if you got posted to a locale
where tertiary institution students live. You know that
educational research is not beans. So, be prepared to take up
the challenge and see yourself well off.
Online Assignments
Just like the mobile workforce, handling online assignments
can be very interesting. Using your contacts and friends
across the social media, your email and freelancing sites, you
can get some extra cash into your bank account. Think of
services such as writing, editing, proof reading, social media
account management, web designing, blogging and
programming as likely sources of income online. All you
require is a laptop, a stable internet access and the will to
work. Mind you, trust is a major factor here. You must first
earn the trust of people online before they can keep faith in
you to handle their assignments. There is money online!
Hospitality
This would be an interesting sector for guys who have
understanding of it. As you are now in a new environment,
utilise that moment to initiate or support some programmes/
projects that would make people enjoy their stay in such
places. Simplest of all is to work out ways of supplying
beverages and snacks to people and organisations. What
about handling restaurants and food service, tourism
destinations and attractions identification, hotel bookings,
meeting and event planning? The hospitality sector is a very
lucrative business area that could set you up as an
entrepreneur during and after the service year. Think
hospitality!
Physical Fitness Expert
For those with sufficient background in physical fitness, this is
moneyland! To stay healthy, people need to engage in
physical exercises in addition to good nutrition habits. Being
well skilled in physical activity instruction, your service would
be needed in companies, schools, places of worship,
government agencies and especially the ministry of sports.
You would be able to educate people on their health, save their
lives and make some money from that. They say health is
wealth. Make some wealth with your knowledge of health!
Which other ways do think corpers can make money? Your
comments would be appreciated.