Instead of hiring employees, many companies are hiring independent contractors. While these openings were once only freelance writing positions or related artistic jobs, today’s independent contractors can hold just about any open position. If you’ve been job hunting for a while, you might be ready to sign on the dotted line – but before you [...]
freelancing
Recently, professional blogger Darren Rowse posted a chart on Google+ outlining the several different ways bloggers can make money online. Blogging is one type of freelance writing that is growing rapidly, so if you want to work in this industry, blogging a great option. Let’s go into a little more detail about the ways Rowse [...]
With the ranks of unemployed growing, and the number of available jobs shrinking, many of America’s jobless are considering freelance careers. We have talked about freelancing many times here at the JobMonkey blog, including posts about the benefits and challenges of working for yourself. (Do you read, for example, this recent post about how to [...]
We’re starting a new tradition here at the JobMonkey. Every Thursday, I’ll be answering a question from our growing stacks of emails from our readers. If you have a question about your job search, please send me an email so I can answer it in an upcoming post. This week we have a great question [...]
Recession, economic downturn, depression. Call it what you want, but there is no doubt that this is not a great time to be looking for a new job. While unemployment figures have yet to pass into the double digits (with the exception of the hardest-hit communities in states like Michigan), companies are focused these days [...]
