The GOOD Guide to Hustlin
The official job numbers are dismal enough, but they omit a whole section of the population: those of us who are underemployed. Even though some of us have wriggled our way into our preferred profession, we’re still only working 15 hours a week or cobbling together a living through freelance gigs. Others are interns with a few bartending shifts or in dead-end, low-paying jobs for which they are overqualified. It’s almost as depressing, if less financially dangerous, as not having a job at all.
Some people certainly prefer the flexibility and freedom of contract work or a couple different jobs. If you can make it work, then by all means, be a freelancer. But sometimes you just want the validation of a salary, a business card, and a feeling of security. Part of this is luck of the draw—being around when a spot at your workplace opens up. But there’s a way to increase the odds and make yourself indispensable, so you can finally start getting that twice-a-month paycheck.
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