Challenges And Hurdles Of Pakistani Freelancers
Mariyam Z.
LinkedIn Marketer — Helping you build an influential Personal Brand on LinkedIn | Turn relationships to leads | Founder @Wordwise Solution | Copywriter
Pakistan is the fifth most populous country and the majority of the people are young. In 2023, freelancing is the new normal. People are earning hundreds and thousands of dollars by selling their skills and digital products.
Still, there are hundreds of challenges for Pakistani freelancers to operate in the international market with their full potential. Some major challenges and hurdles of Pakistani freelancers are mentioned in this article.?
Let’s find out :?
No knowledge About Market Trends & Variations?
The mega issue for Pakistani freelancers is they do not have much authentic and credible knowledge about freelancing market trends and variations. They do not know what they are going to deal with. Things seem quite alien and disturbing to them and apart from the information gap scammers make their lives more vulnerable and difficult. This is a mega problem and we should address this to young solopreneurs of Pakistan via credible sources.
Lack Of Authentic And Certified Training And Guides
The other serious issue is that many people and private institutes are offering freelancing and digital skills and training. Their main objective is to earn money and trick innocent and illiterate people. False and misleading guides and training are the huge gap in the successful career of Pakistani freelancers.
Poor Networking?
It is a famous saying that “Your network is your net worth”. Unfortunately, Pakistani freelancers are poor at building and retaining professional networks. It is the dilemma that they are solopreneurs and still hesitate to connect professionally with new people who really can elevate their success massively. Pakistani freelancers should focus on the art of professional networking.
Poor communication skills?
Poor communication is the key reason for career failure for any struggling young freelancer, solopreneur, or thriving student. Effective communication is the key ingredient for success in every field of life. Being a freelancer if you are unable to grasp the desires and requirements of your clients then your freelancing career is dead. It is always a wise choice to enhance one’s communication skills.
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Low confidence?
Low confidence is the slow poison that perishes one’s career and life too. If you have skills then you must have to be super confident about that. You should be confident enough to cope with the risks and challenges of your life and career excellence.
Inappropriate Pricing
One of the major reasons for freelancers' failure is inappropriate pricing. They do not research the relatively competitive market and price ranges, they also do less effort to grab excellence in their skills. Pricing is like blood in the veins of career success. You have to understand the budget and marginal costs of your target clients.
Rare payment options in Pakistan?
There are rare payment options in Pakistan. Although pioneers are working, it is still a big issue. Our freelancers lose many international freelancing projects due to rare payment options.
Our government should seriously work on this issue.?
These are just a few challenges and hurdles for freelancers in Pakistan. There are plenty of more issues that are the root cause of career failure as a successful freelancer or solopreneur.?
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