The environment in Russia is perfect for finding a freelancing job because of the cash economy. There are opening for foreign freelancers who are industrious in the local markets across Russia. Freelancers are no longer have to deal with just local clients as a result of the new trends in global business. You can find these freelancing jobs in Russia in the St. Petersburg Classifieds.
Many of these freelancing jobs involve culture and languages. This can be difficult in areas where it can be justified to hire a foreigner because it is so inexpensive to hire skilled Russian labor.
Russia is a primary player in the software field because of their outstanding services and expanding global market. The software development businesses that are located offshore require their staff to be fluent many languages including English.
Cultural awareness and customer service is very important to these businesses. Unlike the customer service standards in the west the customer service standards in Russia are very different. Russian people never cut off a customer, routinely volunteer information, and their manners on the telephone are never abrupt or discourteous. It isn’t an unusual practice for freelancers to provide training in these Western types of business practices because these types of problems are common to all companies who have foreign clients.
It is becoming common practice to outsource these services because the businesses and service sectors find it less economical to hire and train full time employees rather than to subcontract the services that are required. The Internet is used extensively to outsource these services. Programming, graphic design, email enquiries, and writing website content are all subject to outsourcing.
You can become an outsourced worker that is if you are based in Russia. The virtual office is becoming more popular all the time thanks to telecommuting and e commuting. You can work in Russia where the overhead is lower, if you can live in your own country and work from home.
In Russia the availability of the Internet is good and constantly improving. Skype is very inexpensive and international phone card can be purchased for about $5 and provide about two hours of calling time. Also becoming increasingly available is cable Internet. ADSL is available in St. Petersburg for about $27/month and low speed connections (28kb/s to 56kb/s) that use domestic lines are also available for about 30 cents/hour.
On the Internet there are many freelancing employment websites and forums that advertise job positions. One of the best is the St. Petersburg Classifieds. However, you need to be careful because there are numerous work from home scams that will promise you a huge income for little or no work. When you are using the Internet it is best to use your intuition. However, you don’t have to worry about this when you are using the St. Petersburg Classifieds to find a freelance job because they screen all of their prospective employers.
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