More and more Australians are working full-time, part-time, as the number of professionals in both jobs soars.
Traditionally, both are retail and service workers, but the proportion of professionals in both jobs has jumped by 30% since 2010, including architects and accountants. Computer designers and university researchers are doing private work.
More than 1.1 million workers are currently working in professional, scientific and technical services-making it the fourth largest industry in the Australian economy, after health care and retail, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, (ABS). Accommodation and food services.
More than 70,000 of these workers are now in two jobs, up 30 percent from 54000 in 2010, compared with 22 percent of all jobs in the sector. The population growth rate was 12% over the same period.
Among them is 27-year-old Sydney architect Ms (Vanessa Yu), Yu, who runs her own baking business in addition to her full job.
"the architect's job is to follow the construction project, not nine to five, so the specific working hours depend on the deadline of the project, and it is difficult to predict." "I think the most stressful time is when I'm in a hurry to order cake, no matter how much sleep I have to sacrifice, I have to complete the order," she said.
Ms Yu said she believed a more flexible workspace would help drive the trend. "there are a lot of people who work online, at home." "I don't fit in with that myself, but I can see why people are starting to do sidelines," she said.
The growth in sidelines is not limited to professionals. Last year, Australia saw its biggest jump in sidelines since June 2014. The number of people in two jobs at the same time increased from 779000 in 2010 to 891000.
According to Tuesday's figures, the number of Australians with sidelines rose by more than 50,000 between March and September 2017 alone.
"that means we can measure the total hours and incomes of multiple jobs-not just people's main jobs," said Hockman (Bruce Hockman), chief economist at ABS.
Sidelines in administration, food services and health care grew the most, but none of them received significant pay rises. The average income of hotel and catering workers has actually continued to decline since 2010, while the salaries of transport and postal workers barely keep pace with inflation.
In the three months to September, Australians earned 250 billion yuan, up from 190 billion yuan in the same period in 2010. Among them, self-employed persons accounted for 10% of the labour force slightly dropped to 9%.
(Paula McDonald), a professor at Queensland University of Technology's business school, said the data reflected a general trend in which people had to work two jobs to make a living.
Professor McDonald said: "more and more Australians want to get more working hours. Although we have heard a lot about unemployment, the real problem in the labour market is underemployment. "
More and more workers have no confidence in the stability of their jobs and "workers may never be able to guarantee where their next mortgage payments or rents come from," Professor McDonald said.
This is the case with 23-year-old Weber (Jarred Webb).
He is a manual worker of a concrete company and a masseuse. "when I finished my degree in massage therapy, I tried to get into the massage industry, but I found it took a lot of time to accumulate clients." "I wish I had just one full-time job, but I couldn't live without two jobs," said Weber of Melbourne's Rowville.
The two part-time jobs have a combined annual income of only 33000 yuan, and he is still trying to accumulate clients. "I don't think my situation is likely to change in the next six months," he said.
Walker (May Walker), a 22-year-old Lutwyche resident who spends six or even seven days a week working or studying, is also worried about the future.
The graphic design student in Brisbane says she sometimes gets up at 06:30 and comes home at 10:00 "I'm trying to make a living, the cost of living in Brisbane, and I hope I can still have the money to socialize." She said.