Written By: Rosanna D. Webb
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In 1819, Scottish author Sir
Walter Scott identifies Italian and French mercenaries as “freelances”, which
means these people were totally free men who offered their personal services to
affluent land owners in his book, Ivanhoe. A freelancer
who is also referred to as contractor, telecommuter or independent worker operates
independently which in turn results in quite a lot of additional function along
with it such as administration, accounts, marketing, contracts, invoices and
all sorts of stuffs, that a typical employee need not handle together with
their job.
Also, a freelancer is a self-employed individual who offers services
directly to clients or any businesses that matches their skills devoid of a
middleman that often obtain a slash of the pay. He or she is a person who’s
ready to take risks. The risks that includes placing the accountability with
regard to their working life and career advancement on themselves. In short, he
or she is a risk taker who also has a can-do attitude that is able to work alone
without a boss and co-workers around.
Equipped with a
laptop/desktop computer and internet, you can start to freelance and work
almost anywhere for as long as there is a signal. Almost all sorts
of services needed by the majority of businesses could be provided by a freelancer. An array of prevalent freelance
opportunities includes jobs like:
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Accounting/Bookkeeping
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Administrative
Support
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Advertising
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Animation
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Customer
Service
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Data
Entry
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Graphic
Design
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IT
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Lead
Generation
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Marketing
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Project
Management
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Programming
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Social
Media Manager
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SEO
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Teaching/Tutoring
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Technical
Support
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Translation
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Transcription
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Video
Production/Editing
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VirtualAssistant
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Voice
Over
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Web
Design/Development
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Writing
and Editing
Freelance income ranges based on the skills
provided, experience, and your target market. In most cases, freelancers earn
around $10 to $75 per hour. Skills that require more education or expertise
like accounting or website coding, usually pay more compared to skills that
don't require just as much.
What is Freelancing?
Freelancing is
a type of work where the worker along with the buyer is not tied to each other
beyond the current gig, project or assignment. The buyer is often referred to
as a client. The freelancer can also
work for other clients. Both of them can decide to continue or stop working
with each another as soon as the current gig, project or assignment ends. He or
she can work anywhere and whenever he or she wants to
which is one the perks of freelancing. Freelancing is not only a trend in US but is currently growing rapidly
worldwide.
According to an Upwork Press Release,
here are some of the reasons people opt to work freelance:
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Having a
career in freelancing is getting positive responses to more people.
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Almost 71% of
freelancers reported that the number of work they are getting online have
increased since 2016.
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What attracts
people to become a freelancer are
the following: a) no boss, b) flexible time, c) select projects they like, d)
to earn extra income.
Today, there are already many freelancers around the
world as freelancing became a trend. It is predicted that remote working will
be the future of work. Most startup companies tend to hire independent remote workers
with the target of getting the best workers. New technologies support this kind
of working environment as more cloud based products are being produced.
