Graduating from high school is one of the greatest achievements for many students. For most schools in the East African community this level of academics takes about 5-6 years. These consist of busy days and nights of studying, reading and revising of course with some short holidays in course of the year. It even gets more intense and demanding in the final year that one just can’t wait for the final day to be out of school. Anyone who has gone through this level can testify to this. It is a feeling that comes with such a great sense of freedom and time to compensate on foregone sleep, catch with friends, movies, soaps and so much more.
Unfortunately, this feeling does not last for long; not because the holiday was short but rather because it is one of the longest vacation that goes for close to a year. consequently, for most young people that feeling lasts only for a couple of weeks. Slowly boredom starts to set in; eventually they run out of activities and there is just too much time on their hands that they don’t know how make use of.
Such long holidays, if not well prepared for, can turn out to be negative for most young people. This is when parents, guardians need to step in because learning continues. It is a time when one can take on short course to learn new life skills; parents can either find mentors for their children or be their business mentors so that they get to appreciate the importance of embracing work.
In these tough economic times, some side huddles can become a good venture for young people. These they can supplement their pocket money or income and have some financial stability and independence. Moreover, we have seen a number of businesses that began as passions or side hustles.
Surely, there are quite a number of gigs for high school graduands-both boys and girls but today we will look at some that especially young women can look into.
There is an increasing demand out there for editing services, writing, transcribing. Young ladies who are into this area can reach out to individuals or entities to offer this service as they grow their experience.
Young women can offer marketing services for small businesses; today almost all high school graduands have telephones. You can turn it into a business centre to market for other business using your social media platforms, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram among others.
The other is bookkeeping. Young women who are looking to join financial management profession can offer this service, to begin with, enter data into accounting systems, file returns among others.
Photography is another interesting venture if one is passionate about it.
Young women can also make good administrative or personal assistants to busy individuals who may be in need of service by managing their day-to-day schedules. Managing their meeting appointments, write meeting reports, attend to phone calls and emails.
Most if not all women love beauty and cosmetics; young ladies who are passionate about it, why not turn this into a side hustle, amongst your friends! buy and resell trending cosmetics using social media.
These are just a few of the many ventures young women can tap into and for some it may a seemingly humble beginning that may eventually turn into a big business.
It is just the beginning of the year. if you are a young lady out there, consider one or two of these side businesses, tell about them or If you are a parent it is time to interest your daughter.