how to start your career & freelancing work
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20 Five Tips about:
How to start your career after graduation
and freelancing work…
years
Eng. Hany Saad Mostafa Senior Teaching assistant and lecturer
ITI – Assiut Branch [email protected]
March 2015
What’s Next…?
What’s next after graduation?
“It's time to take your career seriously…”
Congratulation in advnce on completing your BSc Degree, and graduation soon…
Tips for starting your career…
Tip No.1:
“Focus on one career field”
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.1: Focus on one career field:
• Focus on the field that you like most, for example: Software
development, web development, mobile apps development, network
engineering, cyber security, graphic design, web design,… etc.
• Review job ads in that field to know the topics and technologies most
needed on it.
• Prepare yourself well in that field and its related topics, read and learn
more about it.
• Keep yourself updated with all new technologies in that field.
• You may try to get a good training or get certificated in your field.
• Never Stop Learning, and keep updated on other related fields.
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.2:
“Make a good CV right now”
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.2: Make a good CV right now:
• Make your CV right now, not tomorrow, not when you need it.
• Focus on key skills required for your field.
• Don’t write basic and minor skills that aren’t key skills for your field,
for example: MS office, Windows OS,.. Etc.
• CV presentation in very important.
• Tailor the CV to the role and to each job.
• Keep your CV updated.
• You may use CV building tools and websites.
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.3:
“Follow and create accounts on known recruitment websites”
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.3: follow and create accounts on known recruitment websites:
• Create accounts on known recruitment websites, and follow FB
recruitment groups and pages.
• Some of most known recruiting website in Egypt and Middle East:
• http://www.bayt.com
• http://www.egyptitjobs.com
• http://www.arabrec.com
• http://www.wzayef.com
• http://www.jobzella.com
• http://employermagazine.com
• http://www.jobs-eg.com
• www.recgate.com
• http://www.meait.com
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.4:
“Create a professional LinkedIn Profile”
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.4: Create a professional LinkedIn Profile:
• LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service, and it’s the
world’s largest professional network on the Internet.
• Create professional profile, add your skills, work samples and
information in details, clarify your contact information and use
formal and right Email, use clear profile name, use suitable profile
photo, and customize your profile URL.
• Grow up your network, by connecting to your professors, colleagues
and friends.
• Ask your professors, colleagues to recommend you on LinkedIn.
• Follow known companies in your field, their job vacancies, and you
can apply to them through LinkedIn.
• Be Active In LinkedIn Groups.
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.5:
“Freelancing, and working online is another very good option”
Tips for starting your career (Cont.)…
Tip No.5: Freelancing, and working online is another very good option:
• Freelancer, or freelance worker refers to a person who is self-employed
and is not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term.
• Other related terms are “outsourcing” and “offshoring” that mean a
company that delegates another company to accomplish some of its
work or tasks.
• There’s a lot of websites that working as a broker between freelance
employees and companies or individuals who offer work for them.
Tip No.5: Freelancing, and working online is another very good option (Cont.)…
• Some of most common freelancing websites:
• www.odesk.com
• www.elance.com
• www.freelancer.com
• www.rentacoder.com
• www.vworker.com
• www.guru.com
• Some of fastly-growing Arabic freelancing websites:
• www.khamsat.com
• www.mostaql.com
Tip No.5: Freelancing, and working online is another very good option (Cont.)…
• Freelancing and working online growth:
Tip No.5: Freelancing, and working online is another very good option (Cont.)…
• Top requested services in one of most famous freelancing websites:
Tip No.5: Freelancing, and working online is another very good option (Cont.)…
• How does freelancing websites work?
• Create a worker profile, and define your skills.
• Search for posted projects that fits your skills and bid on it (time and cost
quotation).
• The employer (project owner), will review the freelancer applicant, review
their profiles, and shortlist some of them for online interview, and
provide a final offer.
• If the employer accepted your offer, he’ll start the project for you on the
website, and notify you to start working.
• After finishing the project, the employer will close the project, and
transfer the agreed cost to you.
• The website will ask the employer to evaluate your commitment and
professionalism, and also will ask you to evaluate the employer.
Tip No.5: Freelancing, and working online is another very good option (Cont.)…
• Project cost estimation:
• Hourly based: estimate the work hours in the project, and define a
rate for your man-hour cost.
• Fixed-price: estimate and fixed price for the whole project.
• Money withdrawal from your account:
• Payoneer.
• Skrill and PayPal.
• Wire transfer.
Thanks… 20 years