Being a student, one always has to juggle a lot of tasks and manage their lives. Most students tend to find opportunities outside of their regular lives because after graduating from school, one looks for new experiences and those experiences can only be found outside of the student’s everyday niche. While doing so, one might not be quick to consider the management and responsibilities they have to take on but the thrill of a new place easily makes one oblivious of that. But after having settled into a new city for education, students find that not all the boxes on their bucket lists are ticked out. Living off on a monthly budget, it gets difficult to set aside some finances for such purposes. This is when one must think of using their skills to earn those experiences.
Freelancing is one way of earning income without having to answer to one person. One can work for whomever they choose and whomever they like while choosing from something that interests them and falls in their area of expertise. It allows s sort of flexibility that can be managed through the daily life of a student since it does not require full-time commitment, in most scenarios. It is a way of showcasing and working on one’s specific skill(s) that allows for growth and learning. Though it might be difficult, it is quite good of a choice. One can fix a schedule or choose their own timing to work while freelancing and provide services that are their forte.
The skills required for freelancing may vary from person to person and their choice of project. Largely, the common skills one must acquire are effective communication, meeting deadlines and delivering quality work. These skills can be used as a building block for the build-up of a good profile and reputation. Lastly, one must be ready to take on work and look for new opportunities because not all will be presented. A steady flow of projects is an important aspect.
Here are some platforms that provide freelance work for students:
- Upwork: Upwork is an American based freelance platform that was formed in 2013 and has expanded over the period of time. On this website, clients post a job description and the price range they are willing to pay to the freelancers. It is up to the freelancer to choose and work for any clients they deem interesting. It has opportunities in writing, programming, designing and more.
- WorkNhire: Based in India, WorkNhire is similar to Upwork in a manner that it brings together the client and the freelancer. It has opportunities in writing, programming, designing and more.
- Freelance India: The freelance platform provides the user with easier navigation as all jobs are segregated into sections based on skills requirements and specialisations.
- Taskr: The platform is a freelancing platform that focuses on smaller tasks and services, providing a quick and efficient way for freelancers to work.
- Cogniticx: The platform largely focuses on data science, analytics and AI. It is a specific platform for those freelancers who excel in these areas.
- 99designs: A platform ideal for graphic designers, it is a specific skill platform that is helpful for those looking for a project in their area of expertise.
- Toptal: Another skill-specific platform, Toptal focuses on freelancers well-versed in software development, finance and design.
- UpCounsel: Specifically focusing on legal engagements, UpCounsel connects attorneys with clients seeking service on a freelance basis.
- Voices.com: A platform ideal for voice artists, it connects the freelancer with clients looking for audio services.
- Codeable: Largely connected to WordPress, it provides clients with skilled WordPress freelancers.
- Writer Access: A platform for content writers, it matches the clients with writers, editors and content strategists.
- Freelance Writing Jobs: Also a platform for writers, it provides freelance writers with opportunities from various sources.
Above is a list of freelancing platforms ranging from a platform with all sorts of opportunities for all sorts of skills and narrowing down to specific platforms looking for specific freelancers. Most of these platforms work towards bringing together the client and the freelancer while simultaneously providing the freelancers with many opportunities to choose from. But these aren’t the only websites for freelancing for students. There are many that provide similar opportunities.
In the end, it depends on the students to pick and choose the projects they want to work on and the tasks they choose to finish. But it also falls down to the manner in which they manage to have a schedule that includes all the relevant chores and tasks and freelancing at the same time. While one might believe it to be a simple issue of time management, it has the potential of becoming highly stressful. Having to meet the deadlines of an assignment and a freelancing project might become a difficult task but that should not stop one from pursuing something they want to achieve.
A freelancing platform is one of the best ways to create a good profile by working on projects and tasks of one’s choice. That choice provides one with many liberties that help with the project itself because if there was no interest, there was no project. These freelancing platforms are based on the freelancer’s choice; the choice of client and the choice of project. This provides one with the liberty to choose the most benefiting and intriguing of all or to choose something simple. It depends on the freelancer, the student, in this scenario. A student may or may not choose to work but whoever does knows that the task at hand is something they chose for themselves and not something that was given to them. This freedom of choice is the beauty of a freelancing job and that freedom keeps many from working somewhere they don’t and from working on something that doesn’t interest them. Freelancing is working on free will, thus the name. It is a choice. It is a platform for many, especially students and those who choose to freelance are always aware of the fact that they do not work for anyone but themselves.