I have two very part time paid jobs.
I’m an election poll worker. I work all the votes in my small town. With early voting now, I think I will have additional days for any people votes.
I take the monthly minutes at a town board meeting. $75 a month.
It pays also or just free show? The theater near us that has touring Broadway shows uses volunteer ushers who see the show for free. And I think most of the smaller ones do the same.
The person I know does both. She gets paid by the bigger theaters where she ushers and does the smaller venues (non-profits) as a volunteer.
This is more of a ‘pre-retirement’ job idea rather than only a part-time gig (although could serve both purposes!).
Looking at possibility of remote research/writing jobs that would allow travel to various places for a few years (after sale of big suburban home). Current job is great but hybrid and tied to home state.
A lot of companies seem to want search engine optimization experience. Would a certificate in that or Google analytics be worth it to enhance resume?
Maybe I should talk to some sort of career counselor but I thought to check with the wise folks here first 
I have about 8 years until I retire and right now I love the idea of helping a mom out in the morning when she has to leave for work. I live in a commuter town where people need to be on a train or ferry by 7 or 7:30 to be in NYC by 9. I’d love to just show up, give the kids breakfast & get them to school. It would be a little cash. My mornings were so rough when my daughter was little, I’d love to help someone. And then I’d be free the rest of the day.
The driver who picked me up for my car dealership (they usually use Lyft but sometimes it doesn’t work) said he is retired and working part time there. He enjoys driving so likes getting to drive a nice car around and see the area and chat to clients! It’s not my idea of a fun retirement job but I guess it works for some!
I live in a Bay Area town and our local Facebook group regularly has people asking for someone like this.
My daughter did this in college. She also sometimes did the pickup.
My dad did that! He was an interstate truck driver with an impeccable driving record. He drove cars from one dealership to another. It was all local driving, and he loved it. I think he did it two days a week.
I have more ideas - pet or house sitter. Dogwalker. Dogwalkers are hard to come by in my ‘burb.
A friend was a marketing director at a huge international corporation and recently retired. He is working at the hospital bringing patients their meals. He loves it, loves the hospital, loves the people who work there & the patients. I thought that was interesting as since the pandemic I don’t view hospitals as good work places. But so far he’s not feeling any stress there.
At a family reunion we were discussing my cousin’s use of “Wag!”, and on-demand dog walking service. We discussed the need to have something similar to help elderly parents… sort of an Uber-like service (with vetted helpers) for short elder-sitting sessions, and small chores and errands. The tricky thing here will be trustworthiness, since mostly folks want (but cannot find) a personally recommended helper.
Which one of our retiree (or kids) wants to pursue this business opportunity? Once set up, there will be a new kind of retirement gig available 
Care.com has a section for senior care. I have no idea how good it is. In my old home town, one of my old school friends started a business like this. Changing the name a bit for privacy but called something like “kid on demand”. They do all sorts of things for the seniors - driving to appointments, grocery shopping, taking them for walks/outings/general companionship, helping pack up homes when they move into senior care facilities, etc etc.
There’s a small business in Albany (NY) called Daughter For Hire that does this – take seniors to doctors’ appointments, run errands etc.
Dog walkers and pet sitters are great ideas!
There is a similar type program here, but it’s volunteer, not paid.
We have a volunteer program called seniors around town too, but afaik it’s just driving to and from places - not any other stuff.
My FIL was the “youngest” octogenarian I’ve ever met. He had a full Navy career and then another full career as an MBTA driver. In retirement, he drove the Senior Center bus on trips and he was usually older than the people he was driving.
He also owned a nice suit and always had well polished shoes (as I said, a full Navy career) so had a deal with the funeral home to be an on call pallbearer if families didn’t have their own.
Thanks - I have been looking at care.com listings for my parents. Not sure if I will join. I don’t live locally to screen, and it seems they don’t do much on employee checks
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