by Kristen Hicks | Jul 20, 2018 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Meeting Recaps
When Darlene Templeton was young, going through a divorce, and unemployed, she figured IBM was a big company that must need secretaries. So she waltzed into the IBM offices in jeans and t-shirt to ask for an application. It was only after she was in the building that...
by Kayleigh Alexandra | Jun 29, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion
When you decide to work as a freelancer, you start building a special kind of one-person brand — one that will blur the lines between your professional image and your personal one. In doing so, you have the opportunity to represent your unique self in a way that draws...
by Kristen Hicks | Jun 22, 2018 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Meeting Recaps
Freelancing can feel chaotic. Especially for someone new to working for themselves, freelance work can seem like something that keeps happening to you rather than something you have control over. At Freelance Austin’s June meeting, Candace Gerdes of Mamaste led...
by Victoria Greene | Feb 9, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
Regardless of your age and current rung on the career ladder, you may have noticed that the culture of work is slowly changing. In just a few decades, our career spans have altered dramatically from that of our parents and grandparents. The “job for life” adage seems...
by Victoria Greene | Dec 1, 2017 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
According to Wikipedia, a freelancer is ‘someone who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to any employer long-term’. Sounds simple enough right? But, as any freelancer will tell you, there is a whole lot more to the job than that. The 2012 Freelance...
