Temporary or Remote work during COVID-19

During this pressing time, we understand the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts many students' employment situations. If you are in need of options to work, we wanted to provide a few resources to help students find part-time, remote, and work-from-home opportunities. Keep in mind your personal health and those your are living with at this time, when exploring work outside of your home base. Your health and safety is top priority. If you are in need of financial assistance to pay for necessities at this time, please reach out to Asst. Dean, Daniel Cummins (daniel.cummins@uc.edu). The Bearcat Pantry is also open by appointment during this time. We will update the resource list when more information is available as we have found the outlook is changing quickly in everyone's response to COVID-19 to prevent the spread.

Local hiring for face-to-face jobs in communities:

  • Grocery stores, hardware stores, and pharmacies are hiring temporary staff to help with stocking and curbside delivery, and also to fill in for regular employees who have to stay home to care for family members or are ill themselves - students should check with their local stores. Kroger is hiring at this time in the Cincinnati area.
  • Amazon is mass-hiring for warehouses and delivery (expected to add around 100,000 employees to meet demand).
  • Check with Temp Service Agencies like Express Employment Professionals and Staffmark concerning immediate openings. They are often alerted first about immediate openings.
  • Grocery delivery services (links to Indeed to find new postings with this title)
  • Third-party food delivery services (UberEats, Door Dash, etc)
  • Tutoring opportunities - since schools are closed, many families seek tutors. Check with neighbors, advertise on personal social media, or join your neighborhood on the Nextdoor app to search for opportunities.
  • Restaurants - some local and chain restaurants are hiring people to package orders, deliver orders, and to fill in for people who have to take leave.

All of these sites have filters for remote or work from home, part-time, and entry level jobs:

Additional resources:

  • The Muse (only filters remote, entry-level, mid-level, senior-level)
  • ZipRecruiter (only filters work from home and part-time):

Remote jobs search sites:

  • SkillCrush blog posted the best 25+ sites for finding remote jobs. The beginning of the article explains the difference between working from home, telecommuting, and working remotely; then each entry includes the website, what skills it focuses on, and how the site is organized. These sites were not vetted to see if candidates or employers are charged fees.

Gig or Freelance Project Based Work

  • If you are interested in freelance jobs using digital skills and gaining experience along the way, top Gig work sites are provided in the following 10 Best Sites to Find Gig Jobs.

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