Your Guide to Make Extra Income: Real Stories from a COO & Radiation Therapist

30/07/2025 31 min Temporada 1 Episodio 4
Your Guide to Make Extra Income: Real Stories from a COO & Radiation Therapist

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Episode Synopsis

Did you know you can earn extra income from your passions? And here’s the best part: You don’t have to quit your day job or exhaust yourself to make a little extra earnings doing what you love the most. 



Hear from our guests, a nurse-turned-COO and a radiation therapist, who share their inspiring paths to financial growth and career satisfaction. Discover how they leveraged their skills, found side hustles, AND used Indeed to their advantage. Subscribe for new episodes to help you on your own career path! 



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0:00 – Intro

0:45 – Meet Raquel Perez: COO of The Nursing Beat

1:05 – Meet Peter: Radiation therapist & medical dosimetrist

2:00 – Why Peter started looking for a side gig

3:30 – How Raquel applied for her COO role

4:50 – Side gig vs. full-time job search differences

7:20 – Raquel’s non-traditional path from nurse to marketing

9:10 – Interviewing for side gigs vs. full-time roles

11:50 – Negotiating salary for full-time vs. side gigs

14:15 – Using Indeed for job search & resume review

15:20 – Networking for extra income opportunities

15:55 – flexible side gig options on Indeed

16:20 – Strategies for finding extra income

17:50 – Raquel’s past side gigs before marketing

18:25 – Why marketing stuck for Raquel

18:45 – Why radiation oncology stuck for Peter

20:00 - Pros and cons of making extra income 

23:45 - Challenges transitioning side gig to full-time 

25:40 - What Raquel wished she knew before her job search 

26:40 - What Peter wished he knew before his job search 

27:25 - First steps to make extra income alongside a full-time job 

28:20 - Peter & Raquel's next career steps

29:50 - Episode recap