I'm working as Senior M&E Engineer now. 11 years of working experience. I was able to secure my job and changed 2 companies during this pandemic period and received more than 20% increment in this period. I'm appreciated that i'm still lucky that still able to survive in this period. But, my commitment is getting more due to my daughter born during July.

I would like to seek to your all advise any other way to generate side income during this period and how you all increase income beside of monthly fixed salary in this pandemic period.

I've involve stock market investment but the return is quite slow for me.

Thanks

Sell your skill and time for money.

lower you expenses.

MLM knocking your door soon

I just know autocad and excel and shout at construction site. thinking how to use these skills to generate income from outside.

This post has been edited by cfy0104: Aug 9 2021, 09:49 PM

Quite difficult, fixed expenses.

MLM not suitable for me

You dont know simple plumbing, electrical and furniture assembling work?

That is what I am doing on weekend and I am not in the construction line. I just charge cheaper than normal.

The last I did was install 3 outdoor 10 feet bamboo blinds and assembled 2 cupboards. I charge 300RM.

If can do, hang a banner outside your house or the balcony condo.

I see. thanks for advice. I more on paper work and coordination. Maybe create a blog how to be more effective M&E Engineer. To share my working experience.

Grabfood

There's the usual insurance/unit trust consultant gig or reselling stuff online (I see quite a lot of chili oil sellers on Shopee nowadays)

Alternatively work smart, brush up your LinkedIn, share your knowledge via youtube or meetup, build up your brand. All of the above may get you the next job opportunity with another 20% increment or more which in some cases is more than a side income can generate.

Thanks. Thinking to create a web or blogspot to share the way how to become more effective M&E Engineer. And also, share some of my working experience or insight to choose a good company to work for. Subsequently, how to able to get increment during economic crisis.

Blogs aren't getting attention anymore unfortunately. I would recommend LinkedIn, virtual meetups or even video podcasts instead. If you have a blog then crosspost to LinkedIn.

As I mentioned, you want to build up your brand. Your target audience can start with your other fellow M&E engineer but as well as their bosses who are out hiring and the recruiters who may have some role to play in your future career.

Your topics should cover tactics (how to be a better M&E engineer) and should eventually lead to strategy (how to be a better M&E engineering manager) or anything else you might think would be useful. The key is to regularly write/contribute, and to do so you will have to do your current job well but not forget your own personal learning and development.

TS, I share the same views as this poster. You have to focus on creating the right type of activities and network on LinkedIn in order to springboard yourself easier into a better position in the near future. Use the extra time you have now (because of lockdown, WFH, less commuting time, etc) to be a LinkedIn super user. Your LinkedIn profile should be your focus and not your blog. Think how likely you are to be noticed by recruiters and industry professionals on both platforms. Good luck!

Maybe upload some excel file format for monitoring m&e progress.

Got some companies approaching me in LinkedIn recently. Already replied them my information

Don't know why every time LinkedIn job application or those job hunter come to approaching me one. After interview not on one. I always get job in jobstreet

To be exact, you need to join relevant groups and contribute your ideas towards relevant discussions within those professional groups in order to get noticed.

Ok thanks. Just received a invitation from LinkedIn and scheduled to interview on this week. Let me have a look to see what they can offer.

stock investment is for the long term. never the short term even though u can do trading which is so risky. long term is better. i have seen people buying a long of shares years ago and now enjoying the returns. of course it's never too late to start. so if u have started, good for u!

u can check what's needed in the gig economy. i know some people get paid to do assignments for others. it also depends on ur ethics and willingness to do some jobs too.

the simple ones can be do survey... sell something like what others say. is there a hobby that u have that can also generate side income?

Right now I am doing Cryptocurrency, but everyone is telling me that it is too risky. I kind of agree, because the price can go up and down a lot. So far I am making money, but I am planning to keep it long term. Is this a good idea? Should I just sell soon?

What sort of side income you are interested or capable of doing ?

parking, like to learn ideas frm here

ethics??
umm.......

Just do something which is legal one that's ok. Stock market got earning before Mahiaddin resign. Now, become red

How can generate income by do survey? Maybe i just sell my old books with second hand price.

You are lucky that you are still earning. Haha. It is depend to you to be long term or short term. Got course to attend to trade the cryptocurrency?

Prefer those work can be generated by using computer and work at home one after working hour or during weekend

Just received interview from a company from Singapore to do new project in South East Asia region. I just done the interview yesterday with and they are quite ok with my performance but i know i'm going to reject their offer due to i need to take care my daughter now. I will add the interviewer linkedin next week. Even though we can't work together this year, but maybe one day in future we can work together one. Just broaden my connection first.

This just trading kind of activity can create job for you right away

hi all, just to update that i got my side income by doing M&E coordination drawing for my ex-colleague's company by using my Autocad skill which is generating side income for me now. Would like to learn Revit to speed up the efficiency in future.