Freelancing is the road to independence for students.

As a student thinking about your future work prospects, you go online to look up where you might want to work, and what kind of work you want to be doing. You are overwhelmed by the plethora of information and can’t decide on what to do with your life. You keep thinking and thinking until your inner critique tells you that you won’t be a good match anywhere and be satisfied with anything. At last, your mind falls into a gigantic black hole of worries. Once, you hear your friend casually mentioning the word freelancing in a conversation, but you don’t pay much heed. A few days later, your favorite Youtuber tells you in a video that freelancing made them independent. Curiosity finally gets the best of you leading you to this article. Most of you probably didn’t find this page in the way mentioned above, and that’s okay, at least you are here now.

Nowadays freelancing has become more popular than ever, thanks to its promotion and advertisement. Almost every day we come across posts, articles, and tweets about freelancing, not to mention the freelancers living their dream lives and documenting it on social media. But truly, freelancing deserves this attention. And so, it leads to a question.

What is Freelancing?

A freelancer is essentially a self-employed worker who works for multiple clients. Therefore, a freelancer:

1. is not tied up with any employer long-term
2. uses their skills and experience to provide services to a number of clients

• The concept of freelancing has existed for quite a while, but it has witnessed an upward trend in how people perceive it. This shift in mentality can be attributed to the modern world’s work culture.
• Workers have lost control over their products, have difficulties in finding jobs which match their skill set, and therefore have to settle for low-paying jobs.
• There is no control over the workload, asking for pay raises is like walking on fire, and more importantly: lack of satisfaction with the work environment.

For students, freelancing can dictate the way they work for the rest of their lives. Freelancing can open closed doors, and even show you the way to new ones. When you do decide to commit to a single employer, you will already know if it’s worth it.

How does freelancing help students?

1. Freelancing provides work experience

One of the best ways to start your career is via freelancing. There is a vast variety of jobs available, and many of them are beginner-friendly. Working as a freelancer can help you build up a strong and attractive portfolio for your target company and job. Or you may just find freelancing to be your true calling.

2. Pick-and-choose your gigs

Freelancing enables you to select jobs which fit your lifestyle and method of working, matches your skillset, and can be beneficial for the future. You can choose jobs which pay well, choose gigs with low workload; it all depends on you.

3. Enhance your skills

Freelancing provides you with skill-enriching as well as practical work experience. No matter what field you work in, gigs help you to acquire new knowledge, and may also help you to let go of practices that aren’t serving you well.

4. Trial and error

Freelancing can be your testing ground. Is the business idea you have long thought about, really solid? Maybe graphic designing isn’t for you. You won’t have to wait for your studies to end and then finally crash and burn because you didn’t give your plans enough run time.

Conclusion

Freelancing can be extremely helpful to students to build astounding careers. With its benefits, freelancing provides students with some of the best skills to learn and sharpen them even further. After working as an efficient freelancer, a student’s choices will be varied because several companies would love to work with them. Freelancing gifts students with valuable negotiation skills and value addition, which they will be able to use with people in their work field, especially in India. Freelancing is a stepping stone in building successful and satisfactory careers. It is the road to independence and becoming your own boss.