What's up everyone! Hope everything is going well. Today i'm going to discuss a bit about the basic skills you'll need to start your freelancing career. The interesting fact is you can start with very basic skills like a Computer literacy and Internet browsing skill. Although your English skill plays the vital role. You have to understand what exactly other person is saying to you and reply in a professional manner. Remember, You may work from home but freelancing is just like an ordinary traditional job. Where you have to present your self very professionally or you will not be able to get any jobs. Anyway, Let's begin with the list of basic skills that you need to start freelancing.
1. Conversational English Skill
Freelancing is working in an International market. And you are going to work under a foreign company or client. So, Conversational English skill is a must. It's ok if you cannot speak fluently. What you really need is able to write proper English so that your client can understand you. If you can speak in English but not fluently that's ok too! In fact it's a plus point.
2. Computer Basics
Computer basics are must to have skill. If you don't know how to use a computer properly then freelancing is not your thing. Computers are the work station for freelancers. They complete all their tasks using pc, laptop and even their mobile devices. You can take a Computer basic test from upwork.com or freelancer.com too see if you know enough.
3. Internet Browsing
It feels kind of lame to write about this skill because if you don't know how to browse then you wouldn't be reading this article. By internet browsing i actually meant searching something on google, Able to use Advanced search options and finding the accurate data is something what you need in order to start freelancing as your career.
4. Ms Office, Google Office, Google drive & Dropbox
If you know the basics of Ms Office or just Microsoft Word & Excel it would be enough to start. But you also need to learn about other office programs and cloud sharing tools like google drive & dropbox. This are very basic things you need to know in order to start your freelancing career.
5. Email and Skype
We all know about email and skype. But when it comes to freelancing this two are very important things.
You must know how to handle an email account and how to use skype. Because most of your clients and your clients are going to contact with you via your email or skype. There are even jobs titled as "Email Handling".
If you have all these skills mentioned above you can start your freelancing career. What you need to do is just register on a freelancing market place (website), complete your profile and start looking for jobs. With this skills you'll be able to apply on any entry level jobs. But you need something else to stand out and get the job. On next article i will talk about those things that will help you to stand out from everyone else and get your first job. Till then have a nice day.
1. Conversational English Skill
Freelancing is working in an International market. And you are going to work under a foreign company or client. So, Conversational English skill is a must. It's ok if you cannot speak fluently. What you really need is able to write proper English so that your client can understand you. If you can speak in English but not fluently that's ok too! In fact it's a plus point.
2. Computer Basics
Computer basics are must to have skill. If you don't know how to use a computer properly then freelancing is not your thing. Computers are the work station for freelancers. They complete all their tasks using pc, laptop and even their mobile devices. You can take a Computer basic test from upwork.com or freelancer.com too see if you know enough.
3. Internet Browsing
It feels kind of lame to write about this skill because if you don't know how to browse then you wouldn't be reading this article. By internet browsing i actually meant searching something on google, Able to use Advanced search options and finding the accurate data is something what you need in order to start freelancing as your career.
4. Ms Office, Google Office, Google drive & Dropbox
If you know the basics of Ms Office or just Microsoft Word & Excel it would be enough to start. But you also need to learn about other office programs and cloud sharing tools like google drive & dropbox. This are very basic things you need to know in order to start your freelancing career.
5. Email and Skype
We all know about email and skype. But when it comes to freelancing this two are very important things.
You must know how to handle an email account and how to use skype. Because most of your clients and your clients are going to contact with you via your email or skype. There are even jobs titled as "Email Handling".
If you have all these skills mentioned above you can start your freelancing career. What you need to do is just register on a freelancing market place (website), complete your profile and start looking for jobs. With this skills you'll be able to apply on any entry level jobs. But you need something else to stand out and get the job. On next article i will talk about those things that will help you to stand out from everyone else and get your first job. Till then have a nice day.
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