Working through college though tedious can help offset a bigger chunk of a students expenses. To bypass the stress an online job is ideal because of its flexibility.
In this fast growing global village where information technology is at the heart of our everyday life, we cant downplay the role of well paying online jobs which are readily available for students at their comfort. Students can drastically increase their standard of living thereby ‘swerving poverty’ with online jobs. Online jobs abound on the internet however lots of people do not know about them

Here’s my take on the top 10 legit online jobs for college students.

1. VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE
An individual who provides support services to a firm from a remote location is a virtual assistance. Tasks that a VA may perform for a business include administrative tasks, social media management, graphic design, clerical work, marketing and web designing. Pay for a virtual assistant ranges from $10 – $20. You can get a virtual assistant job on the following sites people per hour, zirtual, work at home mum and VA networking.

2. ONLINE TUTORING
Lots of students struggle a lot with passing their courses , you can therefore make money off them by teaching them what you know. There are also lots of high school student , junior high students and kids who could use your help. You don’t have to be limited to your geographical area with the internet. You can teach students from all over the world. The pay for an online teaching job ranges from $15 – $20 per hour. You can advertise your tutoring service on websites like tutor.com, teachable, thinkific and wyzant.

3. SEARCH ENGINE EVALUATOR ( SEE )
With adequate knowledge on computers and the internet you can become an SEE. Search engines like bing and google rely greatly on user feedback to update their algorithm to serve their you and i better. Search engine evaluators analyse the relevance and accuracy of search engines. An SSCE certificate or a diploma is ok to apply for this position. The hourly pay of an SEE ranges from $10 – $18 per hour. Zippier.com, moneyconnexion.com and ziprecruiter will be of great help to you just incase you interested in this job type.

4. SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
A social media manager is in charge of developing, implementing, and managing a companies social media strategy in order to increase brand awareness and improve sales. An integral part of a SMM role includes raising with influencers online to create a strong network. This job type requires special knowledge in computers and the internet. You can start by sending your CV to companies within your region and all over the world who might need your expertise. Pay per hour for this job type is $15 to $40.

5. DATA ENTRY
You can earn decent money entering data for firms data deal extensively with data. Data entry is simply entering or updating data into a computer. This is about one of the easiest online jobs provided you have a decent typing speed, a good command of the english language and awesome data analytic skills. Platforms like Click worker, Uproot, Virtual Bee and DionData Solution posts data entry jobs for college students regularly. Try it. Salary for this job type ranges from $9 – $16 per task.

6. RESUME WRITER
Its global knowledge that yo can’t secure a job without a resume. One of the major hinderances to landing ones dream job is an applicants ability to put together a great CV. With a good CV writing skills you can help job seekers write a professional CV to make extra money provided your english game is tight. ResumeEdge and WriterBay can be of great help to you when seeking for resume writing jobs. You can earn $15 – $25 per hour for your expertise.
Jobs may not come frequently but its ok to give it a try.

7. SEO JOBS
You can get a job as a search engine evaluator with one of the well known search engines, be it Google or Bing. Your job will be to probe the search engines to test their potency as in how accurate and relevant their search results are. This will help them to update their algorithms to suit their design specifications. You can get SEO jobs from websites like LeapForce, LionBridge and Appen Butler Hill. Pay per hour ranges from $12 – $15

8. CONTENT WRITER or EDITOR
If writing is your passion then this job is for you. You can pick a topic of your choice and write extensively about it, your research skills should be apt as this job requires lots of facts and original contents.
Most bloggers and companies seek the services of content writers to feed and update theirs blogs or websites with original contents so as to remain relevant. this requires a lot of time and focus. Freelance proofreading is another option if you are not a good writer. Pay ranges from $20 – $50 per article. Upwork , FlexJobs and Freelance Writing Jobs (JWF) are among the online gold mines for content writers. Fiverr , Flexjob and linkedIn are hubs for proofreading jobs.

9. POWER POINT (PPT) JOBS

Power point is at the heart of all types of companies be it small or multinational. As a college student you prolly have basic powerpoint skills, topping it up with some creativity and a bit of style, you will of great use to firms. Professional power points can be used in trainings, workshop and board meeting to convey a line of thought. Simply showcase what you can do on a website, presentation work.com is a great point of reference. You can get PPT jobs on freelancer.com, upwork.com and peopleperhour.com. An individual can earn as low as $5 per hour and as much as $20 per hour as a PPT expert.

Serious students can make extra money online by selling their notes, that is, notes they take at lectures. A platform called StudySoup makes it possible. One can earn as much $500 per class. Art students are not left out as they can make use of their talents by selling their illustrations , drawings or artwork on a third party site like Etsy.

I hope this article has opened your eyes as to how much money you can make behind your computer at the comfort of your hostel, apartment or home.