Freelance - Youth Trend

As an SEO content collaborator, Ms. Vo Thi Truong An (Nhon Thanh Trung commune, Tan An city) often works on a laptop.

Many advantages...

Unlike the 8-hour office work day, today's youth prefer the trend of freelancing to flexibly arrange time, location and workload, thereby balancing work and personal life.

Ms. Vo Thi Truong An (born in 2001, residing in Nhon Thanh Trung Commune, Tan An City, Long An Province) graduated from the International Trade Law major at the University of Economics and Law. She is currently a SEO content collaborator for a reputable Agency with the main task of creating quality articles that attract high traffic on the Internet platform. Sharing about her decision to switch to freelance work, Ms. An said: “Although office work is stable, the recruitment process requires a lot of practical experience, making it difficult for people who have just graduated from university like me. During this time, I was introduced to freelance work by friends and decided to try it out.”

Since the end of 2023, freelance work has brought Ms. An an income of about 5 million VND/month. "I live with my family so I don't worry too much about food and accommodation. I'm also quite frugal when it comes to going out and traveling so I don't spend much money," Ms. An added.

Sharing the same opinion as Ms. An, Mr. Dinh Cong Minh (born in 2001, residing in My An commune, Thu Thua district) works freelance because he wants to have more time to take care of himself and his family. “The advantage of freelance work is flexible hours, no need to wake up too early to go to the company, avoiding traffic jams, hot weather, rain and wind. Especially, I can work in the spaces I want such as at home, coffee shops” - Mr. Minh shared.

Mr. Dinh Cong Minh (My An commune, Thu Thua district) does many freelance jobs related to programming, each job brings in an average income of 1.5-2 million VND/month.

Coming from a background in software engineering, Minh has taken on many outsourcing jobs (a form of outsourcing services from companies) with an income of 1.5-2 million VND/month for 1 job. Before that, he also worked as a tutor, with a salary of about 5 million VND/month. Talking about his future plans, Minh said that he will continue to train himself, learn and use many different programming languages ​​to serve his work.

...but also many challenges

When choosing to become a freelancer, young people must constantly improve their skills and knowledge to meet market demands. In addition, being a freelancer also faces many challenges such as difficulty in managing time and expenses, unstable income, lack of benefits, little communication with colleagues, etc. However, many young people do not hesitate and always strive to develop themselves to overcome challenges.

In addition to the form of freelance work without signing a labor contract, there is also the form of full-time remote work - working full-time remotely, with guaranteed legal rights and no need to go to the office or company. Mr. Bui Dac Hung (born in 2001, residing in Ward 2, Tan An City) is a full-time remote artificial intelligence engineer at DevUP Technology Academy with an income of 18-20 million VND/month. His main job is to receive requests from superiors, then analyze, solve programming problems, collect data, and build artificial intelligence models.

Mr. Bui Dac Hung (Ward 2, Tan An City) is pursuing a remote artificial intelligence engineer job with an attractive salary.

Talking about the challenges of working remotely, Mr. Hung said: “I have to manage my own time and do not receive immediate support when I have problems. If you let your work go for 1-2 days, you will have to stay up all night to finish it, which can lead to a decline in health even more than when working in the office.” To overcome this, he often divides his time during the day and focuses on work, avoiding stagnation and backlogs. In financial management, Mr. Hung follows the 50:30:20 formula. Of which, 50% is for essential needs such as paying rent, electricity, water; 30% is for personal needs such as shopping, going out with friends; the remaining 20% ​​is used for savings.

Mr. Hung confided: “I think the important thing when working freelance is to have a sense of responsibility. The assigned tasks always have a clear deadline, based on that, I will plan each week to do it. At first, I also miscalculated the time, specifically the time needed to complete the work was longer than I thought. The first two weeks, I felt exhausted, but thanks to that, I gained more experience in estimating time, easily discussing with my manager about the amount of work to be completed in 1 week. From here, I am interested in the job and have more time to do other favorite things.”

In addition to studying English at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Thanh Khiet (born in 2002, residing in An Luc Long commune, Chau Thanh district) also tried her hand at freelance work to earn extra income and gain experience. Khiet's main job is an online teaching assistant, specializing in evaluating students' submissions at English centers, then providing solutions for them to improve their foreign language skills. On average, Khiet receives a salary of 5-6 million VND per month from this job. Faced with increasingly difficult demands of the labor market, Khiet constantly improves her expertise to "survive" and develop by taking a number of online training courses specializing in pedagogy and foreign languages.

Freelancing is gradually becoming a popular trend among young people because of its flexibility and initiative. However, to succeed on this path, young people need to equip themselves with the necessary knowledge and skills as well as determination and a desire to learn./.

Ngoc Han

Source: https://baolongan.vn/nghe-tu-do-xu-huong-cua-gioi-tre-a179997.html