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November 3, 2009 7:51 pm at 7:51 pm #590729thinking jewMember
I live in Israel, need money and need something to do. The average wage is about 25 shekels an hour which is not worth it for me because after paying for a babysitter and transportation i’m not left with anything substantial enough to make it worth my effort. I want to do something from home, I have some, not too much, money to invest in a business or maybe provide some kind of service. Any good ideas?! (there are many people like me here so most ideas have already been used many times over and there’d be no need for more, so I need something original!)
November 3, 2009 9:06 pm at 9:06 pm #684261haifagirlParticipantEnglish lessons? Tutoring of some sort? Translations? Typing CVs? Do you sew? A telecommuting job? I guess none of these are very original, but I hope they help.
November 3, 2009 9:21 pm at 9:21 pm #684262starwolfMemberWhat are your skills?
Do you have a degree?
November 3, 2009 11:29 pm at 11:29 pm #684263ambushParticipantI know someone that’s very fond of saying
“Hishtadlus for parnassah, especially for (an American) living in Eretz Yisroel, has alot to do with one word: CREATIVITY”
for example:
1. A couple living in Yerushalayim, who came from the US started an adorable cookies business. They marketed it to people living OUTSIDE Eretz Yisroel (website, brochure ect) to send an arraignment of cookies to a sem or Yeshiva student learning in E”Y.
Brilliant! No degree, just creativity and a learned skill.
2. On a totally different end… Menashe Sophers Airport service. A father living in Yerushalayim- Telze Stone created a huge network of airport services of all kinds- transportation there and back, expedited VIP service, service for groups… Once again, Brilliancy with creativity!
November 3, 2009 11:30 pm at 11:30 pm #684264ambushParticipantAnd obviously, you need to find out what is needed near you. Because even if you haev a creative idea, if it’s already used…
=)
November 4, 2009 12:33 pm at 12:33 pm #684265thinking jewMemberThanks everyone, I’m listening to all your ideas… but so far nothing is right for me. Yeah ambush you really do need creativity that’s what i’m asking you for some creative ideas… Starwolf, I learnt computer programming a couple of years ago, not that i remember much of it though.
November 4, 2009 3:03 pm at 3:03 pm #684266PosterMemberDo you speak hebrew? do u have a computer?
November 4, 2009 5:14 pm at 5:14 pm #684267Be HappyParticipantCreating jewellery
renting dresses, bridesmaids kalla etc
teaching reading
helping weak students in school
taking care of a special needs child, maybe after school
or elderly person
Hatzlocho It is a special privelege to live in Eretz Yisroel
November 5, 2009 6:20 pm at 6:20 pm #684268apfelsol12Participantthese guys start at 35 per hour + bonus
Secretary needed for small company in Kiryat Sefer. Must have good clear English, or English at native level.
Computer and Internet search knowledge required.
Evening hours 4pm-12 negotiable
send your C.V. [email protected]
**if you know any English speak job seekers. Please let them know
November 5, 2009 6:25 pm at 6:25 pm #684269apfelsol12ParticipantSecretary needed for small company in Kiryat Sefer. Must have good clear English, or English at native level.
Computer and Internet search knowledge required.
Evening hours 4pm-12 negotiable
send your C.V. [email protected]
**if you know any English speak job seekers. Please let them know
November 5, 2009 8:34 pm at 8:34 pm #684270guntherMemberWhat about a laundry service for Bochrim or sem girls?
November 5, 2009 10:33 pm at 10:33 pm #684271A600KiloBearParticipantBS”D
The only thing you can launder profitably in EY is dirty money from the former Soviet Union.
November 5, 2009 11:37 pm at 11:37 pm #684272shniffMemberI heard tour guides make good money.
November 6, 2009 12:00 am at 12:00 am #684273haifagirlParticipantTour guide requires a two-year training.
November 6, 2009 12:29 am at 12:29 am #684274ronrsrMemberOnly licensed tour guides do.
November 6, 2009 1:06 am at 1:06 am #684275A600KiloBearParticipantand only licenced tour guides make good money!
Seriously, if there is any work you can do online either as a telecommuting employee of a foreign firm or as a freelancer, that is probably the best solution, especially if you are paid abroad or electronically. I think you have a 10 year tax holiday from foreign income, so you can take advantage of that to provide services abroad. Just do not play games and make sure you really are working and getting paid abroad and that this qualifies, because the malachei hachabala of the state tax service will ruin your life for anything that remotely resembles evading the horrendously high taxes in EY.
November 6, 2009 4:44 am at 4:44 am #684276starwolfMemberA600KiloBear is correct when he writes that the income tax authorities will turn your life into gehinom if you evade taxes. Of course, the same could be said of the IRS.
While taxes are higher here in the US, they have been lowered in recent years.
But the main thing is that if you do take self-employment in any way, you must set yourself up as an “osek murshe”, which provides you with a framework for paying taxes and national insurance.
Yes, it is a terrible pain in the well, everything, but you pretty much have to do the same in the US as well, if you wish to obey the law of the land.
November 8, 2009 12:05 am at 12:05 am #684277thinking jewMemberThanks everyone, I’ll let you know if anything works out
November 8, 2009 1:47 am at 1:47 am #684278sbergerMembertechnical writing.
May 10, 2010 5:12 pm at 5:12 pm #684279fabieMemberWe have home day care, it pays app. 7500 shekels per month before expenses. Expenses are around 1500 shekels, and your charged taxes on 4500 shekels of the amount. The work is strenuous, 5 children, one can be your own, from 7:00-4:00, but the parents tend to bring the children closer to 9:00. You will need to take a class and get certified.
May 11, 2010 2:28 am at 2:28 am #684280charliehallParticipantI’ve been told that the really big employment demand is in construction and agriculture; Israel imports temporary workers from other countries and even hires Palestinian Arabs from the West Bank because Jews aren’t available.
May 11, 2010 10:31 pm at 10:31 pm #684281fabieMemberReal Estate Agent
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