As COVID-19 hit the Singapore job market, Singapore young adult are starting side hustles while waiting to land a full-time job.
In Mr Wijaya’s case, he has turned to freelance styling and design jobs to stay afloat.
Ms Mirah Jayy, 26, is the sole breadwinner in her family supporting her younger siblings and parents.
When she found herself without work due to the ongoing pandemic, the former theatre technician took up two part-time jobs even though the income was “less than half of her previous salary”.
Homebaker Yeo Wan Ling, 25, has been advertising and selling her cakes on her Instagram account Our First Bake since 2018, but she said she never expected to rely on it until she was retrenched from her first job as a creative associate in a food-and-beverage consultancy firm in March.
Mr Chiam plans to use the downtime to focus on, among other things, building his brand, SG Good Life — a lifestyle blog and a YouTube channel, with the eventual aim of monetising it.
Accepting any job in this climate, even if it is a series of part-time jobs, is not a bad idea as well, she said, as it shows “resilience” in a job candidate which recruiters look out for.
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Under-35 and jobless: S'poreans turn to side hustles, self-improvement while waiting to land a full-time job
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/under-35-and-jobless-singaporeans-turn-side-hustles-self-improvement-while-waiting-land
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