MONEY MAKER, EXTRA INCOME

14 DECEMBER 2019, SATURDAY - Sakura Entrepreneurship Committee has organized a motivational talk “Money Maker, Extra Income” on how to earn extra money as a university student. The event was started with student registration at 8.30 a.m. that took placed at Bilik Pembelajaran 3, CTF1.

The talk was delivered by Associate Professor Dr. Dayang Affizzah Binti Awang Marikan which is a Head Cluster of Organizational Dynamics (Economics), Faculty Economics and Business, UNIMAS. She was born in Kuching, Sarawak and loves to involve in business since her undergraduate study. She started to be a workaholic in business during her master's study at University Putra Malaysia as she was started her Muslimah clothes business and able to earn ten thousand. Dr. Dayang completed her PhD dissertation in 2011 at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, entitled, "Empirical Studies of Convergence in Income, Productivity, and Competitiveness: The Experience of Asian Economies". When she was in the United Kingdom, making money had become her habit.

Dr. Dayang started the introduction of the young entrepreneur with the description of university student life as she showed the audience the vlog about student daily routine. Based on the vlog, she told us that student life would be boring if we always do the same thing daily; wake up, study, eat, sleep and repeat it to the next day. Life is fun so why not we try to create something new that can benefit us in the future, for example making business.

Based on the recent research according to Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation survey, 9 out of 10 students are working as part-time while studying, mostly because they need the additional money to cover their student expenses include accommodation, education resources, and assignment-related materials, transportation as well as monthly bills and lifestyle costs. It is good to make money actually, but we must consider the top priority which is study as we are still a student.

“You must remember who you are. You are a student and you’re still a student so don’t ever skip the class for work.” – Dr. Dayang

However, there are pros and cons to earning extra income as a student. Dr. Dayang who is expertise in Economic Development and Growth strictly told that, as long as you are a student, you need to attend the class. Don't ever miss the class or appointment with a supervisor just because you are busy with part-time work. This kind of attitude irritates her a lot. We must be able to manage our time between work and study. Don't let the work affect the studies because, in the end, you will suffer. It's will lead to stress and negative academic outcome. Working while in university might hurt students more than it helps. There is a solution for a student to gain money easier which one of them is through a mobile application such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and blogs. It is time-consuming as nowadays everything is at your fingertips.

Dr. Dayang shares a few financial management tips for the student as following:

1. Choose the food place wisely

2. Saving is necessary

3. Shopping wisely

4. Differentiate between the wants and needs

5. Travel as a backpacker way

There are example of startup and business for university student:

1. Printing service

2. On-campus delivery service

3. Car rental service

4. Top up service

5. Run errands or deliver food

6. Online dropship

7. Collect other students dirty laundry and take it to the launderette for a markup

8. Dorm cleaning service

9. Hamper service

10. Proofreader

11. Prom Makeup

12. Barber service

13. Blogging or YouTube personality

Before Dr. Dayang end her talk session, she showed the audience many video about business and budget saving. The two videos that successfully make the audience burst of laughter which is video of Grab service and food delivery. The link of the video as provided below.

1. Types Of Grab Passengers

https://youtu.be/v8BDy7hp3_o

2. How People React To Food Deliveries

https://youtu.be/fqytYeg8BhM

The “Money Maker, Extra Income” event concluded with a presentation of appreciation gift to Dr. Dayang Affizzah Binti Awang Marikan by program director, Alisha Cardelynna Anak Kiang and her assistant, Phuah Yee Ling. Memorial pictures with Dr. Dayang were taken. Council disperse and Dr. Dayang is invited for lunch.