The term freelancer is literally translated as freelancer. No, it does not mean that work of the freelancer is connected with drawing or writing of pictures.
What the profession – the freelancer is?
In fact, the freelancer is a removed worker who is not on the staff of any organization. He is an own master and the creator. Independently finds work, relying on such criteria as the price, complexity, free time. Itself chooses a niche which is the closest to it, and develops in this direction. Nobody prevents it to work along with several customers. The main thing is to learn competently to dispose of own time.
In general, there is a set of professions which can be connected with freelance. So, the builder, the plumber and even the cleaner of apartments who is independently choosing where and on what conditions to perform work can become the free artist.
Nevertheless, for today work of the freelancer, in most cases, is connected with activity online. Earnings on the Internet the freelancer do not demand any license and anyone can try this form.
Advantages of freelance are obvious:
- First, need to spend time and funds for trips from the house for work and back disappears.
- Secondly, the freelancer independently forms an operating schedule and can work in any the location, comfortable for it (though in the park at a shop if weather and existence the Internet allow).
- Thirdly, feels moral satisfaction as its work is only its choice.
However, if everything was so good, then, probably, all left on free bread, and at the companies, there is no plant left and manufacturing enterprises just workers, truly? Means, freelance has also shortcomings.
Main of them are:
- changeable nature of work (today is, tomorrow – no);
- heavy adaptation (it is always heavy to begin, but in freelance – especially);
- lack of financial guarantees: quite often it is necessary to work at trust, and, how from the performer (and suddenly will not pay?), and the customer (and suddenly will not perform work or will execute, but it is bad?).
Popular professions of freelancers
The specialties allowing to receive earnings the freelancer not so are not enough that gives the chance to pick up to itself work to liking. Here only the incomplete list of possible professions:
- the rewriter – copying of the provided text by the own words with maintaining sense;
- the copywriter – writing of unique content according to requirements of the customer;
- animation, photo and video services;
- graphic design;
- programming;
- work with office programs, drawing up and processing of databases;
- Writing of degree and term papers;
- works on social networks (posting);
- architecture (design of buildings).
The websites for earnings of freelancers
Today almost unlimited opportunities for job search are presented to freelancers. Performers and customers find each other online - the exchanges and agree about mutually beneficial cooperation. At the same time, the location of the parties is absolutely unimportant. People from the different cities, the countries and continents can cooperate. The main thing is to reach a consensus.
There is a set of the exchanges of freelance providing interaction of employers and performers in the most various fields of activity. The most popular of them are:
- Weblancer.net;
- FL.ru;
- Freelance.ru;
- Work-Zilla.com;
- Dalance.ru.
There is also a great number of others including the highly specialized exchanges which cannot just be listed in one article. Each freelancer independently defines at what of the exchanges it is the most convenient to it to work.
If you, having learned who you such freelancer and what he is engaged in, feel that you want to try the hand in this niche – forward, dare. Only do not forget about self-development. Freelance does not love weak.