Locked But Not Knocked Down

The year 2020 is not the best year to be fresh out of college. Isn’t it? We are living in times where the pandemic has made life difficult and uncertain. At a time where you should be starting your job, you are stuck in your house with no clue of how the market condition will be post coronavirus. Your concern is justified as most of the companies have postponed hiring plans or has completely ceased it.

So, what are you going to do? Here are our recommendations for things that you could do while you are in a lockdown. Look at the lockdown in a positive way; you are getting the much-deserved break, space to think, and finally plan the next move you want to make in life. Meanwhile, keep yourself occupied.

Be a Freelancer or take up a Work From Home Job

Often people do not consider freelancing and remotely working as a viable career option. But take it from someone who has worked in large MNC and doing work from home job now; you can definitely make a career working from home or freelancing. It does add value to your CV. Here are some online platforms to refer to for searching a freelancing/WFH job: 

1. Upwork - This web-based platform has jobs listed from clients across the world in various categories. There is a wide range of short and long term projects to choose from. You have to create a profile and state the price you will take per assignment. Making an impressive profile is very important here and freshers, look out for entry-level jobs. The companies hire based on your profile, skill set, and accomplishments. Once you earn 500 dollars, the site charges 100 dollars as a service fee and it reduces as you earn more. Find out the billing details here.

2. Flexingit - The platform is recommended for postgraduates with some amount of work experience. The website offers consultation services to reputed companies for short term projects. Registration and picking up projects are completely free of cost. And they have tools to help you ascertain a reasonable amount to charge for your work and find suitable requirements for you. 

3. Avenue Growth - It is the largest platform connecting brands to a freelancer sales specialist. This platform requires a minimum of 1 year of work experience of sales in a respective category. There are no service charges levied by the platform. You need to download the app and fill an application form. Once your application is approved by the company; you will be trained for the job.

4. Fiverr - This is similar to Upwork, except there is a blanket service charge of 20 percent on each assignment. You have to make a profile that includes adding a video of your work which they call Gig. You can choose to charge per word/sample/minute etc. The lowest bidding starts from five dollars and there are free courses offered by the site for your upskilling.

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