Be wary of "get rich overnight" and "get less and get more" mentality
The epidemic has caused many young people to cause a "sideline panic"
In the past two months, Tianjin citizen Xu Jie noticed that his friend circle's painting style has changed greatly, and the screen is full of various micro-businesses and advertisements with goods, which is dazzling. After carefully looking through the historical records, it was found that some friends changed their avatars and nicknames and took up part-time jobs.
Among them, it was her son's preschool teacher who brought the goods every day. The girl in her early 20s released various advertisements while sending out "advice" to all friends in her circle of friends: "Now it's 'side business just needs', main business + side business = foolproof!"
"Side business just needs" is a hot word that has risen among young people in recent years. During the epidemic, the word turned red again, and some people even lamented that they had caused a “sideline panic”. On Zhihu, some netizens have expressed the mentality of many people on this topic-in addition to work, they also need a side job to have a sense of security.
A few days ago, a one-stop flexible employment platform for young people-"Part-time Cat" conducted statistics on the number of new users during the epidemic. It was found that due to the epidemic, a large number of young people have flowed in, and young people under the age of 22 have occupied 68% of the platform's total users; and many white-collar workers, teachers, and freelancers have also joined the part-time army, and these people have a stronger desire to alleviate economic pressure through sideline work.
Some college students make money while surfing the Internet
Seeing a high school classmate in a circle of friends from time to time showing part-time high income, sophomore Shen Can couldn't sit still. The epidemic made her experience an unprecedented long holiday. In addition to online classes and homework, she decided to spend the rest of her time earning pocket money.
"You can do a part-time job with a mobile phone, choose any of 15 positions!" Under the guidance of her classmates, she joined an economic company specializing in promoting part-time jobs online, paying a fee of 398 yuan.
The girl born in a small third-tier city is a little nervous. "Is it a liar?" The team leader comforts her. If you complete enough odds, you can not only make money, but also have various rewards, and the entrance fee is also Can be returned to you intact!
After joining the group, Shen Cancai "opened his mind", it turned out that so many part-time jobs can make money! If you are beautiful and good at taking pictures, you can be a network shooting model; if you love playing games and chatting, you can play with the game; if you can speak well, you can be the anchor; if you have a sweet voice, you can sing and read audio books. , Accompanying the adventure of playing the truth; in addition, there are various roles such as micro business, customer service, lecturer, host, publicity, assistant, team management and so on.
Shen Chan, who loves beauty, took a fancy look at a part-time job as a webcam model. According to the regulations, she is responsible for photographing the goods and shooting the buyer show for Taobao sellers. Some sellers will simply give the goods to her in return, and some will give her a commission of about 50 yuan. When she has completed 200 orders, the company will return the membership fee of 398 yuan to her as a reward.
"It feels very easy to make money!" After taking a dozen orders, Shen Can felt that he was getting better. The orders she received expanded from various clothes to small accessories and various dolls, and the time spent on taking pictures was getting longer and longer.
At the beginning, she used the free time at the end of the online class and finished her homework to take pictures. Later, she found that "some classes can slip away when you sign in online." At first she chose to skip the number in the physical education class, and later found that the Chinese class was useless, and later found that the elective class was also not available ...
In the past, relying on the pocket money given by my parents, I could only buy bowl noodles when I went out. After the epidemic eased, Shen Can used part-time income to go out and eat the daily meal. What made her more refreshing was that she heard that high school classmates did several part-time jobs in one breath, claiming to be able to earn 30,000 yuan a month. Every time her parents reminded her not to "do nothing," she pointed to the classmate's circle of friends on her mobile phone and asked, "How many jobs can make so much money?"
Cheng Jiajia, a junior boy, also has a deep feeling of earning his own money. Recently, he bought a long-awaited lens in his shopping cart part-time.
Cheng Jiajia likes photography. He usually does some part-time work with the camera on weekends to make extra money. He buys his favorite equipment. "How much can I buy with the money given by my parents?" During the epidemic, many outfield activities were cancelled. Cheng Jiajia found that his It didn't look like Huabe was there anymore. He applied for a postponement and found a job to shoot products for fresh e-commerce.
What attracted him was a steady income of several thousand yuan a month, but the boss asked him to work every day. I thought that when I was not busy during the day, I could take the online class by the way, but I worked for a month and found that I worked overtime every day and could not rest on weekends. "Sometimes I have to wait until night to start shooting. .
He decided to get this month's money and leave, "Find someone to earn less and earn more!"
Economic pressure big white-collar workers part-time dry business
In the past few years, the advertising industry has not been very prosperous. The 32-year-old Xu Jie's income has been falling again and again. Seeing that the company is always struggling on the life and death line, and there is no suitable opportunity to change jobs, she decided to follow the little sister to do side business.
She observed a period of her circle of friends, some purchasing cosmetics, and some selling various Weishang products. What finally moved her was a few words from a Weishang sister: "The economy is getting worse, do n’t expect salary. , Has a side business, an additional ability to resist risks "," Do n’t be abandoned by the era of network information. Thousands of agency fees will not be enough for you, but there is one more opportunity. "
After spending thousands of dollars to buy the product, she joined a micro-business specializing in selling beauty and slimming products. According to the regulations, she can use the product for herself or sell it to others. The more she sells, the lower the price. In fact, she is encouraged to constantly find new customers and let them develop customers. The more people there are, the more considerable her income will be.
In this team, she was given various training classes every day to teach her how to communicate with strangers, how to build her own circle of friends, how to send attractive advertisements in a timely manner, and how to respond to various questions from customers.
Soon, this young man without any medical knowledge, opening his mouth and shutting his mouth is a variety of Chinese medicine terms. For example, some users ask, why is there irregular menstruation after using the product? She could reply without looking, "It's because the blood and qi are too deficient, you are caused by the lack of body qi and blood, and the deficiency of the liver and kidney."
At first, Xu Jie was a little "skinny" and was embarrassed to send her goods in a circle of friends. The Weishang sisters called her. "It's not shameful to send a circle of friends. It's shameless to have no money and no effort!" The vivid experience of life's counterattack and quietly revealed that he has already earned 70,000 or 80,000 yuan per month. "As long as you work hard, you can achieve it!"
Gradually, she found that many new people were added to the group, including teachers from training institutions and tour guides. A teacher of a children ’s English training institution told her that this institution had barely supported it a few years ago. The epidemic was even worse. She had not paid her for several months. She was helpless. Almost not yet ".
"Part-time cats" found that the purpose of part-time jobs of different groups through big data analysis is that students do part-time jobs mostly to meet consumer demand. This type of motivation is reflected in the unstable part-time demand and relatively low frequency. Some of them are more concerned about making money through part-time jobs. At the same time, it can also improve self-ability. For working people with jobs, the purpose of part-time work is mainly to relieve economic pressure. This type of motivation is reflected in the strong continuity of work, but the relatively high wage requirements.
Be alert to the psychology of "getting rich overnight" and "get less with more work"
"Our customers have been mostly college students for a long time." The person in charge of the "part-time cat" told reporters that during the epidemic, the customer service received many "strange" part-time demands, such as asking "is there any game training" and "accompanying play" Wait, "We just found out that there are a lot of children at once." Among these young users, many are just junior high school students. They hope to find fun and interesting part-time jobs online.
From the past situation, the part-time job that college students most want to do is tutoring, followed by editing, design and translation positions, and the part-time jobs of office workers are also mostly related to their own occupations, such as chefs, photographers, dance training, etc.
However, during the epidemic, many offline part-time jobs had to be suspended, and chat, play, and editing design ranked among the top three in “part-time jobs that users most want to do”; and most people no longer chose offline jobs. A wide variety of online part-time jobs began to prevail. "Similar to the part-time job of billing, we are not allowed to post, are prone to disputes, and are also a type of high fraud." The person in charge said.
"Many people see the glorious side of others, but do not see the various risks behind them." Liu Fenglin, deputy director of the Department of Science and Engineering of Tianjin University, has been in charge of student employment for many years. The product of the Internet era, but there are problems such as insufficient awareness of risks, insufficient grasp of the bottom line, and excessive pursuit of monetary benefits.
Take the hot micro-business in the circle of friends as an example. There are various brands on the market that are difficult to distinguish between true and false. It is difficult to see the true face of the content they promote. Many of them do not have qualification certification, and the quality of the products cannot be tested; what is more terrifying is that some are online variants of MLM, and some young people blindly pursue interests and fall into it.
In this regard, Mu Ziyun, a lawyer from Tianjin Xing'an Law Firm, also reminded from a legal point of view that WeChat, as an e-commerce activity, applies the relevant provisions of the "E-commerce Law of the People's Republic of China". Various micro-business brands have many legal risks, some have problems with unlicensed operations, some do not pay taxes according to regulations, and some business activities may also constitute crimes if they are careless, and the crimes involved may include the crime of false advertising; The crime of leading MLM activities; the crime of producing or selling products that do not meet safety standards; the crime of smuggling ordinary goods and articles; the crime of fraud, etc.
In Liu Fenglin's view, some part-time college students are pursuing self-reliance and economic independence; some want to increase workplace experience and social experience; but a considerable part is under the stimulation of excessive consumption, there is a "overnight rich" psychology, hoping to quickly and easily Way to make money, pay less and pay more.
"Under the prerequisite of learning, the undergraduates should work part-time in a reasonable and legal way and earn pocket money. It is worth advocating, but we must establish the correct values and consumption concept." Liu Fenglin said that as a student, the main business is still learning, even Studying at home during an epidemic also requires a certain amount of time and energy to digest what you have learned, instead of spending a good time on "seeking money and chasing hot money". "This will affect your future value." He reminded college students You must be clear-headed and have clear goals. "If you want to be clear about what kind of person you want to be in the future, you will not be tempted by the small profits in front of you."
In particular, he wants to remind young people to keep the "law" and "ethics" lines. "For example, if you are really determined to be a WeChat business, then you must first figure out what a WeChat business is, and earnestly clarify the relevant laws and regulations, and do not touch the red line."
(Shen Can, Cheng Jiajia and Xu Jie are pseudonyms in the text)
China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Hu Chunyan Source: China Youth Daily
08 April 2020 Edition