So you’ve made that decision to use your skills to work as a freelancer. You land your first couple of gigs, some of them go according to plan, you get paid as promised and on time too. But what if it did not go according to plan? Here are a few things that could happen:

1) your client refuses to pay a mobilization fee in which case you have to fly blind
2) you put some work in and get into that vicious cycle of changes because your client made vague requirements
3) or worse, you put out some work and your client disappears on you…and appears a year later.

Freelancer valuing their freedom and flexibility, success depends largely on getting compensated for the work they put in. With Efiko Escrow Payment Protection you can now work with clients with a guarantee that all the work you do is funded before you start. You and your client work together with a trusted third party who ensures payment and work requirements are made and delivered as expected. What this means is, as a freelancer you only start working on jobs that have been funded; while as a client you only pay for work that you have received and approved.

Work Without Borders at efiko.co

At Efiko, Escrow Payment is built into the very heart of how you work. Efiko does this using funded-job-milestones. These act as escrow accounts where money paid by a client will be held in trust until you deliver on the requirements for a milestone.

After posting and subsequently awarding a job to you:

1) a client will create one or multiple milestones which divide the job into smaller items
2) each milestone is defined by a title, description of expected requirements, duration and a budget
3) while you as the freelancer will be required to review and approve that you can deliver on the terms of a milestone
4) even though the approval has been given it is highly recommended that you do not start the work until the milestone has been funded
5) the client must then fund each milestone prior to you starting that aspect of the job

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You may have heard of us, seen us at some events or you just really like our nutty mascot; now we want you to hear from us why and how we dreamed up Efiko Freelance Marketplace. We initially didn’t think about the potential of the Nigerian Gig Economy or the unique infrastructure challenges we faced locally. It was more of our personal experiences as Freelancers that sparked our idea.

The Plight of the Seeker.
The economic conditions in the country have not been favorable for job seekers for a while now. Just getting any response from companies after applications is a dream. For this reason a lot of people see freelancing as a means to gain experience and eventually livelihood. Testaments of freelancing in Nigeria is largely found to be unfair with few credible jobs; even with those, the issue of client’s payment plans is frustrating. Many people feel frustrated from freelance work and beat paths back to paid employment.

Trying to make a go of it Alone
Gathering a lot of knowledge and experience with the sole purpose of being self-employed and finding the right jobs to express your creativity and passions seem to have a mutually exclusive relationship. The Nigerian freelance industry as is, is very poorly structured with more tales of challenges than success stories. Freelancers struggle to work efficiently and remotely, with success heavily dependent on; WHO you work with, WHERE you work from and WHAT clients want. Clients easily hold freelancers ransom in undefined projects; and inexperienced freelancers also frustrate clients with hiked rates and incompetence. This birthed our need to simultaneously satisfy both parties, unifying their goals and securing their end results.

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Dandsome:
These days, bosses can give people work for Africa. And as the economy be, no bode de send you to even give you extra pay. Well, man no go kill himself as body no be fire wood.

Below or items to do in the office to show you`re working.

Pray your boss is not a Nairalander, if not all I`ll say is ABORT MISSION

Here we go:-

1. Never walk around without a document:
People with documents look like hardworking employees headed to important meetings. People with nothing in their hands look like they are headed for the cafeteria. People with newspapers in their hands look like they are headed for the toilet. Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you really do.

2. Use computers to look busy:
Any time you use a computer, it looks like "work" to the casual observer. (Never you use your phone to do office work in the office. No matter how sleek and fine your HTC, Phantom 8, iPhoneX or Xiaomi phone is) You can send and receive personal e-mail, update Facebook status, chat and have a blast on Twitter and other social networks without doing anything remotely related to work. These aren't exactly the societal benefits that the proponents of the computer revolution would like to talk about, but they are not bad either. When you get caught by your boss - and you will get caught - your best defence is to claim that you are teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training expenses.

3. Have a messy desk:
Only top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like we're not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace. To the observer, last year's work looks the same as today's work; it's volume that counts. Pile papers and files high and wide. Not all things should be kept carelessly o. If you use N128k to buy the phantom 8, nobody needs to tell you to be careful with it. If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you'll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.

4. Don’t always pick your call and use voicemail:
Rarely pick your call and use voicemail most times. People don't call you just because they want to give you something for nothing - they call because they want you to do work for them. That is no way to live. Screen all your calls through voicemail. If somebody leaves a message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond during lunch hour when you know they are not there - it looks like you are hardworking and conscientious even though you're being a devious weasel.

5. Look impatient and annoyed:
According to George Costanza, you should always try to look impatient and annoyed to give off the impression that you are always busy.

6. Leave the office late:
Always leave the office late, especially when the boss is still around. (Not too late o before the bad guys will rob you of your new iPhone or your samsung Note 8 on your way home. That is if you live in bad neighborhood. Unless you drive home.). You could read magazines and storybooks that you always wanted to read. Make sure you walk past the boss' room on your way out. Send important e-mail at unearthly hours (i.e. 9:35 p.m., 7:05 a.m., etc.) and during public holidays.


7. Creative sighing for effect:

Sigh loudly when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are under extreme pressure.

8. Have a stacking strategy:
It's not enough to pile documents on the table. Put lots of books on the floor (thick computer manuals are the best), etc.

9. Build your vocabulary:
Read up on some computer magazines and pick out all the jargon and new products. Use the phrases freely when in conversation with bosses. Remember; they don't have to understand what you are saying, but you sure sound impressive.

10. Do not forward this to your boss:
Except you have found a new job, do not forward this Gospel to your boss by mistake.


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