College Cash: Field Agent

In this College Cash post we will take a look at:

What is Field Agent?

You can download Field Agent to your mobile device which can help you earn cash. Imagine finishing a class, opening up an app, seeing a 3 dollar job just a block away, estimated time to complete 5-10 minutes, just enough time to do between this and your next class. So you take the job, and earn a quick 3 dollars, If you were able to earn 3 dollars every 5-10 minutes for an hour, that would work out to be about $25-45 an hour. Not bad for spurts between classes.

How Does It Works?

Field Agent is a app that allows you to complete "jobs" which consist of audits, comparing products between stores, scavenger hunts, purchases required (but you get reimbursed and paid for the survey on a product, restaurant, store, etc...), and secret shopping jobs. You do these jobs for different companies through Field Agent that need information regarding products and advertising in stores, restaurants and other consumer based enterprises. To find jobs you will look in the Field Agent app where the jobs are listed in the "find jobs" section of the app. The list is based on your location, but there is also a map you can look at and see locations of jobs near you.

Most jobs you will normally do incognito, although there are some jobs that provide you a letter to give a manger or teller giving your permission to do an audit. There are different categories that will show up when you do a search. On the map you will see neckties in locations where the jobs are located so that you have an idea where the job is located.

Once you accept a job, you only have two hours to complete the work and turn it in before you loose it. But there are usually new jobs constantly being put up so it is a good idea to refresh the job list often. A good idea would to be refresh each time you have a little time (if between classes, study, etc...) and see what shows and you can do.

How Much Can I Make?

Field Agent has a vast pay out potential. What you can expect in pricing for most jobs is between $3.00-12.00 (sometimes more). Many of the jobs you see are based on your previous work. You have a ranking in the Field Agent realm that tells if you are a good worker and are able to complete your jobs on time and correctly.

How Do I Get Payed?

You receive all your payments via PayPal. Typically you get payed within 2-3 days or sooner, however Field Agent gives it a two week window. After you receive your payment to PayPal you can transfer it to a bank, use it online or whatever you desire to do with it (you just got paid!).

Whats The Real Potential?

It really depends on a few factors. 

What kind of time you have to put in to it.

If you have transportation.

how many jobs are available.

This is not something that you should drop out of school for. What I mean is that you probably aren't going to be making the big bucks doing this (unless you have some mad strategy like my wife (more on that later)). Field Agent is something I still use. I'll make a scan before and after work to see if there are any jobs on the way home from work and earn an extra 5-7 dollars. This will bring me between an extra $75.00-200.00 a month from Field Agent alone. 

On the other hand, There was a two week period where I was between jobs that my wife went out and did several jobs to help us out while I was searching for a new job. She would leave in her car for about 5-6 hours a day. She did this 4 days strait. In this short amount of time she made with Field Agent alone about $100.00 (that's about $25.00 dollars a day). She also used other apps during this few day period. We did a little math and averaged it out to find that between all the apps she was using she was making about $20.00 an hour before taking out gas (after gas was between $15.00 an hour). This was great, and my wife loved it, she got to go check out new stores, new towns, have an adventure, earn cash, and all on her time.

Something else we noticed while she was out and about. was that in places further away (smaller towns, sometimes rural towns), you can often find available higher paying jobs. They tended to stay available longer as well because most people where not using the Field Agent in the area. Sometimes there are jobs with in 45 minutes of home and close to each other. There is a possibility if there are two or more jobs in the same small town, there is the potential to make more than minimum wage an hour (if you include travel time and fuel). 

Final Thoughts.

Field Agent is a great tool for the student during down time to earn some extra cash. This is a way to help you kick it in college and have a little more fun. It's fun. It's flexible. It's free. Field Agent is a Kickin' It College favorite. The opportunity to find jobs appears to be much higher than most other applications in the realm. Let us know what you think, share your stories and your experiences using Field Agent.  

News: Mark Zuckerberg to Receive Degree From Harvard, But It's Not How You May Think.

(Photo From Facebook Newsroom)

For most people, going to college includes not only a huge investment financially, but there is the other side of the coin that includes copious effort and time. Often, years are taken to obtain a degree of any kind. There is the rare few who receive their college degree in an nontraditional sense.

On Thursday, May 25, 2017, Mark Zuckerberg will be receiving an Honorary Degree from Harvard University during their 366th commencement ceremony. He will also be addressing the audience with a commencement address.

(Photo From Wikipedia)

An Honorary Degree is different from a Degree in such a way that the recipient does not necessarily receive this degree after time, money and effort. Honorary Degrees are typically based on merit/social advancement for the betterment of society.

Zuckerberg had attended Harvard before the creation and launch of Facebook. While attending school, he decided to drop out and focus on the development of his creation. Zuckerberg said about the whole ordeal, "I remember really vividly, you know, having pizza with my friends a day or two after—I opened up the first version of Facebook and at the time I thought, 'You know, someone needs to build a service like this for the world.' But I just never thought that we'd be the ones to help do it. And I think a lot of what it comes down to is we just cared more".

(See the video captured when Mark Zuckerberg received his acceptance to Harvard.)

Even though Zuckerberg dropped out of college, his time at Harvard included studies in Psychology and Computer Science, and he belonged to Alpha Epsilon Pi and Kirkland House on campus.

Mark is not the first person to receive an honorary degree from Harvard University, and the presentation of honorary degrees is nothing new to the university. In fact, the first Harvard Honorary Degree in 1753 to Benjamin Franklin, who received an Honorary Master of Arts (A.M.) degree. Many others have received honorary degrees from Harvard. Just a few of these people include: George Washington, Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and Bill Gates.

(Photo From Harvard Magazine)

Speaking of Bill Gates, Zuckerberg actually attended the commencement ceremony ten years ago in which Gates received his own Honorary degree from Harvard University of Doctor. A Doctor of Laws degree, which may come of a surprise to those who are unaware of Gates' academic history. While he studied mathematics and graduate level computer science, his declared major was in pre-law.

(See the video of Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates talking to each other about their Harvard degrees.)

It is currently unknown as to what degree will be conferred on Zuckerberg during the commencement ceremony next Thursday.

Video: Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates Talk About Their Harvard Degrees.

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates talk about their Harvard degrees.

Video: Mark Zuckerberg Gets Accepted To Harvard University.

Mark Zuckerberg boots his computer and finds that he has been accepted to Harvard University.

College Cash: EasyShift

In this College Cash post we will take a look at:

What is EasyShift?

Perhaps you have some extra time between classes, or you have only morning classes or evening classes. Imagine if you could use that extra time to make some cash. Well, this is not only possible, but you can also do it pretty quickly and easily using a few legit methods. One of these methods is through an app called EasyShift. EasyShift can be downloaded on your smart phone (iPhone or Android), and in seconds, you can be out and about earning cash.

How Does It Work?

EasyShift is a app that allows you to complete "Shifts" for different companies that need information regarding products and advertising in stores, restaurants, and other consumer based enterprises. To find shifts, you look on the map in the app which will show you shifts anywhere in the world. You can centralize the map on your location using GPS and find the closest shifts to you.

The shifts are often a lot like secret shopping. You will normally do them incognito. However, there are some jobs that provide you a letter to give a manger or teller giving your permission to do an audit. There are three different things that will show up when you do a search. You may see a blue circle with a number in it, a green pin, or a gray pin.

A blue circle with a number in it means that there is more than one shift in a closer proximity and that they each can't pull up on the map individually. In the image above you will see a blue circle with the number six, indicating that there are six shifts within that area. If you zoom in on the map you will be able to see each of the six individually.

A green pin means that a shift is available for anyone to take. All shifts are first come, first serve. Once you reserve a shift you normally have 24 hours to complete it before it becomes available for someone else to take and complete.

A gray pin shows that someone has reserved that shift. But, keep an eye out, because if someone doesn't complete the shift with in 24 hours of their reservation, you can snag that shift and get some cash.

How Much Can I Make?

EasyShift has a vast payout potential. What you can expect as pricing for most shifts is between $2.00-20.00 (sometimes more). Some of the shifts are also priced based on how you do. What this means is that depending on your work, you could make between $3.00-7.50 for a single shift. It is up to the individual who assesses the work to determine the actual payout after reviewing your work.

How Do I Get Paid?

You receive all your payments via PayPal. Typically you get paid within 48 hours or sooner. However, EasyShift asks for a two week window. After you receive your payment to PayPal you can transfer it to a bank, use it online, or whatever you desire to do with it.

Whats The Real Potential?

Finding success with EasyShift really depends on a few factors:

• What kind of time you have to put into it.
• If you have reliable transportation.
• How many shifts are available near you.

This is not something that you should drop out of school for. What I mean is that you probably aren't going to be making the big bucks doing this (unless you have some mad strategy like my wife... there will be more on that later). EasyShift is something I still use. I'll make a scan before and after work to see if there are any shifts on the way home from work and earn an extra 5-7 dollars. This will bring me between an extra $75.00-200.00 a month from EasyShift alone. 

Regarding my wife's strategy, there was a two week period where I was between jobs. My wife went out and did several shifts to help us out while I was searching for new employment. She would take off in her car for about 5-6 hours a day. She did this for four days straight. In this short amount of time she made with EasyShift alone about $400.00 (that's about $100.00 dollars a day). We did a little math and averaged it out to find that she was making about $20.00 an hour before taking out the cost of gas (after gas was closer to $15.00 an hour). This was great, and my wife loved it. She got to go check out new stores, new towns, have an adventure, earn cash, and all on her time.

Something else we noticed while she was out and about. was that in places further away (smaller towns, sometimes rural towns), you can often find available higher paying shifts. They tended to stay available longer as well because most people where not using the EasyShift in the area. Sometimes there are jobs with in 45 minutes of home and close to each other. If there are two or more shifts in the same small town, there is the potential to make more than $12.00 an hour (if you include travel time and fuel). 

Final Thoughts.

EasyShift is a Kickin' It College favorite.  It is a great tool for student's during down time to earn some extra cash. This is a way to help you kick it in college and have a little more fun. It's fun, flexible, and free. The opportunity to find shifts appears to be much higher than most other applications in the realm. Let us know that you think, share your stories and your experiences using EasyShift.