EARN MORE INCOME AS A DIGITAL FREELANCER
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WHAT IS GLOBAL ONLINE WORKFORCE (GLOW)
Global Online Workforce (GLOW) is a programme for aspiring Malaysians to take up freelancing as a career and become digital freelancers. The programme has helped thousands of digital freelancers to secure freelancing jobs via international platforms.
Qualifying Assessment and Profiling Process
GLOW is open to Malaysian above 18 years old that meets one of the following criteria:
- Individual with skills and qualifications who is currently outside of formal employment
- Experienced and/or highly skilled worker who has been retrenched / having more than 30% salary cut
- Unemployed or underemployed graduates with good technical skills and knowledge
Intensive Training as Digital Freelancers
The 3-day intensive training covers on how to create a professional digital freelance profile and portfolio, respond to the common generic requirements, and the processes for onboarding in most digital freelancing platforms. Throughout the training session, various useful tips will be shared for participants to further enhance their skills on job/task searching and bidding in the digital platform.
Information on Safety Net Benefits
Malaysian Digital Freelancers are recommended to be protected with the following basic safety nets for their future savings and health protection.
Freelancing Career Path
The following are the stages to become successful Digital Freelancer:
- Basic Stage – Begin your independent reputation
- Proficient Stage – Build relationship with client by having fixed term contract and work with teammates across the globe.
- Advance Stage – Take lead on bigger projects, become an expert advisor for clients and open up an agency
Freelancing: The New Normal
Introducing gig or freelance economy and its opportunities as an alternative form of employment.
What Will You Learn
The training covers important fundamental concepts to prepare the participant with the basic mindset of becoming a successful digital freelancer.
Participants will be guided on how to create a professional digital freelance profile and portfolio, respond to the common generic requirements, and the processes for onboarding in most digital freelancing platforms. Throughout the session, various useful tips will be shared for participants to further enhance their skills on job/task searching and bidding in the digital platform.
Our Training Modules:
Introduction to Digital Freelancing
Covers on the internet and digital impact that accelerated digital freelancing as the new working norm, define the challenges, risks, rewards and opportunities as digital freelancers, and how to become a successful digital freelancer.
Creating a Digital Freelance Profile/Portfolio
Learn how to create an impactful and presentable digital freelance profile and portfolio, customise the profile and portfolio based on market requirement or by industry, and quote a competitive rate/price on the skills offered.
Digital Freelance Platform: On-boarding
Familiarize with the different types of digital marketplace platforms, onboard and adhere to the common requirements for platform onboarding processes and intuit the payment processing tools and banking systems.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Understand the Market
Overview on client’s perspective on hiring digital freelancers based on the qualities and cost, methods of sourcing out the projects and the copyrights. Details in costing, best practices in quoting the price and the professional etiquettes in digital freelancing business are also covered.
Digital Freelance Platform: Tasks/Jobs Workflow
Learn to manage the different workflows based on methods of sourcing, ways on communicating with potential clients, winning task/jobs, and common payment arrangements and disputes.
Digital Freelance Platform: Tasks/Jobs Searching
Learn the techniques on job search and review, prepare common generic steps to apply/bid for the job package, and respond to the client’s requirements.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Managing and Delivering Tasks/Jobs
Learns on steps of acceptance and confirmation processes once awarded or winning the task/job, managing the time allocated and job completion priorities, frequency and tools to communicate with clients and delivering the task/job professionally.
Digital Freelance Platform: Managing Performance and Ratings
Covers on the purpose and how to maintain the 5-star rating and received reputable reviews and learns to promote the profile and attract potential clients.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Money Management, Insurance and Protection
Learns the importance of money management, insurance, and investing for future plan as a Digital Freelancer and understand the definition of financial credit score and the process to organize the financial records as proof of income.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Continuous Improvements
An overview on the current industry trends and the demand for digital freelancer and post pandemic impact and guidance on enhancing the highly demand skills and improved the portfolio with professional certificates
Introduction to Digital Freelancing
Covers on the internet and digital impact that accelerated digital freelancing as the new working norm, define the challenges, risks, rewards and opportunities as digital freelancers, and how to become a successful digital freelancer.
Creating a Digital Freelance Profile/Portfolio
Learn how to create an impactful and presentable digital freelance profile and portfolio, customise the profile and portfolio based on market requirement or by industry, and quote a competitive rate/price on the skills offered.
Digital Freelance Platform: On-boarding
Familiarize with the different types of digital marketplace platforms, onboard and adhere to the common requirements for platform onboarding processes and intuit the payment processing tools and banking systems.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Understand the Market
Overview on client’s perspective on hiring digital freelancers based on the qualities and cost, methods of sourcing out the projects and the copyrights. Details in costing, best practices in quoting the price and the professional etiquettes in digital freelancing business are also covered.
Digital Freelance Platform: Tasks/Jobs Workflow
Learn to manage the different workflows based on methods of sourcing, ways on communicating with potential clients, winning task/jobs, and common payment arrangements and disputes.
Digital Freelance Platform: Tasks/Jobs Searching
Learn the techniques on job search and review, prepare common generic steps to apply/bid for the job package, and respond to the client’s requirements.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Managing and Delivering Tasks/Jobs
Learns on steps of acceptance and confirmation processes once awarded or winning the task/job, managing the time allocated and job completion priorities, frequency and tools to communicate with clients and delivering the task/job professionally.
Digital Freelance Platform: Managing Performance and Ratings
Covers on the purpose and how to maintain the 5-star rating and received reputable reviews and learns to promote the profile and attract potential clients.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Money Management, Insurance and Protection
Learns the importance of money management, insurance, and investing for future plan as a Digital Freelancer and understand the definition of financial credit score and the process to organize the financial records as proof of income.
Working as Digital Freelancer: Continuous Improvements
An overview on the current industry trends and the demand for digital freelancer and post pandemic impact and guidance on enhancing the highly demand skills and improved the portfolio with professional certificates
OUR PARTNERS
We work with international and local platform partners to provide assurance for our freelancers to bid for jobs & projects in a safe, secure digital enviroment
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SUCCESS STORIES
Success in venturing into a job as a freelancer
“People my age are more interested in working with a company for up to 10 years. To me, that is not very beneficial.” That is what Siti Aishah expressed after she decided to become a digital freelancer. She previously worked in procurement and is stepping into digital freelancing as a translator and virtual assistant.
Siti Aishah binti Sabtu
Freelancer
Embark on a transformative journey with our 3-month intensive training program, designed to empower participants with the essential skills needed to thrive as accomplished digital freelancers in the dynamic sharing and gig economy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- First things first, you need to be computer savvy.
- English language proficiency is also very important since you will be interacting with international clients.
- Possess specialised in-demand skill sets.
- Last but not least and the most important requirement is your commitment, determination and perseverance.