Side hustles for HR professionals

What HR side hustles really look like

Part time human resources jobs remote usually fall into a few categories: contract recruiting for a staffing agency, freelance resume or interview coaching, HR consulting for small businesses that cannot afford a full-time HR hire, or part-time in-house support for a company that only needs a few hours a week.

Contract and freelance recruiter work is often project-based: a company needs to fill a handful of roles and pays per hire or per hour until the search is done. Part-time in-house HR work is more like a regular job, just with fewer hours, and it usually asks for prior HR or recruiting experience.

Where people look for these roles

• LinkedIn, for both posted part-time HR roles and direct outreach to recruiters and hiring managers.
• Indeed and Glassdoor, searching specifically for remote and part-time HR or recruiter listings.
• Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer, for freelance HR consulting, recruiting projects, or resume and interview coaching work.

What to watch for

HR and recruiting side hustles attract scams because the field sounds credible and hiring is something most job seekers trust by default.

• Anyone who asks you to pay for training, certification, or a starter kit before you can start working.
• Listings that promise high pay for vague recruiting tasks with no real company name attached.
• Requests to collect personal or financial information from candidates on behalf of an unnamed client.

A legitimate employer or client never asks you to pay them first to get started.

Being realistic about part-time HR work

Part time recruiter remote jobs and part time recruitment jobs work from home take time to land, especially without an existing network or a recruiting background. Freelance platforms can work, but building a steady stream of HR or recruiting clients usually takes months, not days.

While you search or build up client work, some people add small, free rewards on the side through sites like PocketsFull. It will not replace income from HR work, but it is a free way to earn something extra in spare minutes.

How PocketsFull fits in

PocketsFull is a free rewards site, not a job and not an employer. Members complete paid surveys and offers, including game and app offers, and build up a balance they can redeem.

Joining is free and PocketsFull never asks for a deposit or a payment of any kind, which is worth remembering given how many HR-sounding scams do ask for money upfront.

• Surveys are market-research questionnaires from survey providers, and a completed survey adds its reward to your balance.
• Not every survey fits every person, so being screened out before the end happens to everyone from time to time.
• Offers are tasks from partners, such as trying an app or game or signing up for a service, and each one lists its own steps and reward.

How you get paid on PocketsFull

Rewards on PocketsFull are redeemed for gift cards, and the box below shows the options available in your country.

PayPal and Litecoin are also listed on the redeem screen alongside local gift card options.