New standards for remote working for your freelance assignment

Getting up early, bathing, eating breakfast and leaving home for your workplace on time was the norm until the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Being a freelancer who worked from home was considered odd and not very professional. After all, a home worker was a stay-at-home mom who packed cards at home to earn a little extra money, for example. Nowadays, people know better, which also caused a change in the standards of remote working. In this article, we'll tell you more about it.

What is remote working?

Remote working involves working remotely. With this form of working, you do not necessarily have to go to the office or your workplace every day because you can do the work in any other place. This other place can be your bedroom but also a sunny beach or your own home office.

New standards

Remote freelance websites

The Internet did very much change the way we conduct our activities. Of course, this also applies to your work as a freelancer. After all, it made you less dependent on an employment agency to find suitable assignments.

With a smartphone with a good Internet connection, you can basically already visit several freelance websites. There you choose the assignments that really appeal to you. Since remote working also allows you to do assignments from people outside the Netherlands, you therefore have a wider choice. Especially if you know several languages you can expand your working area as a remote freelancer.

Remote communication

When working as a remote freelancer, it is often necessary to communicate with the client. Earlier you did that by meeting the person somewhere, by phone or by fax. Digitization expanded these communication options with sending E-mail messages, various live chat options and conference call methods. Zoom is very popular these days but Teams and Skype also allow you to do this part of your job well.

Working hours and location

We mentioned in an earlier paragraph that as a remote freelancer you decide your work location and times. Now it is even the case that, like a nomad, you can perform your work from different countries. With that, you also often work in more than one time zone at hours that suit you best. Also, the currency type of your payment may then differ from the local means of payment.

Your financial administration

It is still handy to have a bank account when you are doing freelance assignments. This way you know for sure that your money is always available. By using Knab in combination with Moneybird and Toggle, you can quickly and easily set up a well-organized financial administration. This will enable you to always meet your tax obligations on time. Read more about these three tools here.

Personal online branding

Of course you wish to stand out among all the other freelancers. That increases your chances of nice a freelance assignment while also being a way to motivate yourself. Therefore, make sure to personalize your business plan that you integrate into your social media profiles. Having a website that draws attention to your working methods and personal development is, like vlogging, also a nice way to score clients.

As you go along, you'll find out for yourself what works for your situation, completing your transition to being a remote freelancer.

Good luck.