Top 10 Legit Side-Hustles That Students Can Do With Study

                Blessed Elemikan

 It is an obvious fact that students have ever desired financial independence. This explains why students engage in multiple side hustles in order to financially independent to a reasonable extent.  Many times, students engage in various illegal and time-consuming hustles whish in turn results to their academic failure.

This article explores ten legit side hustles for students that won't affect their academics.

1. Content writing/Copywriting: Content writing is a type of writing that focuses on informing, educating, or entertaining the audience by providing valuable content. Also similar to content writing is Copywriting, which focuses on persuading the audience to take action (especially as regards purchase). Students practise these by writing blog posts for blogs, posting their writings on Social media, etc. and earning stipends through this. It is suitable for students because it is not time consuming and is lucrative in the long run.

2. Graphics Design: Considering that graphics design is in high demand, a lot of university students who have ventured into it have made a reasonable funds from it. Graphics design is a very lucrative side hustle for students, as flyers, logos, pamphlets, etc. are designed almost on a daily basis. A student graphics designer can be contracted by fellow student entrepreneurer, churches, students politicians during the students’ union election, amongst others.

3. Video editing: Video editing has become an indispensable skill in this era and age of vast media and technology. Considering the surge in the number of content creators, the services of video editors are almost always needed. However, short-form video editing is advisable for students who use it as a side hustle, because of how time demanding the long-form is by nature.

4. Resumé and LinkedIn Profile Writing: There are a number of students who make decent income from resumé and LinkedIn profile writing. This service involves providing a template for resumé writing, and writing it in a way that is tailored to the taste of prospective employers. With the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria today, this is a skill that a student might want to develop so as to generate income.

5. Tutorials (Online and offline): One of the ways brilliant students earn money is by tutoring their mates and younger colleagues. Tutoring can be both online and offline. Online tutoring has pave way  for several student-tutors, giving them platforms and rare opportunities to tutor students from other countries, earning foreign currencies. Tutoring is equally beneficial to students' academic life because, according to the protégé effect, people who expect to teach a material learn it better than those who expect to be tested.

6. Proofreading and Editing: Many students have embraced editing as a side hustle. This skill is common to students who understands English language much better. Editing revises and improves the content and structure of a text, while proofreading is the final stage of reviewing a text. When a student has made a name as an impeccable editor/proofreader, such student is sure of steady income.

7. Notemaking and summaries: One creative and amusing way that a number of students have gained financial freedom is by summarizing class notes. Students who attend classes often, attentive, and good writers, refine their written notes, and convert into PDFs for sale. This is a undoubtedly the easiest way to earn while also studying.

8. Newsletter Writing: Students who are good writers can also consider newsletter writing as a means of generating income. Newsletters are written to inform, educate, engage, or persuade, and they are usually sent through email. Students can earn from it through paid subscriptions, sponsorship and ads, affiliate marketing, selling products through newsletters, etc. This skill favors students with good Public Relations (PR). If you are a student interested in creating awareness and educate while still learning, this is certainly for you.

9. Photography: For a fact, no side hustle is as promising and embedded with steady income as photography. Student communities are usually saturated with series of social, religious, academic, amongst other events that mandate important moments to be captured. Other ways student-photographers make money are through photo shoots, portraits, freelance photography, photo editing, stock photography, and social media content creation, without using any other sophisticated camera rather than that of their smartphones.

10. Social Media Management: Students who are skilled in content planning and posting, audience engagement, page growth, analytics and reporting can easy steady income by managing the social media accounts of brands and people who are too busy manage it themselves. Platforms commonly managed include: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X (formerly twitter).

Conclusively, there are numerous side hustles available for students to earn income on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. However, students must always endeavor to ensure a clear and strategic plan(s) in actualizing this, in a bid to avoid trading their academic life for it.