Category: Freelancer

Remote Work Tools

Remote Work Tools

Remote & hybrid working is here to stay as we adjust to the pandemic. We’ve recommended some great tools to maximize your productivity whilst remote or hybrid working in 2022:

Video 📹

A reliable video app is essential to your remote/hybrid workflow. Zoom is usually first in the queue but there are others like:

Chat 💬

Ever heard of asynchronous collaboration? That’s what we do when using chat tools to talk to  distributed remote teams. Maximise your inner asynchronicity with:

Project management ⚙️

Managing teams and projects remotely can be heavenly with the right collaborative tools to get things done. We like:

Notes and tasks ✅ 

Taking down notes or maintaining your to-do lists should be a breeze with these:

Storage 📦

Cloud storage is essential to smooth remote working and collaboration. Some great options here include:

Calendar scheduling 📅

We don’t know how the world coped before Calendy (free). It will simplify your life. Immensely. Doodle (free) also deserves a mention here.

Focus 👀

For the times when you need to tune out to get work done:

Why hire Freelancers?

Why hire Freelancers?

Work is evolving. Organizations worldwide are increasingly moving away from traditional employment and hiring freelancers. In the international development and social impact space, skilled freelancers can help organizations unlock their potential by solving complex problems, getting more work done, and completing projects faster. On Jonusta, freelancers support organizations meet their potential. Here are some reasons why should you hire freelancers:  

Cost savings💰

Traditional full-time employees can be expensive. In addition to salary commitments, businesses are responsible for training costs, benefits, health insurance, paid time-off, and payroll taxes. In contrast, hiring a Jonusta freelancer allows your business to eliminate most of these overhead costs without sacrificing work output.

Access to specialized talent 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Talented freelancers offer expertise that businesses/organizations can access with ease. If your business requires a specific skill set for a project, you can identify a freelancer that meets this need. The more experienced a freelancer is, the more value they can bring to a project. 

High-quality work📝

Before hiring a freelancer, you can evaluate their past work portfolio, check out reviews from clients, and interview them to make sure they are the right fit. By successfully completing your project, freelancers build their reputation, expand their portfolio, and increase their chance of future employment or referrals.

Faster deliverables🏃

In addition to offering quality work, freelancers can often provide faster deliverables than full-time employees, and more quickly and accurately. Freelancers generally focus on one project at a time or work within shorter timeframes, which results in increased efficiency and faster project completion.

Access a large talent pool👩‍💼🧑‍💼

By opening your project opportunity to freelancers, companies can access a larger talent pool from around the world. With Jonusta, it’s easier than ever to find and hire talented freelancers.

Risk reduction⬇️

Working with a freelancer allows you to build a contract with specific deliverables before payment. 

No long-term commitment🤝

Freelancers can be hired for a short-term project, for a set amount of time, or to help with long-term projects with specific deliverables. This can give companies greater flexibility when hiring freelancers.

Ease of finding, hiring, and onboarding💻

To begin your search, you can browse through lots of freelancer profiles or create a freelancer job listing on Jonusta and receive personalized proposals from qualified freelancers.

Increased diversity🌍

Freelancers create an opportunity to expand the diversity of your company. A team of individuals from different geographic areas, educational backgrounds, cultures, and work disciplines can significantly increase your ability to handle various projects.

Schedule flexibility☺️

One great benefit of freelancers is that they’re available to be hired whenever you need them. Freelancers are excellent options to meet quickly approaching deadlines. They can step in if something comes up, if you need additional support on a project, or if you need to make up for an absence on your team. 

Fresh perspective🌳

Freelancers bring a new and fresh perspective to a project & can offer unique ideas to a project. This may be a solution to a problem or a different way of understanding your needs. 

Jonusta Freelancer tips

Jonusta Freelancer tips

Welcome to Jonusta – Your friendly International Development Marketplace! We’ve compiled some useful tips to help you when getting started as a freelancer on Jonusta.com.‍

Create a great profile

A fully completed and well-considered profile can help clients get a full picture of your experience and helps Jonusta match you with more relevant projects. From the work categories, you choose to the overview section you write, use every part to emphasize your skills and position yourself as the top-quality professional that you are.

Create sharp proposals

Landing clients starts with your proposal. Be brief, specific, and to the point. Focus on your client’s needs. If a client asks additional questions as part of the job post, give considered responses and supply relevant examples to illustrate your experience. Don’t overpromise and set the right expectations. If you can’t deliver, you could end up with a negative rating and a bad reputation on the platform.

Be prepared for interviews

If you make it to the shortlist stage, your client is likely to interview you. Be professional and show up on time and dress appropriately. Review the job/project description thoroughly and ask thoughtful questions. Ensure you learn as much about the client ahead of time.

Stay patient

It will take time to build your presence on Jonusta. If you’re new, there’s a whole world of information to learn, from marketing yourself to client relationship management.

Next Steps

That’s a whirlwind tour! We hope you find it useful as you start freelancing on Jonusta and your new flexible freelancer life. If you’re not yet a freelancer on Jonusta, sign-up today!