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Work-from-home moms, meet Priyanka & Komal
Priyanka Karwa, mother of 2, has been working with us remotely from Thane for the past 8 years. She lives with her family.
Hiring working mothers remotely has laid the foundation of our company even before the pandemic.
In 2015, when we were working on legal education at our first startup iPleaders, we were struggling to hire smart and dedicated people.
As a bootstrapped startup, we could not compete with the budget of funded startups and large companies.
We spent hours interviewing and speaking to talented candidates, but many good candidates would not join as they were not convinced about our future.
Others did not want to take the ownership and responsibility that the job required.
Even those who joined left shortly after getting trained with us for brand name jobs that paid them 2x-3x.
That is when we stumbled upon the idea of hiring work-from-home mothers who could not otherwise work in traditional full-time office jobs.
Priyanka Karwa, mother of 2, has been working with us remotely from Thane for the past 8 years. She lives with her family.
Hiring working mothers remotely has laid the foundation of our company even before the pandemic.
In 2015, when we were working on legal education at our first startup iPleaders, we were struggling to hire smart and dedicated people.
As a bootstrapped startup, we could not compete with the budget of funded startups and large companies.
We spent hours interviewing and speaking to talented candidates, but many good candidates would not join as they were not convinced about our future.
Others did not want to take the ownership and responsibility that the job required.
Even those who joined left shortly after getting trained with us for brand name jobs that paid them 2x-3x.
That is when we stumbled upon the idea of hiring work-from-home mothers who could not otherwise work in traditional full-time office jobs.
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One of our learners recommended that we interview Priyanka Karwa, who lived in the same building.
She had taken tuitions for school kids earlier.
Priyanka started by working part-time for 6 hours. She did very well, and we gave her more responsibilities.
She later went on to head operations in our company.
Today, she heads our placement and freelancing team, which comprises 50+ people, and delivers success to approx. 1600+ students every month.
She also funded the purchase of her husband’s clinic with her earnings so that he could grow his practice as a dentist when he was facing a financial crunch post COVID.
She had taken tuitions for school kids earlier.
Priyanka started by working part-time for 6 hours. She did very well, and we gave her more responsibilities.
She later went on to head operations in our company.
Today, she heads our placement and freelancing team, which comprises 50+ people, and delivers success to approx. 1600+ students every month.
She also funded the purchase of her husband’s clinic with her earnings so that he could grow his practice as a dentist when he was facing a financial crunch post COVID.
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When our content head left, we hired Komal Shah on a part-time basis, a legal and compliance officer with 13+ years multinational experience, to write content for our courses.
There was no way we could hire her normally, she was highly qualified having worked in London and Dublin, but she wanted work from home jobs and we were the only ones who offered work from home job in legal domain that time.
She went on to become the head of the content team later, and today is a co-founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, and heads our Upwork Agency, pitching to startups and remote clients for work that can be performed by our learners.
Similar results were visible in other departments
There was no way we could hire her normally, she was highly qualified having worked in London and Dublin, but she wanted work from home jobs and we were the only ones who offered work from home job in legal domain that time.
She went on to become the head of the content team later, and today is a co-founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, and heads our Upwork Agency, pitching to startups and remote clients for work that can be performed by our learners.
Similar results were visible in other departments
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We realised that in general, work-from-home mothers work harder and are more productive than many people who were working from offices.
They usually have superior problem-solving skills and are more customer-oriented.
We went 50% remote before lockdown in 2017.
Today we have approx. 62% women workforce, of which 60% from small cities.
However, we are sad that millions of women in India are not able to secure such opportunities and have to sacrifice their career to meet their personal obligations, since the remote work revolution was short lived here and organisations insist on working from office.
That is when we decided to support women from India to upskill and work remotely for SMEs, services businesses, startups and professionals in advanced economies like US, UK, Canada, Germany & Dubai.
They usually have superior problem-solving skills and are more customer-oriented.
We went 50% remote before lockdown in 2017.
Today we have approx. 62% women workforce, of which 60% from small cities.
However, we are sad that millions of women in India are not able to secure such opportunities and have to sacrifice their career to meet their personal obligations, since the remote work revolution was short lived here and organisations insist on working from office.
That is when we decided to support women from India to upskill and work remotely for SMEs, services businesses, startups and professionals in advanced economies like US, UK, Canada, Germany & Dubai.
95% of these businesses are not able to hire high quality talent in their home country, or set up a subsidiary in India or send work to an Indian BPO, but they can work with Indian freelancers directly.
Work-from-home women in India and developing countries have a cost advantage in such roles, and their value-generation is further amplified by using AI.
In the last few months, we have been training work-from-home women, especially those who have some professional experience but had to take a career break for personal reasons, to get back into the workforce by performing remote work using AI skill sets.
You can now have the professional success you deserve without worrying about location.
Work-from-home women in India and developing countries have a cost advantage in such roles, and their value-generation is further amplified by using AI.
In the last few months, we have been training work-from-home women, especially those who have some professional experience but had to take a career break for personal reasons, to get back into the workforce by performing remote work using AI skill sets.
You can now have the professional success you deserve without worrying about location.
You don’t have to choose between family and career.Many of our learners have already secured very promising results in a matter of a few months, which I will share in the coming days.
Do you want to find out how you can get started❓
Make sure that you join our free, 3-day, live online bootcamp from 13th - 15th January, 2024, 2:00pm - 5:00pm IST- where we will give you the plan, show you how to find high-potential international clients (like the ones Munmun reached out to) and teach you several skills for free.
We will also show you how to use AI to pitch and deliver 10x better results than your peers.
Make sure that you set an alarm to attend, as this bootcamp is live only and no recordings or presentations will be available.
Do you want to find out how you can get started❓
Make sure that you join our free, 3-day, live online bootcamp from 13th - 15th January, 2024, 2:00pm - 5:00pm IST- where we will give you the plan, show you how to find high-potential international clients (like the ones Munmun reached out to) and teach you several skills for free.
We will also show you how to use AI to pitch and deliver 10x better results than your peers.
Make sure that you set an alarm to attend, as this bootcamp is live only and no recordings or presentations will be available.
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Developed Deshon ki Dhadkan
I am in Singapore this week for investor meetings, and needed a strong internet connection to host the bootcamp over the weekend.
I was trying to find out which hotels can provide me with a LAN port in the room or a business centre with a LAN port so that I can have hi-speed internet.
I dialled a few hotels, and the line repeatedly went unanswered. Then I asked my travel agent to make a few calls.
Collectively, we dialled more than 50 hotels.
Most of the calls went unanswered despite calling during working hours!
I faced this problem many times while calling my own hotel’s reception and house-keeping.
I have seldom faced this problem in India.
I am in Singapore this week for investor meetings, and needed a strong internet connection to host the bootcamp over the weekend.
I was trying to find out which hotels can provide me with a LAN port in the room or a business centre with a LAN port so that I can have hi-speed internet.
I dialled a few hotels, and the line repeatedly went unanswered. Then I asked my travel agent to make a few calls.
Collectively, we dialled more than 50 hotels.
Most of the calls went unanswered despite calling during working hours!
I faced this problem many times while calling my own hotel’s reception and house-keeping.
I have seldom faced this problem in India.
Welcome to the developed first world countries, where there is a huge shortage of talent.
Even when the call was picked up, they seldom had clarity about my question, and couldn’t transfer my phone line to the appropriate person who could answer.
Basically, the ops head at the hotel did not bother to create an SOP or processes.
I couldn’t imagine how much revenue they were losing because of not having offshored their operations to India for the reception and customer support.
This is despite the fact that big hotels and corporations have the ability and resources to engage BPOs.
Can you imagine how desperate startups and SMEs would be to hire talent who can support them to grow❓
This is why I am really gung-ho about India becoming the export services hub of the world.
Even when the call was picked up, they seldom had clarity about my question, and couldn’t transfer my phone line to the appropriate person who could answer.
Basically, the ops head at the hotel did not bother to create an SOP or processes.
I couldn’t imagine how much revenue they were losing because of not having offshored their operations to India for the reception and customer support.
This is despite the fact that big hotels and corporations have the ability and resources to engage BPOs.
Can you imagine how desperate startups and SMEs would be to hire talent who can support them to grow❓
This is why I am really gung-ho about India becoming the export services hub of the world.
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Post the pandemic and remote work revolution, the wands of victory lie not in the hands of the BPOs and the KPOs, but in the hands of the remote freelancer who sits in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 city in India, or a woman who had to give up her career for her family, who learns a few internationally relevant high-demand skills, builds a track record and does outreach.
We can help them with remote customer support, remote operations work, remote social media marketing, remote any service that can be exported from India.
It’s no longer about why they will give us work.
It’s about why they desperately need us and cannot afford to say no to us.
That is why we have identified the role of a “startup generalist” or a “virtual assistant” as a key role for global startups, SMEs and professionals to grow - these people are going to be the life-force without which global business ideas cannot be executed and manifested in reality.
We can help them with remote customer support, remote operations work, remote social media marketing, remote any service that can be exported from India.
It’s no longer about why they will give us work.
It’s about why they desperately need us and cannot afford to say no to us.
That is why we have identified the role of a “startup generalist” or a “virtual assistant” as a key role for global startups, SMEs and professionals to grow - these people are going to be the life-force without which global business ideas cannot be executed and manifested in reality.
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How to use AI to conduct an audit of a brand’s social media profile
Here’s a video from Yash Vijayvargiya, Director of our Upskilling Courses and the AI evangelist for remote freelancers, who shows How to use AI to conduct an audit of a brand’s social media profile and send a compelling pitch for work.
https://youtu.be/NExx5S2dRuU
https://youtu.be/NExx5S2dRuU
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Don't worry we have got you covered !
Here's a recap video for you.
Don't worry we have got you covered !
Here's a recap video for you.
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Don't worry if you missed out on Day 1 or Day 2 !
Here is a recap video for you, watch this and be ready for more informative and exciting Day 3.
See you in the Bootcamp at 2 PM.
Here is a recap video for you, watch this and be ready for more informative and exciting Day 3.
See you in the Bootcamp at 2 PM.
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Your time to shine as an AI-powered superhuman professional
Only fools say that AI will take away our jobs.
The fact is, AI will take away THEIR jobs & you will massively increase YOUR income with AI.
How?
Until now, you needed specialised knowledge & a degree from a high-profile institution to earn well. AI is making this redundant very quickly.
But there are things AI cannot do.
Those are matters of human judgement, sensibilities & trust.
🌟Reply "More" in the comments below👇 to know how AI will change the world for people like you & how we can make you a super professional this weekend.
For eg. A specialist writing for years, hardly has any knowledge advantage, thanks to AI. But he/ she may still have a better understanding of what readers would or wouldn’t like, what they want to pay for, what they share with friends, etc.
Combine questions of judgement & sensibility with AI & you can’t touch them.
The AI powered super-professionals are coming. Want to be one of them?
Only fools say that AI will take away our jobs.
The fact is, AI will take away THEIR jobs & you will massively increase YOUR income with AI.
How?
Until now, you needed specialised knowledge & a degree from a high-profile institution to earn well. AI is making this redundant very quickly.
But there are things AI cannot do.
Those are matters of human judgement, sensibilities & trust.
🌟Reply "More" in the comments below👇 to know how AI will change the world for people like you & how we can make you a super professional this weekend.
For eg. A specialist writing for years, hardly has any knowledge advantage, thanks to AI. But he/ she may still have a better understanding of what readers would or wouldn’t like, what they want to pay for, what they share with friends, etc.
Combine questions of judgement & sensibility with AI & you can’t touch them.
The AI powered super-professionals are coming. Want to be one of them?
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How AI combined with your judgments and sensibilities can change everything?
You can use AI not only to write but you can now also design or create illustrations.
You can turn the text you wrote into a screenplay as smoothly as a 10 years experienced screenwriter. You can then get a video made with AI in 10 minutes.
You can write the social media posts you will need to promote the video using AI, and the outcome will be better than that provided by 90 percent of social media managers.
You can even write an HR Handbook just as someone with 10 years of HR experience would do. Perhaps even better.
You can even create an operational handbook as a six sigma black belt in operational excellence would perhaps do, and you will do it faster using AI.
You can use AI not only to write but you can now also design or create illustrations.
You can turn the text you wrote into a screenplay as smoothly as a 10 years experienced screenwriter. You can then get a video made with AI in 10 minutes.
You can write the social media posts you will need to promote the video using AI, and the outcome will be better than that provided by 90 percent of social media managers.
You can even write an HR Handbook just as someone with 10 years of HR experience would do. Perhaps even better.
You can even create an operational handbook as a six sigma black belt in operational excellence would perhaps do, and you will do it faster using AI.
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Professionals will have to do a lot of extra value add, because the non-value add work is now gone.
Now you can look at this situation as some kind of dystopia. Or you can learn to use AI so that you can do all these tasks and become the boss to all of these professionals.
You can be the dream hire for many startups – an all in one business growth manager. A multi-talented, AI-powered, turbo generalist.
How is that for career growth? Hard to believe but exciting? Want proof❓
You do not need to learn how to code AI or write algorithms. You don’t have to learn tech – just as you did not learn any tech to use Google search.
Yet, there are still people who can use Google search to find relevant information and those who can’t.
Similarly, there are people who can use AI to get stuff done faster and those who cannot, and so complain about how AI is no good. Super-powered professionals will drive the business growth of the next decade and beyond.
Do you want to be one of them❓
Now you can look at this situation as some kind of dystopia. Or you can learn to use AI so that you can do all these tasks and become the boss to all of these professionals.
You can be the dream hire for many startups – an all in one business growth manager. A multi-talented, AI-powered, turbo generalist.
How is that for career growth? Hard to believe but exciting? Want proof❓
You do not need to learn how to code AI or write algorithms. You don’t have to learn tech – just as you did not learn any tech to use Google search.
Yet, there are still people who can use Google search to find relevant information and those who can’t.
Similarly, there are people who can use AI to get stuff done faster and those who cannot, and so complain about how AI is no good. Super-powered professionals will drive the business growth of the next decade and beyond.
Do you want to be one of them❓
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We have a free bootcamp where we can teach you the following over three evenings, three hours each:
👉🏻 How to design like a professional designer using AI
👉🏻 How to sharpen your writing and write narratives and stories like Salman Rushdie or non-fiction prose like Malcolm Gladwell
👉🏻 How to edit a video in 10 minutes even if you never have done this before – something that a human professional takes at least an hour to edit without AI
👉🏻 How to make a sales playbook in minutes even though you never did it before
👉🏻 How to automate operations in a startup even if you have never worked in ops before
👉🏻 How to use AI to recover dues and payments without learning how to draft legal notices
👉🏻 How to use agent-GPT to grow a social media account better than top social media experts
Basically, you can learn in one weekend how to be a super professional, or turbo generalist, powered by AI, if you want.
In themselves, these skills are not hard to learn. You can go on Twitter or YouTube right now and find a bunch of demos. But even finding the right demos is a skill that you probably don’t have because you are not tapping into the right network.
👉🏻 How to design like a professional designer using AI
👉🏻 How to sharpen your writing and write narratives and stories like Salman Rushdie or non-fiction prose like Malcolm Gladwell
👉🏻 How to edit a video in 10 minutes even if you never have done this before – something that a human professional takes at least an hour to edit without AI
👉🏻 How to make a sales playbook in minutes even though you never did it before
👉🏻 How to automate operations in a startup even if you have never worked in ops before
👉🏻 How to use AI to recover dues and payments without learning how to draft legal notices
👉🏻 How to use agent-GPT to grow a social media account better than top social media experts
Basically, you can learn in one weekend how to be a super professional, or turbo generalist, powered by AI, if you want.
In themselves, these skills are not hard to learn. You can go on Twitter or YouTube right now and find a bunch of demos. But even finding the right demos is a skill that you probably don’t have because you are not tapping into the right network.
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By coming to this bootcamp, you can change that, and be part of India’s most advanced professional ecosystem – SkillArbitrage.
There is something more valuable than these skills though.
How do you use these skills to start earning USD 2000 or more per month working remotely from home?
How will you convince US and UK small and medium businesses and startups to hire you to give such work where you can deploy these skills?
How can you use these skills to start and scale your own business or startup?
Those are even more valuable skills, which nobody will teach you.
But we will.
Just come to our bootcamp and bring your notebook and thinking cap.
We will move through a lot and we will move fast. Every minute there will be a storm of learning, insights, and pathbreaking actionables. Come prepared to change your life.
Our FREE, LIVE online bootcamp is scheduled for 3rd February, 12:00pm - 3:00pm IST
Register Now if you haven't already
Here is your registration link: https://skillarbitra.ge/work-with-us-clients-using-ai-tools?p_source=tele_warm
There is something more valuable than these skills though.
How do you use these skills to start earning USD 2000 or more per month working remotely from home?
How will you convince US and UK small and medium businesses and startups to hire you to give such work where you can deploy these skills?
How can you use these skills to start and scale your own business or startup?
Those are even more valuable skills, which nobody will teach you.
But we will.
Just come to our bootcamp and bring your notebook and thinking cap.
We will move through a lot and we will move fast. Every minute there will be a storm of learning, insights, and pathbreaking actionables. Come prepared to change your life.
Our FREE, LIVE online bootcamp is scheduled for 3rd February, 12:00pm - 3:00pm IST
Register Now if you haven't already
Here is your registration link: https://skillarbitra.ge/work-with-us-clients-using-ai-tools?p_source=tele_warm
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Many of you may recall a video that went viral a few months back - of a senior executive in a bank screaming abuse at his teammates and humiliating them in front of their colleagues on a video call.
You can find this video online!
While the video triggered some of the worst memories of my life as a salaried employee of India Inc., it also reminded me exactly why I decided to stop looking for a job and become a freelancer in 2020.
Toxic bosses who feel threatened by more competent junior colleagues. Daily insecurities. Constant humiliation.
Zero growth opportunities even after a decade of dedicated service.
No respect for experience or integrity.
Can you relate to this❓
You can find this video online!
While the video triggered some of the worst memories of my life as a salaried employee of India Inc., it also reminded me exactly why I decided to stop looking for a job and become a freelancer in 2020.
Toxic bosses who feel threatened by more competent junior colleagues. Daily insecurities. Constant humiliation.
Zero growth opportunities even after a decade of dedicated service.
No respect for experience or integrity.
Can you relate to this❓
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