An Introduction To Freelance: Ten Online Jobs That Don’t Require Any Experience and How To Get Them
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by ALI DIMOVA ★ AUGUST 6, 2020
Besides being the most exciting and entertaining time of your life, college years are also known for being the hardest years in terms of finances. After you have become independent from your parents (or at least you feel like it), it seems awkward asking them for money, right? However, at the same time, you still can’t get a legitimate full-time job to support yourself as you still don’t have a college degree. Sometimes, a part-time job in a cafe or store becomes a good enough solution, but why not explore other options? Who needs to go somewhere to work when you can find an easy online job that won’t require any experience from the comfort of your bed? We’ve put together a list of ten WFH-approved jobs you’re sure to love!
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First of all, let’s define one of the most important terms in the world of remote work: freelance. A freelancer is a specialist who performs their work without a long-term contract with an employer. They are invited to the company to perform a specific task or create a project and usually work from home and online. Among freelancers, many work in creative professions, advertising, and the IT sphere. The most common positions for remote work are programmers, designers, journalists, translators, photographers and artists, copywriters, and of course bloggers. Many freelancers find their clients over the internet on special servers. Freelance servers are websites where freelancers and customers register. Freelancers post their portfolios and look for suitable orders that customers place. Some of the most popular servers are “upwork.com” and “freelancer.com.” Anyone from highly qualified employees to broke college students can work freelance. This type of employment is chosen by people who prefer not to depend on other employees, be responsible for their own job, and plan their work schedule on their own.
Step #1: Rate your knowledge and skills
Before we even start, it's important that you take a piece of paper and write down everything you can do online. If you are over 18 years old and it’s not your first day on the internet, then you probably already know how to do something. “I can’t do anything” is not true! People looking for "remote work with no experience" usually know how to do at least one of these:
Use a laptop.
Google things.
Use online chats.
Like and comment posts on social networks.
Photoshop simple pictures.
Translate text from English to another language or vice versa.
Make a similar list of your own knowledge. For example, you might be good at using Excel, Photoshop, or Microsoft Office. Are you into computer games? Or do you have a lot of followers on Instagram and many people like your stories and posts? Maybe you already are a qualified and experienced photographer, artist, or journalist, or any other specialist from the list above. If this is your case, then it will be a lot easier for you to find remote work because you already know your job. If not, then write everything down in a list, and proceed to the next step.
Step #2: Choose a field
As you now have a list of all your innermost talents and passions, it will be easier for you to choose a field in which you would like to work. Most open job vacancies are in the digital environment, but beginners always have a choice to start with a job related to phone calls (for example, calls with customers). Here are some of the most popular fields for beginning to work online:
SEO (Search engine optimization)
SMM (Social media marketing)
Education (online courses or online schools)
Media and bloggers
Video Games
Foreign Languages
Design
Sales
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Step #3: Choose a job
Here are ten of the most popular online jobs that don’t require experience and are the best options for beginners in freelance:
"Direct" Manager on Instagram
What to do: This online position simply requires you to reply to messages from subscribers and potential customers, separate important messages that require an urgent response from unimportant ones and spam, prepare responses for clients, and coordinate with the brand or blogger who owns the Instagram account.
Where you can work: To find such a job you should look for Instagram stores, bloggers, accounts of clothing brands, cosmetics, health products, and with everyone whose sales go through Instagram. Just direct message these accounts to find out if they need your assistance. You can also look for this job on freelance servers.
Online Store Manager
What to do: For this job you will be required to process incoming orders, communicate with customers through the store’s website or social media pages, add order data and customers’ reviews to CRM (customer relationship management), and sometimes update the products (add new pictures or descriptions).
Where you can work: Look for small online stores, local clothing or accessories brands, and small traveling companies. Some vacancies can also be found on freelance servers.
Ghost Writer
What to do: You will need to write fake, mostly positive reviews or comments on articles and posts; write short descriptions of products for social networks and sites, and like posts. You probably do some of this every day when you scroll down your social media feed anyways.
Where can you work: To find such vacancies, look for advertising and SMM agencies, and online stores and offer them your services. The vacancies are also often found in SMM and SEO chats.
Copywriter
What to do: For this position, you will be required to write simple texts to accompany different forms of advertisements. The goal is to be creative and in-tune with current trends.
Where can you work: You could find this job through Instagram bloggers, or large social media groups, computer games, stores, and services (for example, a cosmetics store). The topic of the company may be unfamiliar to you, and you will have to study it.
Junior designer
What to do: For this job, you will need to edit product photos, add logos to pictures and products, create covers for stories on social networks, and cover pictures from profiles on social media
Where you can work: You can find such vacancies on development companies’ websites, online stores, advertising and SMM agencies, online courses, public pages and groups in social networks, online games, and many others.
Translator
What to do: This job would require you to translate simple articles and texts from foreign languages into English or vice versa.
Where you can work: Most often translation assignments can be found on freelance servers.
Meme creator (yup, it exists)
What to do: You might not believe this at first, but companies will actually pay you for creating memes in Photoshop and other funny pictures for social networks.
Where you can work: You can look for openings on the large entertainment pages on Instagram or other social media networks.
Content manager
What to do: For this job, you will be required to update website pages with already-made texts, update the product catalogs, or post on social networks.
Where you can work: Openings can be available on the online stores and their social media accounts, or bloggers’ pages on social media. This type of vacancy can also be found on freelance servers.
Moderator
What to do: This position will require you to delete spam, and inappropriate or obscene comments. You can become a content moderator and accept or reject applications, articles, or messages on the page.
Where you can work: Apply for this position on the large groups and pages on social media, online courses, stores, companies providing services, computer and browser games, forums, Instagram accounts of brands, and SMM and advertising agencies. Also, such vacancies can be found on freelance servers.
Application manager
What to do: For this job, you will need to collect and process applications received through the website or CRM system, edit or manually fill in the Excel tables, and bring all the data together into one table.
Where you can work: Openings for this position can be found in logistics and transportation, online courses, or small private businesses (for example, beauty salons). Again, you can always check out freelance servers looking for this position.
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We have brought to your attention just a few of the most popular options for online jobs that don’t require any experience. In reality, there are hundreds of them, so don’t give up if none of these options work for you. New positions constantly appear on the market and old ones die off. It might seem like these jobs are so easy and only require minimum effort from you, but it’s important to remember that any job will take responsibility, determination, and a desire to learn. Once you have found your niche and started working, you might need to improve your qualifications by passing an online course as well. Remote work’s competition is fierce now, so be prepared to constantly learn something new and develop yourself. In light of recent events, the whole world is moving online, so mastering a profitable online job will be a nice bonus to your college degree.