Kick Start your Freelancing Career PDF
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KICK START YOUR FREELANCING CAREER ORGANIZED BY COMSATS IT CENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF HARIPUR About Me Working as Assistant System Analyst at COMSATS IT Center, COMSATS Abbottabad Lead Trainer KP Youth Employment Program 158 Jobs on Upwork.com 132 Reviews on Freelancer.pk Level 5 Seller on Peopleperhour.com (33 reviews) Usman Shahzada Who is a Freelancer? A freelancer is a person who is self employed and he is not necessarily committed to any employer for a long term. A freelancer is someone who performs tasks, usually for multiple employers over the course of a year. Usman Shahzada Best Tweets Competition Tweet about this workshop by mentioning @comsatsitcenter & @payoneer in your tweets and use hashtag #1DWFUOH. By the end of this workshop we will have a lucky draw and the winner will get Rs. 5000 Usman Shahzada Pros of Freelancing You are your own boss and you are not answerable to anyone You can work anytime, anywhere You are not bound to work 9 to 5 rather you have a freedom to choose the time you feel comfortable (You can create your own work schedule) You can work on a variety of projects and work with multiple clients at the same time. You can work from your home, means you don’t have to formally dress up You can work on the projects of your choice Usman Shahzada Cons of Freelancing No Social Life If you get into any sort of a problem, there is no one to help you. Income is inconsistent No Pension, Health Insurance, CP/GP Funds You have to manage everything on your own, you have to look for work, communicate with client, complete the work and then withdraw the payments Load shedding Problem (Backup UPS/Generator is required) Usman Shahzada Why Freelancing? Pakistan is overproducing university graduates in the sense that as many as 50pc of the local university graduates are either unemployed or not part of the labour force. (http://www.dawn.com/news/1230668 ) According to Gary Swart (Ex CEO,oDesk now Upwork) One third of global workforce may be hired online by the year 2020 http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1913386202001/the-future-of-freelancing/ Edelman Berland, an independent research firm released findings of a survey carried out for Upwork & Freelancers Union in July 2015. According to this survey around 53.7 Million Americans are working as Freelancers which is around 34% of the total workforce. (http://www.bloggerzarena.com/future-of-freelancing/) Usman Shahzada Why Freelancing? (Contd..) The Intuit 2020 Report estimates that more than 40 percent of the workforce will be independent, “alternative” workers: contractors, temporary employees or freelancers by 2020. http://http- download.intuit.com/http.intuit/CMO/intuit/futureofsmallbusiness/intuit_20 20_report.pdf Usman Shahzada Source: http://elance-odesk.com/online-work-report-global Usman Shahzada Success Stories Hisham Sarwar (A Freelancer With Over $1 Million in Earnings) http://propakistani.pk/2016/01/05/meet-hisham-sarwar-a-freelancer-with- over-1-million-in-earnings/ Danyal Saleem (Pakistani designer earns $20,000 each month freelancing online) http://tribune.com.pk/story/992524/pakistani-designer-earns-20000- each-month-freelancing-online/ Uzair - A Pakistani MBBS student who earned half a million dollars through Freelancing http://www.techjuice.pk/how-this-pakistani-mbbs-student- earned-half-a-million-dollars-through-freelancing/ Usman Shahzada
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