Have you completed your graduation and not yet secured a job? Are you tired of taking money from your parents to meet your expenses? If yes, then there is no need to get panicked and resort to drinking and smoking to vent out your frustration. There are plenty of ways in which you can earn money till you get the perfect job. Read along to get acquainted with the various earning opportunities for the unemployed college graduates.   How the unemployed college graduates can earn money   Here are the 5 ways in which you can earn some dollars when you are unemployed: 1. Become a tutor - There are several educational institutes who are always in need of good tutors. So, you can join such an educational institute as a tutor and earn around $200  for each class. You should check out the "Education" or "Part-time teachers" sections in the newspapers and get a list of such education institutes.   2. Get rid of your text books: If you are fresh out of college and have a pile of text books on your table, then you can sell them and make decent amount of money. Books are quite costly nowadays. A lot of undergraduates look for second-hand books in the market. Not all the students can afford to purchase all the text and reference books recommended by the college. If you have graduated recently and the text books are in good condition, then you can fetch hundreds of dollars for each book.    3. Write articles for websites: You can make some money by writing articles for several social community websites. You can earn dollars for contributing informative articles to these websites. You can earn as much as $150 by working only 1-2 hours in a day. Apart from that, you can write articles for some websites on a regular basis. If you can complete their assignments within the deadline, then these websites will pay you a huge chunk of money.  4. Invest in stocks without real cash: You may be wondering how can you invest in stock market without any real cash? It sounds impossible, but it is true. There are some websites which offer fake money to their members for investing purpose. You can create an account in such a website and receive the fake money. If you are judged the smartest investor by the website, then you can earn around $500. Other than the cash, you'll learn the right ways to invest in a stock market.  5. Become mystery shopper: Have you ever heard that you can earn dollars by becoming a mystery shopper? Probably not! The concept of mystery shopper is that you go to store and give a feedback on the service you receive. Usually, the store owners will give you a script beforehand. The store owners will provide you with a monetary compensation for giving a satisfactory feedback.     Last but not the least, you can get paid for donating plasma. You can't earn money for donating blood nowadays. However, if you are healthy and 18 years old, then you can earn $20-30 for donating plasma. Keep in mind that you can donate plasma only twice a week.