-66% of Vietnamese have had a side job in last 12 months. (Female 62%, Male 71%)
-Around 70% of them have a “regular” side job.
-The main reason to have a side job is “ To earn money”.
-The second popular reason is “To utilize my spare time better” for Female, while it is “To develop my skills” for Males.
-More than 30% have found their side job via their friends. 15% used Facebook for the job searching.
-While most of them do the side-job after working hours, 6% of Females do it during working hours.
-More Males spend their time for the side job than Females.
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Side Job Trend in Vietnam
1. Your sub-title here
Side Job Trend in Vietnam
- 66% of Vietnamese have had a side job in last 12 months.
2. Survey Information
• Side Job Trend in Vietnam
• 300 Vietnamese above 18 years old, who has a side job
• Conducted on Dec 13th, 2014 – Dec 20th, 2014
3. Executive Summary
• 66% of Vietnamese have had a side job in last 12 months.
(Female 62%, Male 71%)
• Around 70% of them have a “regular” side job.
• The main reason to have a side job is “ To earn money”.
• The second popular reason is “To utilize my spare time
better” for Female, while it is “To develop my skills” for
Males.
• More than 30% have found their side job via their friends.
15% used Facebook for the job searching.
• While most of them do the side-job after working hours,
6% of Females do it during working hours.
• More Males spend their time for the side job than
Females.
4. Have you taken any side jobs in addition to your
regular work in last 12 month?
66% of Vietnamese have had a side-job in last 12 months.
(Female 63%, Male 71%)
63%
37%
71%
29%
Yes
No
Female Male
5. Is your side-job regular / irregular?
Around 70% of them have a “regular” side-job.
68%
32%
69%
31%
I have a
regular side-
jobs
I have a
irregular side-
jobs
Female Male
6. Money is the dominant No.1, followed by utilizing spare
time and skill development. Males.
49%
16%
14%
8%
0%
48%
19%
23%
10%
4%
To earn more money
To utilize my spare time better
To develop my skills
To get to know the other
people
Other
Male Female
Why do you have side-job?
7. How do you look for your side-job?
More than 30% have found their side-job via their friends. 15% used
Facebook for the job searching.
Methods Male
Friends
introduction
35.9%
Recruitment
website
17.9%
I started my own
biz as side-job
15.4%
Facebook 12.8%
Other 8.5%
Crowd sourcing
site (e.g Odesk)
6.8%
Job event 2.6%
Methods Female
Friends
introduction
31.9%
I started my own
biz as side-job
24.8%
Facebook 17.7%
Recruitment
website
11.3%
Other 5.7%
Crowd sourcing
site (e.g Odesk)
5%
Newspaper 2.1%
8. While most of them do the side-job after working hours, 6% of
Females do it during working hours.
.When do you do your side-job mainly?
When Male
After working hours 34.6%
Flexible depending
on the situation
21.8%
Weekend 16.1%
Before main job
starts
5.2%
In working hours of
main jobs
3.3%
Other 1.4%
When Female
After working hours 26.7%
Flexible depending
on the situation
24%
Weekend 16%
In working hours of
main jobs
5.7%
Before main job
starts
4.2%
Other 1.1%
9. In average, how long do you spend on your side-
jobs per week?
More Males spend their time for their side-job than
Females.
30%
14%
9%
4%
38%
30%
17%
19%
7%
27%
1-5 hour
5-10 hours
10-20 hours
More than 20 hours
totally depends on the
situation
Male Female
10. • Ms. Loan – Age: 27
• Live in Dist.12, Ho Chi Minh city, VN
• Family member: 5 people
• Current job: Office secretary (Thanh Thom company)
• Her salary for main job: 4,000,000 - 5,000,000 VND/month
• Side jobs:
Fashion accessories handmade: June 2011 – Dec 2011
Cashier for a coffee shop: Dec 2013 – Feb 2013
• Detail Fashion accessories handmade side job:
Work on weekend and after working hour.
Product: bag handmade, hair-pin handmade, hand-knit jumber, etc.
Each product took her around 1 hour.
Price: from 10,000 – 200,000 VND
The average income around 1,000,000 VND – 1,500,000 VND
Her boss does not know about her side-job.
She ends this side-job because she does not have free time anymore, she
is kind of busier than before, so she stops the side job but still dream
someday will restart it because it’s her passion. Her handmade products
Her photo
My side-job experience
11. My side-job experience
• Detail Coffee Shop side job:
Work at evening until 11 PM.
Salary: 2,500,000 VND
Just work 2 months to earn more money for individual spends in TET holiday.
She used to think that she will make her side-job become a main job but she scares to try because
she knows that doing business is not easy. But she hopes that once day she could start her own
business again with bigger vision.
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Editor's Notes
Now she focuses on her main job and does not work as side job any more.