The Reason Why Moms Need a Side Job

6 Reasons Why Moms Need a Side Job

Reasons Moms Need a Side Job – Being a mother is a very noble job. However, have you, as a mother, ever felt bored because of always having to be focused on doing house chores? Have you ever felt like wanting to have your own income?

Those feelings are very normal and you can always try to have a side job. Not only that, there are other profitable reasons for doing a side job that you should consider.

Not only eliminating boredom and getting financial benefits, side jobs also have many other benefits ! Let's see the summary from Whiz below!

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6 Reasons Why Moms Need a Side Job

Here are the 6 reasons why moms need a side job that can help you find the right gig for you.

1. To Make Extra Money

The first and obvious reason for having a side job is to make more money. This is very good and profitable, mothers can use the income for various things, such as additional child allowance, additional household expenses, or to buy their own needs. With extra money, you can be independent and less dependent on your partner.

2. To Relieve Boredom

The second reason is so that you can stay productive. Although taking care of the household and family is already a job, doing the same thing over and over again can lead to boredom. By having a side job, you can still have other useful activities besides doing daily tasks as a mother.

3. Charge Your Creativity

The third reason, side jobs can provide opportunities for mothers to charge their creativity and boost their skills. Daily household chores can be repetitive and done mindlessly. Through side jobs, moms will be required to look for the best ideas to complete the work, regardless of its type. For example, by exploring story/article ideas if they also work as a writer.

4. Turn Passion into Income

The next reason, having a side job can give mothers the opportunity to channel their passion. The dedication of being a mother is a noble thing. However, of course many mothers still want to put their passionto use in their daily activities.

A side job with a more flexible schedule with their role as a mother is certainly the right opportunity to have a job that suits the mothers' passion. For example, a gardening hobby can be channeled into an ornamental plant business, or a photography hobby that can be channeled through doing freelance jobs.

5. Learn New Skills

Learning does not just stop at school or college. Throughout our lives, we will always have the chance to learn new things, including when we take on our role as mothers. However, if you are still craving for new knowledge that can encourage your self-development, having a side job can open the door to learning new skills. For example, exploring software design features to improve your skills as a part time designer .

6. Create More Connections

Finally, a side job can help you interact with many people, apart from the family environment. Making connections with other people can also help bridge the mother to develop professionally.

The connections moms get from a side job can help them meet their social needs. In fact, it is also possible to find friends to share stories and lessons about family or parenting from other colleagues & clients.

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Well, those are some reasons why moms need a side job which can be considered before choosing the right one. Have you started thinking about what side job you want to have? 

Whiz has a side job that you can try Curious on how to do it? You can try joining the Affiliate Moms Whiz program on the IbuSibuk platform! This Affiliate Program runs from 18 to 31 July 2022. Apart from making more social connections , this affiliate program also has a pretty tempting prize. Let's check out the following terms and conditions.

  1. Participating members of the IbuSibuk platform must: 
    1. Register through the Affiliate Moms Whiz recruitment program on the IbuSibuk platform and be selected by Whiz's PIC to confirm their participation.
    2. Download and register a Whiz account.
    3. Inviting other moms or parents to download and register to the Whiz app as parents by choosing the Parent Account option on their personal cell phone (valid for new users only); 
      • The New User is required to:
        • connect at least 1 child account via youth account on Whiz, 
        • upgrade to a verified account (do the KYC process), so the new user invited is required to have an ID card.
        • top up a balance with a minimum nominal of IDR 10,000, - (ten thousand rupiah) 
        • complete the data in the form through the unique link that has been provided by Whiz to each participating IbuSibuk member. Filling in the data on the form can be assisted by the participating IbuSibuk Member with the approval of the New User.
    4. A New User can be invited by 1 member of IbuSibuk only.
    5. IbuSibuk members are not allowed to lend their cellphones for download purposes for and on behalf of the New User. 
  2. Prize draw terms & conditions:
    1. The New User data that has met the requirements must be put in the available form. The form is unique and cannot be combined or exchanged with other form links belonging to other IbuSibuk members. 
    2. Whiz will validate the data on the completed form, only the New User data that has met the requirements will be considered as the basis for claiming prizes. 
    3. If there is duplicate data of a New User with other IbuSibuk Members, the commission eligibility will be given to the person who first records the New User data on the form. There will be a timestamp for each entry on the form.
    4. The prize is a balance of IDR 25,000 per new user (maximum IDR 500,000 per Member per week or equivalent to 20 validated new users). 
    5. Whiz Team will confirm each participating IbuSibuk member regarding how many new users have been successfully validated via WhatsApp 7 days after the end of the program. 
    6. Prizes will be transferred to the Rocket Pocket account of the participating IbuSibuk members on D+7 from the program's end date.
  3. This program is voluntary, and IbuSibuk Members are not allowed to coerce new potential users. 
  4. Any new User Data collected and recorded on a unique form is confidential and belongs to Whiz. Participating IbuSibuk members are not allowed to disseminate, copy or misuse the data they receive, Whiz is not responsible for any misuse of data by IbuSibuk members. 
  5. Whiz has the right to follow up and investigate if there are complaints about misuse of New User data and defamation of Whiz. 
  6. The determination of New users that can be counted as prizes is at the absolute discretion of Whiz.
  7. The program does not apply to Whiz employees.
  8. These Terms and Conditions may change at any time according to Whiz's policy
  9. For absolute reasons, Whiz has the right to cancel the program at any time before the program period ends.
  10. This program is free.
  11. Whiz has the right to cancel the referral bonus/balance prize if the participating party or participants/members of the participating community indicates fraud without needing to be proven. 
  12. By participating in this program, IbuSibuk Members who are registered as program participants state that they agree to these terms and conditions.

What are you waiting for? Hurry up and register now!