Freelancer Orientation Sessions were built on one goal: to educate students on how they could pursue their careers in Freelancing. These sessions are focused on generating awareness within the students community educating them on how they could polish their skills so they are well equipped to cope up with the International Industry Standards. In these sessions, PAFLA also generates awareness on what we as an organization have in place to offer to these students and how they could potentially benefit by being a part of this community.
About Pakistan Freelancers Association (PAFLA)
Pakistan Freelancers Association (PAFLA) is a non-profit founded to empower Pakistani freelancers through mentoring, providing opportunities, collaborating with government, industry, and academia, and providing them a platform as well as a support group to help grow their career and overcome their challenges.
PAFLA gives our members a powerful voice through policy advocacy, benefits, and community. Membership is free and open to freelancers of all kinds, from graphic designers and contractors to entrepreneurs and moonlighters.
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Media Coverage of first Freelancers Workshop Check out the media coverage of Homework’s first Freelancers workshop and what Homework’s CEO, Dr. Nousheen has to say about the brand.
Kaptain Mirza at Freelancers Workshop Level 1 Listen what Kaptain Mirza, a successful freelancer, blogger and a professional face reader has to say about Homework’s first Freelancers workshop.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
Do you want to set-up yourself as a freelancer but do not have the expertise to market yourself? You need help and guidance to create your profile and setting up your gigs – but do not have help – do not know where and how to start? Or you tried setting up your profiles and gigs but never won any jobs and think that something was missing!!
Then this Master-class is for you!
This Master-class teaches you to not only set up your profiles, but tips on marketing yourself to prospect clients and help and advise on setting up your gigs & hourlies and start working as a freelancer!
This class will not only provide a step-by-step guide to create your profiles, but also the best way to demonstrating your skills & expertise to start selling your services online. In this ‘2-day Master-class’ you will learn the best way to write about yourself, market yourself to clients, learn expert advise on showcasing your portfolio and set up your gigs and hourlies on leading Freelance websites.
In this class you will:
– Learn about the top 4 freelance websites – Discuss top tips of creating your profiles on these platforms – Set by step guide on setting your profiles on Upwork, Fiverr, Peopleperhour & Freelancer – Get one-to-one help on writing your ‘about me’ section, highlighting skills and expertise – One-to-One help and support on creating your gigs and hourlies and how to start selling – Tips and advise on promoting and marketing your gigs and hourlies – Access to over 10 proposal templates to sell your services – What to do and not do on these platforms
DAY 1
ACTIVITY
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Session – 1
Overview of freelancing
Do’s and Don’ts of Freelancing
Tips and Techniques to win paid projects
Manage your freelance career
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Detailed live profile set-up on Upwork
Profile setup
Types of jobs
How to bid
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Snacks + Drinks + Networking
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Detailed live profile set-up on PeoplePerHour’
Profile setup
Types of jobs
How to bid
How to setup an hourlie
How to participate in a contest
DAY 2
ACTIVITY
Session – 2
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Detailed live set-up on Fiverr
Profile setup
Types of jobs
How to setup a gig
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Detailed live set-up on Freelancer.com
Profile setup
Types of jobs
How to bid for jobs
How to participate in a contest
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Snacks + Drinks + Networking
5:00pm – 5:50pm
Q/A Session
5:50pm – 6:00pm
Certificate Distribution
Guest Speakers Tanveer Javed – young, experienced freelancer. He has been in the freelance industry for 3 years and in this short of span of time he has worked with over 250 clients worldwide. Tanveer is currently working for 3 software houses as a freelance graphic designer.
Syed Saqlain – founder of custom logo design company LogoTrak. He is one of the top Pakistani freelancers with 10+ years of experience in the freelance industry and with over 3,000 reviews and 3500 projects under his belt.
Fahad Sheikh – full stack WordPress web developer and a top rated freelancer with 100 percent job success rate on Upwork.com
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Media Coverage of first Freelancers Workshop Check out the media coverage of Homework’s first Freelancers workshop and what Homework’s CEO, Dr. Nousheen has to say about the brand.
Kaptain Mirza at Freelancers Workshop Level 1 Listen what Kaptain Mirza, a successful freelancer, blogger and a professional face reader has to say about Homework’s first Freelancers workshop.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
The aim of the workshop is to train the attendees on what freelancing is and how anyone can start a successful freelance career. The workshop and meetup gives the opportunity to meet some of the top freelancers from Karachi, listen how they started their freelance career and get some exclusive tips to be a successful freelancer.
Media Coverage of first Freelancers Workshop Check out the media coverage of Homework’s first Freelancers workshop and what Homework’s CEO, Dr. Nousheen has to say about the brand.
Kaptain Mirza at Freelancers Workshop Level 1 Listen what Kaptain Mirza, a successful freelancer, blogger and a professional face reader has to say about Homework’s first Freelancers workshop.
Schedule
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Registration
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop 1 – Introduction to Freelancing • What is Freelancing? • Why become a Freelancer? • How to do Freelancing through Homework Pakistan • Overview of Top 3 Freelancing job sites.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Workshop 2 – Starting up your Freelance career • Setup your Freelancer profile on Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr job sites. • How to bid and win projects? • What to do and what not to do as a freelancer? • Start earning money in US dollars.
