12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

Till now, everyone said to you that freelancing is fun, and it gives you a control over what you want to do and how you want do the work assigned to you. You do not have a boss, and no one is going to tell you when to work and when to sleep.

Well…

This is not far from the truth but there is another point of view on this matter, which I am going to share in this blog post.

You should not take freelancing as a career if:

You do not want a boss

Well, if you do not want a boss for yourself than freelancing is not a career choice for you, indeed, you do not have “a boss” here, but you have bosses here. Your clients are your boss and often they will be more than one in number, and everyone will be asking for your 100 percent attention to his or her work, so if you feel uncomfortable in working with a boss then look somewhere else, freelancers have more than one bosses.

You do not like late night shifts

If occasional late night shifts make you convulse then freelancing may not be a right career choice for you. You need to work day in and day out, sometime without a break for days, if you want to be successful as a freelancer. Freelancing is a business, not a fix-time job. It will require your 1000 percent contribution, not just your presence in the employer’s office.

You cannot add value

Contrary to what you think, freelancers are supposed to be more efficient than the regular fix-time employee. Your client is outsourcing his work, instead of hiring someone fulltime to do that work, because he or she wants more work done by paying less dollars.

I know, “how much is less and how many is too many” are relative concepts.

As a freelancer, you will have to make many decisions. Decisions related to work, finance, time, negotiations and what not. You are running a one-man show, if you are freelancing. Can you do it? Do you have it in you?

Write to me, if you think you can. Use the comment box below or mail me on Bikram [at] biksy [dot] com.

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15 Aug 09 5 Ways to Save your Job

In the current economy, getting a job is very difficult, and so is keeping oneself safe from getting fired. Through this article, I am going to share 5 tips that will help you retain your job in tough times.

Tip 1: Increase visibility

What is out of sight is out of mind, and also out of job. Do not just follow, “9am in the office and 6 pm out of office” routine. Go and talk to your boss, and invite your colleagues for a dinner at your place. Use the first coffee you have in office as an opportunity to strike conversation.

Tip 2: Volunteer

Volunteer for the work outside your department. Participate in group activities and company’s sponsored events. Attend seminars, and be part of company-wide committees.

Tip3: Seize opportunity

Do not wait for your boss or someone from HR department to push you to do a work. Be proactive and take responsibility.

Tip 4: Keep learning and let other know about it

Invest time and money (if required) in learning new skills, and make your company know about it. I am not saying that go to your boss and tell, in his face, what you are doing these days, nor I am asking you to stick a big notice on the notice board. Let them know about it but not overtly.

Tip5: Respect others

Do you think people in your company are stupid? And the receptionist and the guard at the door are not worth talking to? Change your point of view. How you treat them is seen by invisible eyes of the office. Respect others.

Tags: Boss, Colleagues, Committees, Economy, First Coffee, Getting A Job, Group Activities, Hr Department, Invisible Eyes, Office Routine, Out Of Sight, People, Point Of View, Receptionist, Respect Others, Seminars, Sponsored Events, Time And Money, Tough Times, Visibility

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25 Apr 09 Work from Home, should you?

After working for many hours at a stretch, adding countless money to company’s bank account, this is a typical question asked by a typical exasperated and torn employee who has not got properly rewarded for the work he has done. Politics, unfair promotions, partisans, and tormentor boss is quite common in the corporate world, so increasing number of employees are considering other means to bring food on the dining table. The search for an alternative mean has been intensified by the current economic slowdown, which has made many people jobless.

Against this backdrop the question arises, should the person just left out by a ailing company be looking for a regular day job with another company, or should he look for a work from home opportunity? The answer to this question depends upon the goal, objective for life and perspective for the world of the inquirer.

If being full-time employed with a corporate is what gives the inquirer a sense of being then work from home opportunities are not meant for him or her. If you are taking up a work from home job to gain access to unlimited freedom without any liability, and to make quick money without any real pain then an authentic work from home opportunity is not for you. Go and search for some fake and unauthentic works like, online read-the-mail-and-make-million, click-ads-and-make millions. As any genuine work would, a work from home opportunity makes you sweat before paying you your reward.

On the plus side, work from home business gives you the freedom to wake up late and compensate those hours by working late. You will be your own boss of your own business, so if the pain will be yours then gain will also be yours only. If you have a talent, and if you can manage your time well, a work from home business provides you a good opportunity to bring bread to your table, and at the same time it gives you an opportunity to explore your creative side as well. By taking up a work from home job, you can break free from the shackles of a typical 9 to 5 job. You will become a free bird, and you can float freely on the city sky.

Before jumping on conclusively, let’s understand that by no mean a work from home business (I will prefer not to call it a job) is an easy work to do. One has to be industrious, self-disciplined and a self-critic to succeed in any work from home business as this is not a job, this is a business, your business that requires more time then you have devoted so far in any day job. As a reward for the hard work, a work from home business will save you from the unfair promotions, cheap politics and partiality of a day job.

Tags: Ailing Company, Authentic Work, Backdrop, Boss, Creative Side, Current Economic Slowdown, Day Job, Dining Table, Genuine Work, Inquirer, Mail, Own Business, Partisans, Quick Money, Sweat, Typical Question, Work From Home Business, Work From Home Job, Work From Home Opportunities, Work From Home Opportunity

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12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

You do not want a boss

You do not like late night shifts

You cannot add value

25 Apr 09 Work from Home, should you?

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