I’m looking for one or two careful, detail-oriented people to help finish packing an apartment near downtown Palo Alto/Caltrain on Monday, July 27 and/or Tuesday, July 28. College students and recent graduates are welcome, but student status is not required.
Pay: $25–$30 per hour, depending on experience
Minimum: 3 paid hours per day
working hours flexible during: 10am - 6pm Monday or Tuesday or both.
Possible additional hours if mutually agreed
Work includes:
- Packing clothing, linens, books and ordinary household items
- Keeping related items together rather than mixing unrelated categories
- Clearly and accurately labeling boxes
- Assembling boxes and packing materials
- Light organizing and separating donation/disposal items
- Helping prepare the apartment for a professional moving crew
This is not a heavy-moving job. Professional movers will handle furniture, TVs, monitors and container loading. You will not handle valuables, hazardous materials or unusually heavy items.
The most important qualities are:
- Reliability and punctuality
- Careful organization
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- Willingness to ask questions rather than guess
- Respect for personal belongings
- Prior packing, moving, household-organizing or inventory experience is helpful.
Please reply with:
- Your availability Monday and Tuesday, including possible start and end times
- Any relevant experience
- Whether you can commit to the full scheduled period
- Your phone number
- One reference, if available, or link to your organizing reviews on
- One or two sentences explaining how you would sort and subdivide categories when packing
Thank you, Simon and Susan