According to Wikipedia "Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, or freelance worker, are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by a company or a temporary agency that resells freelance labor to clients; others work independently or use professional associations or websites to get work."
While I agree with the above that freelancer is self-employed and not committed to a particular employer. However, this is only one part of the coin. Why can't a freelancer be a full-time employee as well or why can't a full-time employee do freelancing?
Why not? Does your full-time job contract say so? If not, what is stopping you from freelancing when you are not working for your employer.
You have 24 hours in a day and you work for your employer 8 hours. You still have 16 hours and you can spend at least 5 hours freelancing. Also, during your full-time work hours, you have your cell phone with you. You can chat with your freelance job client or respond to his emails. Modern smartphones allow you to connect to servers, draft word documents or excel files. You can do pretty much everything on modern smartphones as you would on a desktop or laptop.
Have you read our other blog about how to get rid of fear of lay-off? If not, read it now. That's the number 1 benefit on our list of doing freelancing alongside your full-time job.
Doctors can open their own clinics (more than 1 clinic in different localities in most cases) while working for a hospital, why can't engineers? Doctors save the lives, an engineer creates new things to make world better place to live. More the doctors work, more lives are bettered or saved. Why doesn't the same apply to engineers? More employees they work for and more they work, they create more software or invent something to make the world a better place.
If that's not good enough for you to get started with freelancing below are few more real advantages based on my experience.
Advantages/Benefits whatever you call it, these are real. It's up to you whether you want to better utilize the time you have or you want to regret it later.
If you feel your current skills are not good enough to get you a freelancing job then get up. Learn something new. New, which is in demand.
Clients need freelancers like you. Freelancers they can trust. Freelancers who can deliver. Help your client's business grow and grow your career and fulfill your dreams in the process.
Never ever do it directly with any client or with a client whom you met on social media. Even if a friend introduced you to a client, never do it without setting it up on a good freelancing site.
There are various risks associated with freelancing when you are doing it directly with a client with no payment guarantee involved.
Therefore, we recommend you following protocol to follow while doing freelancing with any client.
That's all at the moment folks if you want me to touch upon any other topic in detail or need more info, feel free to drop in your comments. I would be more than happy to reply to your queries.
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