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Freelancing has been developing for many decades.

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And in recent years, it has become a frequent choice for the professional career of specialists in many fields.

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This form of employment is developing very dynamically.

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Forecasts indicate that the development trend will continue in the next decade and will grow.

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This development has a global character.

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The projected growth of the freelancing market will multiply by 2032.

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Freelancing is seen as an attractive form of professional career, especially for people from younger generations.

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The most frequently mentioned advantages include being boss of yourself, control of one's own professional development path,

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the ability to work from anywhere, flexible working hours, income from multiple sources, better work-life balance.

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Undoubtedly, this is true, but there is also the other side of the coin. Being a freelancer requires effort.

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Skills in the field in which a freelancer works are treated as basic and obvious today.

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They are also easy to verify, either by verifying them during the interview or through references.

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But these skills are not everything.

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The Antaev research points to numerous additional skills that are crucial in freelance career.

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We have grouped these skills into six basic areas.

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Foundations of freelancing and entrepreneurship, project planning and delivery project management.

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Building a strong professional identity, client acquisition and relationship building.

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Continuous learning and professional growth.

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Personal effectiveness and resilience self-management.

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Two MOOCs have been prepared for each of these areas.

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Their goal is to increase the competence of a freelancer in a given area, to make it easier to choose courses.

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We have proposed the competency test cat.

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It will allow you to identify those areas in which it is worth investing your time.

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The same tool can be used to assess progress after completing courses.

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Each of the courses is scheduled for 12 hours.

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And completion is confirmed by a certificate.

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The participant can obtain a micro-credential giving half an ECTS credit.

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The research and courses were carried out by an international consortium within the Antaev project part of the Erasmus Plus program.

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The consortium consists of six universities from five European countries.

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Spain, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine, as well as Indonesia, representing Asian countries.

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The leader of the consortium is the Krakow University of Economics from Poland.