What does freelancer mean?

First, the word "freelancer" is far less appropriate than its corresponding English name. "Self-employment" means hiring yourself, which is translated by Hong Kong people as "self-employment". According to Webster's dictionary, freelancers are: people who work independently and are not affiliated with any organization; A person who engages in a profession without making a long-term commitment to any employer. More accurate definition: it is a mental worker (writer, editor, accountant, etc. ) or service provider. They find their own jobs under their own guidance and often work from home, but not always. Alias: consultant, temporary worker, contractor, free agent, solo agent, solo worker, freelancer, solo artist, people who work by telephone and telecommunications (especially in Europe), virtual employees, and virtual business owners (very popular at present). In China, freelancers include three types of people: the first type is small businessmen, such as the owners of individual retail stores, snack bars, printing shops and decoration companies; The second type is salesmen who have no basic salary, such as life insurance consultants, real estate agents, advertising agencies and pyramid schemes; The third is professionals, such as photographers, patent agents, lawyers, accountants, dentists, technical consultants, management consultants, plumbers and electricians. Their independence, their freedom to do things in their own way, and their honor as experts in their fields are far more important than pure money. Most freelancers like to do it themselves. They don't want to hire help because they don't believe that others will do as well as they do. Most freelancers don't like to partner with others because they don't believe that others will do things the way they like. Sadly for freelancers, the more successful their career is, the longer they work and the shorter they spend with their families. Second, freelancers refer to individuals who have legal income without legal cooperation with the system or investors. For the new people in contemporary cities, most of them are people who follow art, such as freelance writers, artists, musicians, computer elites, planners and so on. Of course, with the development of society, the relaxation of system and the progress of technology, freelancers are also expanding into other fields. Scholars point out that doctors and lawyers will become the largest group of freelancers. Compared with freelancing, there are not only traditional employment occupations, but also contract occupations. In the 1990s, contract occupation was an attractive word relative to the system, and many contract writers, contract actors, column hosts and so on were born. Famous writers Wang Shuo, musicians Hao Feng and Tan Dun were all hot spots captured by the media at that time. Freelancers enjoy a free and easy life, but sometimes they have to pay for their livelihood because their level and reputation are not up to the height of "signing a contract". But in any case, the yearning for this way of life has always been the dream of the vast majority of new and new human beings who are dissatisfied with the status quo of life and cynical. Two years ago, Xi 'an reported that "20% college graduates in Xi 'an are still in suspense and want to be SOHO after graduation". Some people think that all people without formal units can be called freelancers, including the unemployed and the unemployed. This view is wrong. The so-called freelancing means having a career first and then freedom. A person who has no job and can't find a job cannot be called a freelancer. Americans Robert and Sharon divide all the people in the world into four categories and four quadrants in their book The Road to Financial Freedom of Rich Dad: e, employees; S, freelancer; B. the owner of the enterprise; Me, the investor. They think that all four types of people have their own ideal living conditions: e, employees, I have a job; B, the business owner, others work for me; S, freelancer, this job belongs to me; Me, the investor, money works for me. Obviously, as a freelancer, you should have at least one ability to settle down, such as writing, photography, animation and so on. For those unemployed people who have nothing, nothing, the unemployed can not be called freelancers. Becoming a freelancer is not an easy task. To become a freelancer, you must have certain knowledge and skills, social viability and strong will. Without survival skills and corresponding social relations, you are not qualified to be a freelancer, and those who become freelancers are by no means incompetent and mediocre. The accurate definition of freelancer is a person who works independently, does not belong to any organization, engages in a certain occupation and does not make long-term commitments to any employer. They are usually mental workers or service providers. They find their own jobs under their own guidance and often work from home, but not always. SOHO is the abbreviation of smalloffice and homeoffice, especially those freelancers who work from home. Including writers, writers, painters, American editors, website designers, etc. According to the survey, 70% SOHO people work at home all or most of the time. They are mainly managers and professionals in the IT industry, and rely on modern information transmission tools such as Internet, fax and telephone to communicate with the outside world. In addition, 40% people who work from home belong to what people usually call "starting their own company" and freelancers. Freelancers can be roughly divided into three categories: SOHO, MORE and MO. SOHO refers to the new class working at home. SOHO clan (small office/home office) appeared with the improvement of computer age, material civilization and spiritual civilization. The appearance of computers, on the one hand, speeds up the pace of society and life, and the creation of social values must keep up with the speed of computers, so everything is accelerating, and time always seems to be insufficient. On the other hand, after all, computers have liberated the labor force, saved a lot of working hours and promoted the birth of "leisure culture", and the pace of work and life can be slowed down under the free control of time. SOHO people are those who enjoy the soothing rhythm brought by computer convenience. SOHO originated in the United States in the middle and late 1980s, and became popular in developed countries and regions around the world by the end of 1980s. After landing in China in the early 1990s, it quickly set off a whirlwind in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and other big cities. At present, there are 3.6 million people working in SOHO in Germany alone. 25% of IBM employees in Germany work for the company at home. In the United States, 30 million people now have home offices. The emergence of SOHO clan marks the rise of freelancers. Born in the late 1990s, the more (mobile office building) community in Silicon Valley in the United States, that is, the interactive business residential area, is a brand-new community concept evolved from SOHO in Europe and America in 2000. It is an extension of SOHO people based on human nature, so it is also called the "post-SOHO era", which embodies the humanistic spirit, the supremacy of human rights and people-oriented. Up to now, it has been handed down in our family for three generations. The first generation of home is a traditional home, completely divorced from work, providing a harbor for family members to rely on, giving people warmth and security. The second generation of artists are SOHO style and LOFT style, with home as the workshop mode. Is a completely open home, no privacy, convenient for customers to visit and communicate. The third generation of home is a more community that is both divorced from work and related to work. The householder and his family not only have a workshop, but also have their own sky, which is more humane, more affectionate, more concerned about people's needs and more integrated into society. This updated 1+ 1 living mode will replace SOHO in the near future. Mo nationality is the English abbreviation of mobile-office, which is a brand-new way of working for modern white-collar workers. They are luxuriously equipped, homeless and cosmopolitan, and can start working anytime and anywhere with tools such as laptops and mobile phones. They spend most of their time on planes, trains and travel. They are real vagrants, flexible in work, unpredictable and well paid, fully enjoying all kinds of convenient and fashionable life brought by modern high technology. As a new fashion group, their romance, their vagrancy, their haste and their achievements make them the most beautiful working group at present and the most envied object of new and new youth. They occupy the advantages of the times more than SOHO people and have broader development prospects. The article is quoted from: /guotai_fangla