One of the best things is to spruce up your linkedin profile. My dad does tech recruiting (and has done so for many years) was telling me that Monster, Careerbuilder, etc...are becoming nominally useful and that most jobs(both perm and contract) are found via networking and word of mouth.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:56 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Resources for contracting out work/services/freelancing? I did 1099/telecommute almost all of last year. I worked through recruiters. The problem that I found was that you wind up spending an extra four hours a day marketing and lining up your next assignments. Telecommute jobs ebb and flow, depending on alot of factors. Be wary of the the sites that have you sign up and bid on projects, because you're up against the low ball guys from overseas, you won't get any interest if you bid at US competitive rates.. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Eric . <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've had a few nibbles before and have always hesitated when it came to bigger freelance work due to the politics and administration needed to successfully manage things. > > Has anyone run into blogs, books, forums, or anything else that could be used to help a CF dev freelance successfully? > > The work is often the easiest part. It's figuring out if/when to use a retainer, how to figure the amount, how to approach cost estimates so as to not talk yourself out of a job, etc. that's the hardest part. > > There are a lot of smaller businesses nearby that are on the verge of either hiring another body or two or investing in technology and _I_ see the benefit of the latter, but am trying to set up a solid formula for showing clients as well. > > There's lots of scattered info and a lot of bad advice out there.. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
