If you are planning to go for a freelancing career,
then go through this article, which will give a very basic information and hope will
help you.
What is freelancing?
A freelancer is a person who is
self-employed and is not necessarily committed to a particular employer for long-term. It is basically, you have to bid
for a Project/Assignment, if awarded, complete on time and get paid for this.
And again bid for some other project.
Who can do freelancing?
If you are very strong in your
work domain area like Programmer, Designer, Writer, IT professional, Translator,
Data Entry, Virtual Assistance etc. There are many more categories of work
available.
Where can do it?
Well, here I mentioned few Names
of Popular Freelance websites.
1. Elance.com : It is one of the best websites to look for
freelance work of all types.
2. Freelancer.com
: It is the largest freelancer following website.
3. Guru.com : It is
a good freelancer web site for programmers, Mobile app Developer etc.
4. Odesk.com : This
is also very popular Freelance website, Now Elance and Odesk both Merged.
5. Fiverr.com : Sell
your services starting at $5, that’s the tagline for this and it is quite
accurate.
You have to sign up individually and
set up your profile. Make sure complete it 100%. Go through the term and condition,
understand well before you move further.
How do I get paid?
They all have different ways for
payment. But paypal.com payment method is the best choice always.
What are the pros and cons?
Yes, this is very vital points,
you should think many times before you move further. This is always better to
start side by side with your day job. Once you build up your income to some extent,
then you could plan for take it full time. Here are some pros and cons i
mention for your concern.
PRO's
1. You
can work from your from home.
2. You
are your own BOSS.
3. You
don’t have to worry about nasty office politics.
4. Will
get quality time to spend with your friends and family.
5. Earning
money has limitation.
CON's
1. Don’t
have a stable job means don’t have normal salary.
2. Always
search a new project and bid.
3. Constantly
look for a new Project Provider / Employer.
4. Earning
money may vary from month to month.
5. As
you are your own boss, time management is must.
Hope this piece of information will
useful and give you a snap of the freelance career. No doubt you have to keep patient
at the initial stages, and it is very difficult to get the first assignment.
Because in many cases the Job Provider always look for a experienced freelancer
to deal with. And above all be care full for fraud job provider. The very simple
tips to identify the fraud People by checking their payment history.
Please do not forget to comment or any suggestion.