Job Surge or What?
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- ryoshu0
It's not you, the market is really busy right now. Great time to be a freelancer.
- joyride0
yep. 3 people have left my place in the last month. perhaps i can be hired on instead of being through a headhunter...
jaylarson
(Jun 23 06, 17:01)Transitioning from consultant to perm has not been very fruitful for myself. You lose OT, usaully get more work on top of what your currently do for no raise in pay. They try to talk up benefits and stuff, but doing the numbers usually only benefits the employer. So be carefull. What you want to do is eliminate the headhunter, look at your contract for the cost of purchasing your contract. And work a deal with the employer. You can get at least a 5$/hour raise and if it's long term you'll make more money. + you get OT. gL
- mrbee28280
The question is for the freelancers and wanna be freelancers... how long will it stay good?
- ryoshu0
The question is for the freelancers and wanna be freelancers... how long will it stay good?
Too many factors involved to give a definitive time frame. The market is really good right now due to the surplus of work and lack of staff to do the work in-house.
Reading the signs is one of the things that makes freelance a tough gig.
- tkmeister0
i think another question you need to ask as a freelancer is that, when you are 40-50 yrs old, will you still be doing the same?
- jaylarson0
joyride2
thanks. yeah, my hh requires a 15% chunk of first annual pay. could be good, but i am afraid that in order to make what i am making now, i'll need to do a year and then have the contingent Annual Review. I don't mind my position. I am need of professional experience and this is great so far. The only negative seems to be the long drive (33+ mi = 1 hour with traffic).
thanks for tha advice. i want to get hired on with hopes of a good package. i am need of a new car and want to move outta my 'rents, even though they live in a rustic setting in a metropolitan area...
peace.
- jaylarson0
i think another question you need to ask as a freelancer is that, when you are 40-50 yrs old, will you still be doing the same?
tkmeister
(Jun 23 06, 20:06)i still plan on getting lost in the wilderness then. need money for that.
- chunkified0
im gonna retire at 40... only 20 years to go :)
- MLP0
same---
i haven't been on NT for a few days and just caught up on this thread. i'm currently building my site and application mailers. should be up towards the end of the week. very impressive work on your site, btw.
my background is predominantly in print design and print production/prepress from working at a newspaper and putting out several magazines. with media increasing their digital presence, i'm definitely making sure i pay attention to how things can translate from one paper to website and how it can support the initial medium.
i agree with whoever said that once a designer lays out a site for 2 months, they might be too burned out to code it. i'd rather be working with another person that has the chops to make my ideas functional in the best possible way.
i feel like i need to have skills on both sides of a project so i can communicate with the back end. i want to be able to bounce ideas back and forth about what their constraints can do for my design and vice versa.
i know coming in as a junior i won't have that much creative control in most cases, but its definitely important to me to understand what's going on in all aspects of a project. i've seen many leave my hands and fall apart before shipping out.
it just seems like most postings i see are looking for someone that can do it all. is this just wishful thinking on their part?
- jakeyj0
dude! same! I didn't realize that was your portfolio!
i've had your site bookmarked for ages and I never put it together that that was your site.
amazing work