If you're looking to make some of that spare cash especially through the thriving festive season (to of course not gamble them away), great news since it's too peak hiring season for jobs in Singapore!

Some additional perks in sweetening the deal of being on the job:

1. Get some working experience on the side and earn cash at the same time
   
2. Expand your social circle and make new friends on the job
   
3. Good Flexibility in choosing your hours or commitment (especially if you're a stay home mum or a student who has only specific time periods to fulfill!
   

Here are some of our top part-time picks this 2021's CNY season to score:

Our picks at a glance, check out these job opportunities available on FastJobs:

With the Lunar New Year round the corner, the freebies season has kickstarted with malls having their various in-house redemption programs that is often coupled with various festive relation coupons and items. If you're one who seeks out for regular hours(mall operating hours), and is comfortable with facing and interacting with guests and administrative work, check out this role this season!

Some perks on the job include being kept in the loop/know-how to the latest mall rebates or rewards system and informing your family and peers to optimize their purchases to win/exchange exclusive freebies for CNY!

With more turning online for gifting and shopping ever since the pandemic, this lunar new year is no exception where delivery drivers are high in demand!

Wish to be on the other side of the door for a change? Be the one who greets with the parcel at anyone's doorstep! This job type however requires of course the license to drive (depending on the type of cargo, license required will vary), so if you wish to make a quick buck and also like being on your feet, look no further.

Check out the various delivery driver job listings here!

Have an inclination to spotting key festive trends (fashion/skincare/or even food) and is comfortable with approaching others? This retail promotion role is one that promises a decent payout with the commitment of retail hours over an agreed period. While one may experience slightly longer retail hours on foot, it comes with the satisfaction of being remunerated more especially if the job promises commission upon a sale.

Some perks on the job includes perhaps an employee discount for the merchant you're selling and even better, do some scouting and cny shopping on the job!

Have a penchant for CNY snacks and love baking? You get to make 'em all from scratch and package them in your favorite off the shelf brands! Learn in house on the job and practice those pineapple crusty skills and you might very well be on the road in creating your own recipe at home and show them all off with homemade tarts this Lunar New Year!

Share the love of organizing and gift wrapping? Perfect those skills with various gifting styles this season in store with the immense number of CNY hampers lined up. Hone your aesthetic arrangement skills and you're prepared to take on any gift wrapping season through the year!

Take charge in penning handwritten greeting cards and perhaps also learn a phrase or two to wish your extended family during the CNY in raking the ang paos!

The 'new normal' times calls for new guidelines and such is the case for our safe distancing ambassadors. If you're one whose attention is often in the details and is constantly mindful of who around you has their mask on properly especially in public, this role is perfect for you! Be active in the participation in collectively keeping our communities and Singapore safe whilst earning cash at the same time. Your role will mainly be to ensure businesses adhere to their guidelines through routine strolls and checks, ensure guests/mall goers are practicing safe distancing at all times.

Be clad in red (even on the job) as an ambassador, a timely color for the season to huat all year round!

Fancy learning the BTS in making that favourite bubble tea of yours? Everyone and anyone can be part of a service team and if the brand/food item typically speaks to you, it might just be your calling to join the crew this festive season!

Everyone and anyone can be part of the service crew with little barriers to entry for age or certifications. So if you take an interest in your favourite egg tart/bubble tea/wok hey place, consider working part-time this season. Part of the joy in working in such establishments would be employee perks to having free meals(a big insider tip) provided by the chefs/crew in-house so you can live and breathe your favorite cuisine all day everyday.

The F&B industry is boundless in terms of opportunities, take the leap and check out some of the crew listings here on FastJobs.

Customary to the Lunar New Year would be the various mascots (Cai Shen Ye, Zodiac specific Mascots) during the prosperity walks often done within malls for the festive events.

Love spreading joy, being in the limelight and perhaps masquerading? Be an event mascot which is indeed a fair opportunity that pays handsomely in spreading prosperity and a smile to many people's faces! Try being Cai Shen Ye for a day this CNY and toss more gold chocolates to that neighbouring kid and see that smile widen with ease!

The symbolism of the Lunar New year often marks a new start and a period to come together in gratitude whilst embracing a new year's worth of well wishes forward. It is a fantastic point of time for any part-time job seeker from all age groups to try a different role and get a headstart on the year during the festive season with many jobs hiring.

Working part-time during a festive season may come off as a bummer to some but in the longer run, it is a perfect opportunity to gain skills and be better equipped, or to pursue a hobby/something you personally find interesting whilst getting paid at the same time!

So to anyone who's considering to lay low this Lunar New Year, start checking out the numerous job listings available on FastJobs now in securing that moolah this season!