Everyone needs an extra set of hands sometimes. Whether it’s planning a party or unpacking boxes after a move, having someone to help you with your odd jobs can make any job a little easier.
Here are 101 tasks you can hire someone else to do. Want help with any of them? Post a job on Care.com.
If you’re a caregiver looking for a job, mention in your profile that you can help people with these types of tasks. It may give them inspiration to hire you!
- Do weekly grocery shopping runs
- Help cook for a big party
- Pick up dry cleaning, alterations or clothing repairs
- Wash the car
- Rake leaves
- Write thank you notes
- Organize the garage
- Set up for a yard sale
- Clean the pool and empty the skimmers
- Organize photo albums (digital or paper)
- Take the trash to the dump
- Assemble furniture (no more IKEA instructions for you!)
- Put lights up for the holidays
- Move furniture
- Shovel snow
- Mow the lawn
- Weed the garden
- Clean out the attic/basement
- Paint a room
- Write out holiday cards
- Water the plants
- Serve food at a house party
- Return unwanted purchases
- Fold laundry
- Clean the fridge
- Organize contacts and email addresses
- Sync computer to devices
- Organize the pantry
- Wash dishes
- Return library books — and get new ones
- List unwanted furniture on sites like Craigslist or eBay
- Drive kids to soccer practice
- Hand out flyers around town for a new business
- Prep and cook meals to freeze
- Wash the windows
- Set up for a birthday party
- Scan and digitize your child’s artwork
- Water the lawn and garden
- Help at a child’s birthday or pool party
- Bake for a bake sale
- Clean out the gutters
- Housesit while you’re on vacation
- Clean up after a party
- Prepare a guest room before family visits
- Pick-up and deliver anything you need
- Set up electronics around the house
- File and organize your recipes
- Clean the boat
- Take your elderly mother grocery shopping
- Drive elderly parents to doctor’s appointments
- Organize the shed
- Create and stuff goodie bags
- Stock up on essentials at a big box store.
- Paint nails and do hair at a party for little girls
- Set up for an event (chairs, food table, drinks)
- Schedule appointments
- Use a “Pooper Scooper” in the backyard
- Teach basic computer skills
- Organize a library of books
- Enter data into an Excel doc
- Address and mail cards
- Practice dances before an event
- Assist with estate sorting after a death
- Provide personal shopping
- Help with interior decorating
- Lead a craft project at a birthday party
- Edit a resume
- Organize CDs or records
- Make reservations
- Rehearse a job interview
- Set up outdoor furniture after the winter
- Hold a sign for an event
- Direct traffic in a parking lot during an event
- Tend the campfire at an outdoor party
- Grill at a barbeque
- Edit college essays
- Prepare for a wedding speech or a presentation
- Play music at an event
- Organize a closet
- Set up a website or blog
- Guide a tour around a new town
- Plan a vacation
- Organize and file papers
- Wrap presents around the holidays
- Chop firewood
- Clean and organize gardening and yard tools
- Bartend at a party
- Spread mulch on flower beds
- Open and close the pool
- Set up yard toys (trampoline, swing set, etc.)
- Polish and buff a shoe collection
- Participate in a focus group or experiment
- Organize office documents
- Pick up from the airport or train station
- Collect mail, newspapers and packages while you’re on vacation
- Buy tickets for an event
- Pack and unpack after a move
- Organize and assist a busy professional
- Deliver car for maintenance and inspections
- Assist in daily routine after an injury
- Respond to letters and emails
by Dayna Scandone
