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Things to consider before you start freelancing as a student
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
With the economy like it is and the fact that jobs are becoming harder and harder to find, more students are wanting to turn away from the future rat race of finding a job and become self employed as a freelancer. That is great and all, but are you cut out for it?
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Tags: starting, student freelancing, things to consider
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Fundamentals for your online freelance portfolio
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
In this economic climate thousands of freelance students are finding it tougher than ever to land their perfect job. After studying for many years and racking up a huge debt it can be utterly demoralizing to find that once you’ve graduated from University, you’ll be fighting it out with hundreds of thousands of other qualified and eager graduates in the search for work. Law and medical graduates have it far easier than most as it is common for Law firms and Hospital boards to actively target the University campus in search for talent. For the rest of us however, if we want to survive after University in a market saturated with qualified graduates, then freelancing represents an exciting opportunity to get some experience in a specific field and yet maintain control over your own life and finances.
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Tags: Freelance, Freelancing, Online Portfolio
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Fields of Freelancing for Student Freelancers
Monday, August 8th, 2011
When people often think about freelancers, most of the time the types of work they do are design work or writing work. This often casts a preconceived notion that if you aren’t a designer (or web developer) or writer that you can’t be a freelancer. Well, I am here to tell you that there are many fields in which the student-wanting-to-freelance can freelance in. In this article, you will see that the sky is the limit in what you can offer as your freelance service. And this article isn’t all-inclusive–let your imagination take you to freelance places you never though could be possible! (more…)
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What exactly IS freelancing?
Monday, July 11th, 2011
Glad you asked! For most starting student freelancers, the definition of freelancing has a fuzzy meaning. Is it a way to make money? A means to get a job? Or something entirely different? With freelancing being this magical world that some very brave souls venture into, what can the student freelancer learn about freelancing?
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Three Ways to Spend (Some of) Your Summer as a Student Freelancer
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Have all this extra time on your hands now that classes are over, but don’t know how to best put it to use? Here are three ways that I am putting my spare time to good use to improve myself not only as a student but as a freelancer, and I am sure that at least one of them will help you as well.
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Reasons Why Being a Student Freelancer Sucks
Friday, April 1st, 2011
All I talk about on this blog is why you should freelance as a student and what you should do to help your freelaning. Truth be told, being a student freelancer sucks. Wondering why that could be after all the posts I post here saying how awesome it is? Well let me tell you the three dirty secrets student freelancers don’t tell you.
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Student Freelancers and Spec Work
Monday, January 17th, 2011
As a starting student freelancer, there may be times where you are tempted with a job offer that states something along the lines of “send us your logo design and we will chose among the best designs and pay the winning designer $XXX amount of money.” Sounds great and all right? Well I am going to explain why it isn’t so great after all.
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Tags: no-spec!, pro-bono, pro-bono work, spec, spec work, student pro-bono, student spec work
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Why it Wouldn’t Hurt to Take a Few Business Classes in School
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
No matter what type of freelancer you are, or what type of freelancing you do, you are essentially running a business. The term “freelancer” basically translates into “independent contractor,” thus you are in the same position as a lot of self-employed entrepreneurs; we just have a different name for what we do. Even though you may be good at what you do, you should still know how to operate your business as well. Such aspects as invoicing, marketing, managing, and taxes, all tie into what we do every day as freelancers. However, as a student, you are in a great position to take advantage of what is offered to you to help you succeed. Today, I will outline a few reasons why it wouldn’t hurt to take some business classes while you are still a student.
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