This week I was sent an interesting blog piece from the Harvard Business Review Network entitled “Projects Are the New Job Interviews” by Michael Schrage. In this piece Michael points to a growing trend among large businesses and corporations to “field test” potential job candidates, before they are awarded/offered the big full-time position. As we all have […]
($31,465)…..Get paid, not played
March 7, 2012 By 4 Comments
Over thirty-one thousand dollars. It’s embarrassing to admit, but that is the amount that I have been stiffed working as freelance web developer since I choose to leave a dead end job and strike out on my own back in 2003. These jobs were contracted, had set deliverables, were being done to spec and to […]
Should I Work For Free?!
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Face it, no matter what your occupation or skill set, we’ve all been asked to do work for free. This might be as innocuous, (and well intentioned) as helping with the annual school fundraiser, local Boys & Girls Club, or an older (sweet as hell) next door neighbor; but for many freelance professionals, especially those […]
Get Paid, Not Played. Contracts for Freelancers
October 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
As anyone who has spent time working as a freelancer, or on a short-term project, one of the greatest challenges is getting paid, on time, or sometimes at all. Those of us here at Hourly are all too familiar with this problem, and to this day have outstanding invoices that we know will never be […]
