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 Sam Brown | Apr 20, 2018 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
Freelancers now make up over 35% of the U.S workforce and the stats show no sign of stopping. According to recent stats, 51.6% of businesses in the United States are run out of the home. Usually starting life in someone’s basement, bedroom or any available corner...
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...
by Emily Leach | Nov 15, 2017 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
Regardless of your age, you can still feel the unspoken expectation to go to college and get a job. Not any job, the job that will take you through the next 30+ years of your career. How is this residual belief still a part of our culture? I, personally, find it...
