Freelance

What is freelancing? Freelancing is the term used when people are self-employed and don’t stay attached to one job.

What are the differences between freelancing and being employed? When you’re freelancing you get free rain of jobs and you decide your hours, where as when you’re employed you stick to one job and your hours are mainly decided by your employer.

Why is freelancing so common? The main reason freelancing is so common is because its freeing, there is less pressure to comply to someone else’s expected needs. You get full control over your career and how much effort you put in.

What are the core skills you need? You need to be highly motivated to keep your work levels up without an employer. Another big skill you need is communication, you’ll need to get paid somehow so if you link up with a company you need to communicate the skills you have, the way you work among other things.

What types of freelancing are there? The main 8 types of freelancing jobs are; Developer/Programmer, Designer, Writer/Copywriter, Marketing Professional, Translator, Videographer, Accountant, HR manager.

How do freelances get paid? Depending on what they do they get paid on retainers. This means that they’re guaranteed a set amount from a client every month, in return for completing pre-arranged deliveries.

How do they pay bills? With the money they get from their guaranteed clients.

How do they find work and market themselves? One of the main ways is by building a following on social media, getting themselves known by more people means they can get more jobs.

How do freelance workers self-manage? If they have the right levels of motivation it can be easy, making sure you get all the work you need done as well as extras and hobbies can be the hard bit but as long as they’re motivated and prepared for the load its easy.