5 Ways to land a great Freelancing Job
Telecommuting is beginning to emerge as a truly viable way to work nowadays as it’s proven to cut down on costs from an employer’s end and make life easier for the employee working from home. Employers used to believe that people working from home were more apt to not get the job done but that has been proven to be an error in thinking. As more mothers are working now than ever there is a lot of competition out there to land a job working from home. Here are a few tips for job seekers:
- Network! Network! Network! Let everyone know that you’re looking for a job working out of the house. Numbers indicate that at least 75 % of jobs are landed through networking. Go around and talk to people with small businesses that may need some extra help. The only way a job will ever fall into your lap is if you make the first contact and get the ball rolling.
- Be proactive, not reactive. Not every employer is going to make their positions immediately available for work at home. So go ahead and apply to positions that could potentially be done from home. Data entry and bookkeeping are a couple examples of positions that could be easily transferred to the home. After you’ve been at the job for a while go ahead and approach your boss about moving the job to your home. Just be ready with statistics that prove that working at home is productive.
- Be prepared to enter the work force. If you feel like your skills are a little rusty then you want to be sure you’re ready to jump into a job when you’re ready. Improve your skills and confidence with computer training classes at a local community college. Also, take a look for online tutorials that are often free and very informative.
- Recruit yourself. Don’t be shy. Go ahead and put your resume in freelancing job banks. If you can get a part-time job doing freelance on a contract there is a good chance that you can develop the position into a full-time gig.
- Make your resume spotless. The number of people that apply to part-time work will often be in the thousands of respondents. With these figures in mind it’s imperative that your resume can stand out in a crowd. If you’re worried about your resume take it to a career counselor and be receptive to constructive criticism.
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Heather Johnson is a freelance business, finance and credit writer, as well as a regular contributor for Business Credit Cards, a site for comparing best business credit cards. She welcomes questions, comments, and freelancing job inquiries at her email address heatherjohnson2323@gmail.com.
The resource that made me the bravest about being a freelancer was “The Well-Fed Writer” by Peter Bowerman. I think the ideas are great for writers as well as other freelancers.
Great tips! Thanks for sharing.
Great post. How great to help people market themselves and grow their businesses.
Every point is clear and helpful. I will pass this along to my clients.
Thank you!
Dr. Sally
I totally agree with the networking part. Although continuous promotion, lots of content and some SEO can take you quite far, it’s eventually networking that manifests a stable flow of work.
Interesting article and a good perspective.
I would think the best way to land new freelancing jobs is to do a great job on your existing ones. Most of the freelancing works are given to those others refer. The sale also gets closed sooner.
If you are interested, you can find an article on Freelancer Essentials that was published on my blog recently Freelancer Essentials (http://www.p2w2.com/blog/index.php/index.php/2008/05/05/you-inc-freelancer-essentials/)
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