FrançaisStudying and earning a little on the side needs ideas that fit a busy timetable: student jobs, short gigs, seasonal work, childcare, bike delivery, microtasks, event hosting or proofreading coursework. This selection groups sheets that often suit students in Belgium and France.
It is not an automatic catalogue filter: ideas were chosen because they usually work around school or university hours and do not always need a large budget. Always check the minimum age, allowed status and any earnings caps in the rules guide and with your institution. Earnings figures on each sheet are ballpark only, not a promise of income. Start with one simple idea, nearby or online, keep enough time for your studies, and stop if grades or rest begin to suffer.
20 ideas
This page is a hand-picked set of ideas that often fit studies, not an automatic « student » engine filter. The full catalogue stays on the All ideas page.
The student jobs and Belgian flexi-job sheets explain each framework. Caps and conditions differ: read the sheet and the rules guide before you sign.
Yes — sheets cover renting a room or selling course notes, with limits (lease, copyright, quality). Read each sheet's warnings.
Walk a dog, feed a cat during the holidays, or host a pet at your home for a few days.
Estimate From €10 to €17 per 30-minute walk (price paid by the client) France
You need: Love of animals
Help a pupil in a subject you know well, at their home or by video call.
Estimate From €22 to €25 per hour (price paid by the client) France
You need: Teaching, Languages
A spare room can host a student, a worker on assignment or travellers.
Estimate not available France
You need: Customer contact, Spare room
Visit a shop or restaurant as an ordinary customer, then fill in a questionnaire about the welcome and the service.
Estimate From €10 to €80 per assignment (payment) France
You need: Customer contact, Writing, Smartphone
Give your opinion on a website, an app or a product, from home, a few minutes at a time.
Estimate From $ US4 to $ US10 per test (payment) France
You need: Computing, Computer
Appear in the background of a film, series or advert, often for a single day.
Estimate From €98.48 to €108.33 gross per day France
You need: Nothing in particular
Welcome and guide visitors at trade fairs, conferences, concerts or sports events, often for one or two days.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour France
You need: Customer contact, Languages
Small, simple tasks on Clickworker: sorting images, checking texts, answering short questionnaires.
Estimate not available France
You need: Computer
Selling your own course summaries and revision notes on Stuvia, to other students.
Estimate not available France
You need: Writing, Computer
Retail, catering, activity leading, logistics: many employers recruit students, especially in summer and at weekends.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour France
You need: Customer contact
School pick-ups, Wednesdays, evenings: many parents are looking for someone they can trust.
Estimate From €10.36 to €11.52 net per hour France
You need: Teaching, Customer contact
A few hours a week in private homes, often with flexible hours.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour France
You need: Nothing in particular
Correcting the spelling, grammar and clarity of students' theses and dissertations, with Scribbr.
Estimate From €20 to €30 per hour (payment) France
You need: Writing, Languages, Computer
Assignments lasting from a few days to a few weeks, in logistics, industry, retail or events.
Estimate From €14.90 gross per hour France
You need: Good physical condition
Every late summer and early autumn, vineyards recruit pickers and porters for a few weeks.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour
You need: Good physical condition
Strawberries, cherries, apples, asparagus: farms need extra hands at harvest time.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour France
You need: Good physical condition
Hotels, restaurants, campsites and ski resorts recruit staff for the high season.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour France
You need: Languages, Customer contact
In November and December, shops, warehouses and Christmas markets need extra staff.
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour France
You need: Customer contact
Deliver meals or parcels by bike in cities, on hours you choose.
Estimate From €19 per hour of activity (guaranteed income) France
You need: Good physical condition, Bike, Smartphone
Look after children during school holidays or on Wednesdays: games, outings and group life.
Estimate From €52.93 gross per day France
You need: Leading groups, Customer contact