DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FREELANCING (A STUDY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT FIDEI POLYTECHNIC, GBOKO)

ABSTRACT The Information Age has affected the workers in several ways. Workers are also being forced to compete in a global job market. Technology has increased job opportunities in developing countries and has promoted the globalization of the workers. Often, workers in low income or developing countries have a competitive advantage which translates into increased opportunities and higher wages. This research was targeted at providing a platform to which, people can sign up according to their skill set or talents and have access to numerous job opportunities. Therefore, freelancers of different skill sets, and expertise can engage and interact with different opportunities. A place where they can work hand in hand with different people on the same industry or collaborate with fellow freelancers to achieve various tasks assigned. To achieve a high level of scalability and platform performance, PHP, JQuery and MySQL were used for developing the server-side. These design choices aim to optimize throughput and scalability in Web applications with many input/output operations, as well as for real-time Web applications. The solution promotes freelancing and self-employment with the use of technology.