Welcome to the World of Freelance Working!

Welcome, and may this mode of an exciting, alternative career be the right choice for you!

Why am I calling 'freelance' work an alternative career choice?  It is certainly not something new that we, the new generation, has suddenly discovered out of the blue!  People have been successfully working for themselves for decades, and never have there been so much hype about this choice, till now!

It is the present generation of Bangladesh actually who have suddenly found 'freelancing' or 'outsourcing' to be the fad of the decade, and there's ample reason for that.  Compared to the local talent we host in our country, the job market is tiny, catering only to a percentage of the population.  Our offices and institutions may be able to house thousands of teachers, doctors and engineers and give them a salary suitable to their potential, but it is really hard to do the same for job-seekers who have talent in more unconventional sectors.  Thousands of our graduates who are skilled and talented do not find jobs that can challenge them enough intellectually.  There are only a limited number of websites to be built, only a number of mobile apps to be designed for the Bangladeshi market, only so many places where we can write!

The job market always sees an imbalance in demand and supply; there are never enough jobs for everyone!  On top of that, there are not enough interesting jobs for everyone to do - at least, not in the local market ... and that's where the international market comes into use.

When we have the whole world in our disposal, why depend solely on the offices and businesses around us?  Why go around the block looking for jobs when there is an employer in Las Vegas, Nevada, or Darwin, Australia who is waiting for someone just like us?  Why settle for a job that pays adequately and gives us a social standing when our dream job is just waiting for us?

Online marketplaces have done just that - they have crossed the barriers of geographical boundary to take us to jobs that are suitable for our aptitude, never mind that the employer might be sitting in another continent, speaking another language, tasting a different cuisine and has completely different ideas!  If we are what they are looking for, we are what they are going to get.

How long are we going to use the Internet only for using Facebook, for downloading illegal movies and for wasting our time, in general? With this immense power in our hands, it's time to look for employment outside our comfort zone, beyond our city or country, or even our continent.

বাংলায় পড়ুন, এখানে।