DVDs for learning, freelancing

Some organisations have released DVDs (digital versatile discs) for learning of freelancing activities. This is quite a useful initiative since many young people are trying to learn how to work as freelancers, especially maintaining a virtual office and communicating with an employee staying thousands of miles away from a freelancer working in Dhaka. These working people cannot always attend formal classes for want of time or money to meet costs of institutional training. Thus, freelancing DVDs have created a good opportunity for youths. These DVDs allow them to practice as per their convenience. However, the quality of training, as offered through the DVDs, should be improved. Also, some companies are using sub-standard DVDs that do not last many days. These organisations are not only causing problems to freelancers, they are also ruining their own business prospect. The market of freelancing jobs is most likely to expand in the coming days and the people would then look for high quality DVDs that also offer better learning opportunities at competitive costs. There should be official support for freelancing education to equip everyone concerned with adequate skills for competing globally through better use of DVDs.

Md. Arifur Rahman Sumon

Savar, Dhaka