What would you call a Miscellaneous Office Job person? and would you hire me?

In My Humble Opinion
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Yes, I have yet another idea for bringing in a little income, should the need arise. Above all, of course, I need money, flexibility in scheduling, and, well, money.
I’m thinking that I could hire myself out to do the sort of miscellaneous office-type stuff that gets put aside because no one wants to do it or no one has time: filing, errands, mailings, copy editing/proofreading, cleaning out office supply closets, you name it. I’m not picky, and I’m willing to work for just a few hours per job.
I’m not sure how much I’d charge–probably $8-10/hour, with a minimum of 3-5 hours per job…maybe I’d give a slightly lower price for ongoing jobs. Or not. Haven’t quite worked out all the details yet, naturally.

My question is: What do I call myself? Gofer? Girl Friday (ickickICK)? “Miscellaneous Office Work Person” just sounds so boring.
My target market would be, I believe, small businesses–accountants, offices, etc–who may not be able to afford a full-time or even part-time person to do this sort of thing, but might be very happy to have someone work a few hours/month.

What do you think, especially those of you who might need this type of service? Is it worth pursuing? Anything else I need to consider?

Thanks for any input. If things go further awry with my marriage, I’m going to need to get on the ball pretty quickly, I’m afraid, so I want to be prepared.

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Office Assistant is always nice. And it tells the reader what you do and what to expect.

I’ve already got one so I wouldn’t hire you. But the want ads should be filled with them.

If you want to free lance it I’d look for smaller businesses that probably don’t have enough clerical support yet and don’t ahve enough need for a full timer.

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A lot of professional offices here have an “office runner”. This is typically a high school or college student but that’s not absolute.

These folks do all of what you said: run errands, make copies, move stuff around, go to the storage place and pick up boxes, etc. They work 2-4 hours a day. If you are doing it as an independent contractor I would suggest more like $10 an hour. If you hire on to one firm they should pay you in the realm of $8 and give benefits to.

My daughter did this for a construction co. last summer and enjoyed it.