freelance

Hey all, Unfortunately in my last freelance role I was fired.. A combination of a lack of experience (in this role) and challenging circumstances. I intend to learn from my mistakes, and look for a similar job soon. However, does anyone have any advise on how to tackle the inevitable question...

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Hey there! Lately, I'm very frustrated about Fiverr, and this is my experience. I'm a veteran seller since 2014. I have over 1500 reviews. I have maintained excellent rating all these years. I have made ten’s of thousands profit to this website. Why am I saying all this? Because my gigs dropped...

New Study: Health Care Is Freelancers' Biggest Concern Freelancers want laws that promote more flexible working conditions, a more equitable tax system and higher wages. Continue reading...

What's Your Freelancer Happiness Score? Why Employer Branding Needs to Rethink the Future of Work Given the seismic shift in the world of work, you'd think employers would place more value on their freelance workforce. You'd be wrong. Continue reading...

Stop Trying to Pay Freelancers in “Exposure” Becoming a freelancer — even if it’s just a side gig — is probably one of the most terrifying and exciting leaps of faith you can make. The freelancing world presents a lot of ... Continue reading...

The new Digital Freelancer Nanodegree program launches in MENA This new Nanodegree program will help empower aspiring learners in the region to acquire the skills necessary to succeed in the global digital economy, with a special emphasis on women, and young work... Continue reading...

7 Things I Did When Things Got Slow As A Freelancer A friend sent me a photo today. It was a reminder of a project I did back in 2012 or 2013. I was a “Freelancer” at that time. Which really meant I was just doing whatever I could to make money. Continue reading...

What is lost when contracts bar freelancers from discussing pay? The pay seemed too low for the time commitment, so I declined. Not long afterward, a fellow freelancer mentioned that he’d been approached with the same assignment for higher pay. I don’t know why thi... Continue reading...

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6 (Easy) Ways to Make Money Online You can join one of the top freelance networks such as Freelancer or Upwork to kick start making money online through freelancing. After signing up and completing your profile, upload some samples of ... Continue reading...

How to manage your finances as a freelancer Freelancers need to be especially proactive with their finances, says financial advisor Winnie Sun. The first step, Sun says, is to consider expenses and put a budget in place. And if you don't have a ... Continue reading...

The role of the creative freelancer in the modern advertising world You need only step into a coffee shop in any major city to observe that the freelance economy is thriving. Armed with laptops and lattes, this emergent creative elite flits between projects as it does ... Continue reading...

Mapping the emotional labor and work of visual journalism A QUT journalism academic says the current freelancer-heavy market for media professionals could be preventing photographers and video journalists who report on traumatic news events from accessing th... Continue reading...

Small business human capital management platform - Veristo - launches for freelancer management MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mile Out Inc. (Mile Out), has launched Veristo, a human capital management software platform for small businesses to source, engage, and manage the...

QuiGig Launches New Mobile Application to Offer On-the-Go Access to Freelance Marketplace and Community HOUSTON, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- QuiGig, the decentralized, community-driven freelancer marketplace, is now available as a mobile app, providing freelancers and employers with one-click...

Should You Ever Work For Free, As A Freelancer? As news emerges of a freelance producer doing an unpaid shift at the BBC World Service last month and then being denied a taxi home at the end of his shift at midnight, the question surrounding freela... Continue reading...

Big Considerations When Traveling for Work When traveling for work when self-employed, you can book your travel any way you want, but it is important to look at your budget, taxes, and other concerns before booking a work trip as a freelancer ... Continue reading...

This New Platform Aims to Help Freelancers Boost Their Marketing Skills Fiverr is rolling out a program called Learn. Continue reading fa-external-link

5 Challenges of a Nigerian Freelancer With unemployment on the rise in Nigeria, Nigerians have turned to the one thing that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon: the internet. With every hour, more Nigerians are ditching ... Continue reading...