MY FREELANCING JOURNEY
DREAMS DO COME TRUE
When I was still working as a School Clerk, I've been dreaming of working as Call Center Agent. I am always looking at the big poster of Teleperformance at SM City Masinag. And I told myself, I will be part of it. I will be a Call Center Agent. Then I applied, i didn't expect that I will make it. I passed the initial, assessment, versant and final. To make the long story short, I was part of the BPO Industry for 7 years. From Technical Support Representative to Customer Service to Billing Specialist then Subject Matter Expert and Flex Supervisor. I never imagined that I will get all of this.
In 2018, I heard about freelancing. Data entry, social media manager, lead generation specialist. I tried applying in different freelancing platforms like onlinejobsph and upwork but I never get hired. So I enrolled in freelancing course for 600 pesos while I am working. Sometime I joined the class at 9pm until 11pm and my shift is 4am so I have to wake up early after the training. Most of the time I ended up watching the recorded videos. And luckily we were all given a chance to be an intern to one of the owners Social Media page. So i started posting women empowerment quotes and inspirational quotes and edit it in canva. The client was really happy about the outcome and she even hired after not as a permanent employee but everytime she needs something I will do it for her for free because I want to get more experience. Until 2019 I am still submitting proposals to different freelancing sites but still no luck. I only passed the initial interview then failed the next one. I GAVE UP.
2020, when the pandemic started everyone really wants to wfh, to be a VA, freelancer and I am one of those people. I told myself that I really have to do this again for the health of my family but still no luck. I GAVE UP AGAIN UNTIL 2021.
Then something bad came this 2022, I resigned from my previous company and I tried again applying but still no luck. Until I message one of the client that I never expected will hire me until I saw her message 2 weeks ago that was 2019 hahahahaha I asked her if she has a vacant job but she told me theres none but her friend is looking for a social media manager who can handle her social media accounts. So, I was referred by her. Client message me via WhatsApp, tell me about her business then boom. I got it! 10 hours a week. I was so happy because this is my first client i mean real client hahahhaha then I was referred again by my friend from my previous company her sister in law was looking for a VA for their client but I didn't pass because she told me it is really a hard job and it will be more harder for me since i have no experience yet as VA. BUT
She hired me as her Virtual Assistant. And I was so happy. After 2 weeks she let me handle her new project. And promoted me as a Project Manager. I was really blessed and happy🙂
Everything will fall into places in the perfect time and perfect place. Just always believe in yourself and never ever give up. Once again, This is Abi and this is my FREELANCING JOURNEY.











