Freelance just long enough and you eventually experience cycles of ultimate productivity followed by bouts of ultimate unproductivity. Its actually quite normal and inevitably occurs at some time or another. Our lives are not lived solely as freelancers (most of us anyway) and we have other external forces that affect our work such as sudden…
Scarcity causes you to do dumb things… sober! Usually when it comes to reasons why some freelancers never become successful, things such as work habits, marketing and efficiency come to mind. In other words, the decision making that affect their businesses. What doesn’t come to mind so obviously is a concept that freelancers take for…
I’ve been a freelancer for a little over five years now and I’ve finally come to a point where I am really taking time to evaluate my business to see how I can improve… which is more or less thinking about how to earn more money. My primary conclusion: I could be doing A LOT…
Q. My old company speaks badly of me when contacted by potential employers. What should I do? A. Take action immediately to lessen the chances their negativity could hurt your future employment. Here’s how: If a former boss will speak well of you, supply the hiring company with his/her direct contact information. If you had…
For those freelancers in the States, there’s a little over a month left to go search out those receipts and get your tax returns filed on time. Plenty of time but, if you have been freelancing a while, you then know that the sooner done, the better. No, freelancers don’t have the option of filling…
These days, with all the information out there to help you with freelancing, it should be no problem at all to become successful in a short period of time. You would think so at least. Actually, freelancers are lucky to have a wide range of resources available to them. I’d say you’ve been hiding under…
Are you making serious errors on your LinkedIn without even knowing it? Here are common mistakes and what you can do to fix them. MISTAKE 1: Using a vague profile headline plus ineffective job titles in your Experience section. Such mistakes can ruin your chances of recruiters finding you for the jobs that you want….
I worked with a really talented guy who I thought would never leave the company where we worked … not because he didn’t want to leave … he did. I thought he would never leave because he sold himself so short in his resume, no one would hire him. In a valiant attempt to not…
I’ve noticed that most of the people who attend my Get a Job! workshops are over age 40. This tells me three things about 40+ year olds … They were laid off in droves during the recession They are trying hard to get back to work They are having a tough time getting hired My…
You’ve seen it everywhere; freelancers are making their presence known, even during rough economic periods. Having been one for about eight years now, I’d say freelancing is the greatest job I’ve ever had. Jump right in! Well, not so fast. It takes some time for a freelance business to get wheels underneath it and to…
