One of the most common questions I get is where the opportunity is in freelancing. It’s one of my favorite, because staying focused on what businesses are paying for is one of the most important rules of independent work.
Finding out business needs usually involves sorting through job listings and all other kinds of manual labor. Lately though, everyone’s been taking freelancing more seriously and Upwork
decided to help everybody out a little bit.
Just this week they released their
first quarterly skills index. It lists the fastest growing skills for the second quarter of 2016. If you’re looking for where to find the most opportunity as a freelancer, look
them over. Check out that link, but here are some of the highlights…
- Shopify development
- English proofreading
- SEO writing
- Animation
- Virtual assisting
- Data mining
- Video editing
- Lead generation
- Java Development
- Android
Development
- Accounting
Freelancing is developing fast, which is why this week’s tip is,
Keep an open mind.
You never know where your freelance career can grow or where you’ll find opportunity, so stay flexible, and always be listening.
Megan.