Tag: self employment
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It’s OK for Freelancers to Say “No” At Difficult Times
How often do you say “no” to a client or work for reasons other than: The pay is too low You’re too busy The deadline is too short You’re going on holiday They’re a p*ss taker My guess is the answer to that is “rarely.”
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Yeah, I’m GenX and I’m Smashing Freelancing…
I hate labels and I hate stereotypes. As a GenXer, I’m apparently supposed to loath the Baby Boomer “Generation Greed” as much as I’m supposed to hate Millennial “Generation Snowflake”. In a recent amusing news piece on CNBC and featured on HuffPo UK, it was demonstrated that GenX really is the forgotten generation (as we’d…
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Dealing With Those Self-Employed Work Lulls
The first couple of weeks of this new financial year has been a little quiet. I’m not empty of work, but I am finding at the moment that my workload is light. A few contracts have been put on hold and applying for new contracts on elance and odesk is not proving very fruitful. I’m not…
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