Some of the tasks I've handled for individual clients.
Help me reach 100 tasks by hiring me for new projects.
Home improvement
1. Removed tattered wallpaper to prepare walls for
painting.
2. Painted a bathroom, kitchen cupboards, wood doors.
3. Painted an entire 3 bedroom condo: hallway, bedrooms,
living room, dining room, kitchen.
4. Put a heavy balcony door back on track, cleaned out and
oiled the track so the client could easily open and close
the door with one arm.
5. Hung sheers and drapery panels over sliding glass doors.
6. Replaced a broken toilet handle and toilet seat.
7. Pulled out a stove and refrigerator to clean out the
dust bunnies.
8. Painted a rusty metal balcony.
9. Pulled out 3 rooms of broadloom (wall-to-wall) carpeting
and removed tack strips.
10. Cleaned a mucky fridge
and stove left in a rental unit.
11. Cleaned up the dusty mess left by painters.
12. Cleaned smokey inside windows and grimy outside windows
of first floor home. (Yes, we do windows.)
13. Installed new kitchen faucet.
Outdoors
14. Cut grass with mower of choice.
15. Weeded garden and removed weeds from pavement.
16. Watered lawn and garden.
17. Re-seeded, fertilized lawn.
18. Raked leaves.
19. Shoveled snow from cars, driveway and sidewalks.
Autos
20. Ordered and applied 6-inch letters on company van.
21. Arranged inspection of vehicle, tire balancing, and
emission tests.
Safety
issues
22. Tested the fridge and freezer temperatures for safe
storage.
23. Cleaned out old food, reorganized and restocked a
refrigerator with fresh foods.
24. Tested water temperature to ensure water was hot enough
for safe cleaning.
25. Tested interior temperature of closed vehicles.
26. Installed thermometers inside car visible from outside.
27. Corralled phone,
cable, electric cords and got them out traffic paths.
28. Plugged the gaps where second-hand smoke/mice was
entering a unit from another.
Errands
29. Placed a US order for garden seeds for a client and
picked them up in the US.
30. Purchased US grocery items not available in Canada.
31. Shopped for tools and hardware.
32. Shopped for household and office supplies.
33. Made "chicken soup" runs for family with flu
(prescriptions, tissues, treats).
Clothing
34. Shopped for back-to-school clothes.
35. Shopped for career clothes.
36. Folded and boxed winter wools during warm season.
Queue
Sitting
37. Waited in line for event tickets.
38. Waited for deliveries and tradespeople.
39. Handled vehicle registration renewal in person.
Deliveries
40.
Helped pick up and deliver cabinets and televisions for
clients without a large enough vehicle.
41. Delivered a few boxes of clothes and personal items to
an "ex" in another city for a woman who didn't want to see
him, but wanted him to have his stuff.
Restoring
good items to almost new
42. Refurbished a dirty, smelly, rusty dishwasher and
replacing wheels.
43. Brought back a non-suctioning vacuum cleaner to full
power.
44. Restored glass casserole dishes with baked-on stains to
their original luster.
Food
45. Prepared holiday
dinner.
46. Made box lunches for school or work.
47. Planned meals based on a special health diet.
Lessons
48.
Taught a new B & B owner efficient and effective
management methods.
49. Taught a family dining etiquette.
50. Taught a new wife cooking methods so she could
understand recipes.
51. Taught corporate executives the art of business-social
events.
Pets
52.
Provided cat sitting (both visitation and live-in).
53. Provided dog walking (live-in).
54. Brought cats home from the vets after dental surgery,
to monitor.
55. Cut cats' claws and removed mattes from long-haired
kitties.
56. Got cats to a vet for medication right away, upon
discovering they had worms.
Finances
57. Showed a young man how to balance his checkbook.
58. Showed a couple how to budget their income and get out
of debt.
59. Set up bookkeeping system for a new business owner.
60. Helped an entrepreneur catch up on several years of
unfiled taxes.
61. Helped a widow find and learn about her financial state
of affairs.
62. Helped an heir decide how to manage an inheritance.
63. Helped an entrepreneur to collect money owed her.
Home
Sale and Rental
64.
De-cluttered home for open house.
65. Provided detailed cleaning for open house.
66. Staged furniture groupings for open house.
67. Organized packing of household for move.
68. Coordinated move of household contents for single
woman.
69. Organized contents in storage unit for easy access at
any time.
Funerals
70.
Helped arrange funeral and burial arrangements.
71. Helped write a Will.
72. Prepared casseroles to take to grieving family.
73. Helped pet owner decide what was to be done upon death
of a beloved pet.
Computers
74. Taught an 88 year old to send and receive email.
75. Added new memory and updated software on an older
computer.
76. Set up cable Internet and added a router for wireless
use by other computers.
Business
77.
Shredded sensitive documents in client's home within sight.
78. Created business cards and brochure for new business
start-up.
79. Created simple 11 page web site for new consultant.
80. Business-sat for bed and breakfasts and interior
decorator for vacationing owners.
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