Tips on how to become a freelancer / Consultant

 Introduction

If you are efficient and expertise in your professional work then you can do your job sitting from home as a freelancer or a virtual employee, you can also give your professional services to a company as a consultant sitting at your home and for this you are not needed to visit your branch office regularly you can give daily reports, project work to your reporting boss directly by using email facility and internet, but for this type of job you need to maintain punctuality, sincerity and have to keep everything perfect and up to date. Below I am giving you few essential tips with full description for becoming a good freelancer or a consultant on off pay roll or on commission basis.

Talent in your hands

For becoming an efficient freelancer or a consultant you have to judge your capabilities and your skills in which you will give best results. For example people who are good in writing content and columns can write for websites like India study channel and earn from home by receiving cash credits and Google Ad sense revenue sharing, by writing quality and professional articles you can make more than 8,000 Indian rupees per month easily. You should prepare a good professional resume highlighting your experience, work skills and your aptitude so that you can win a virtual job from a company. If you are having good technical skills along with communication skills you can become a virtual assistant, remote support specialist or chat support agent in various web hosting companies.

Multitasking is necessary

You have to be very proficient and a good multitasking person for getting good online jobs sitting from home, if you are having good typing speed and working skills on MS office, internet you can search for virtual assistant jobs on Odesk, elance and other freelance jobs giving websites. You are needed to co-ordinate with your company and your company's client equally by telephone, emails and even chat. You have to learn some other working skills like keeping your earning accounts, arranging resources by yourself, presenting your personality by good telephonic callings, preparing database for your company or client on MS excel etc. 

Negligence is bad for your growth

Since you are work from home freelance employee or a consultant you can not take interests of your clients very easily you can not neglect their requirements and you have to give full attention towards them. You have to maintain professionalism when you are dealing with your clientele and have to complete your work on provided deadline. Although you are not attending your office regularly since it is a home based job but you should try to know every happening about your company through sources and should put your valiant efforts for self improvisation. 

Other requisites

Although you are working from your home but still you have to maintain a good fitness level and you should not get sick regularly as it will tamper your pending task on time. You should be mentally fit and always have can do attitude even if you are busy in doing other task. You should be updated with current technology and resources so that you can meet up client's need on generated inquire. You should always make you available for attending your company phone calls and email on urgent need. 

Few home based jobs

There are few jobs which are purely home based some of them are content writing on websites like India study channel, script writing, copy righting, editing, tax consultation, charted accountancy, legal consultancy like lawyer, research works on scientific experiments, professional recruitment consultant or job consultant, IT professional, Private tuition in your home, resident doctoral practice or private clinic ran by doctors in their home, financial consultant for giving best advises on investment plans etc.