Comments on: Freelance writing job sites http://lillieammann.com/2006/11/20/freelance-writing-job-sites/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2006/11/20/freelance-writing-job-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-135691 Lillie Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:35:54 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=65#comment-135691 Chris, That's an interesting question. Since this is such an old post, it doesn't get a lot of traffic now. However, I encourage anyone reading it to reply. My impression is that most freelancers wouldn't be interested because most of us started and continued to freelance because we prefer the independence of being self-employed. A job with a company—any job and any company—would require us to give up the independence of setting our own hours, choosing our own clients, and working "our way." There are probably some freelancers who started freelancing because they were out of work and who prefer the structure of a job. I'm not sure how you would reach those people, though. Chris,

That’s an interesting question. Since this is such an old post, it doesn’t get a lot of traffic now. However, I encourage anyone reading it to reply.

My impression is that most freelancers wouldn’t be interested because most of us started and continued to freelance because we prefer the independence of being self-employed. A job with a company—any job and any company—would require us to give up the independence of setting our own hours, choosing our own clients, and working “our way.”

There are probably some freelancers who started freelancing because they were out of work and who prefer the structure of a job. I’m not sure how you would reach those people, though.

]]> By: Chris@Jobs in Switzerland http://lillieammann.com/2006/11/20/freelance-writing-job-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-135524 Chris@Jobs in Switzerland Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:30:44 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=65#comment-135524 Would a free lance writer be interested in working as an internal writer of content, speeches and investor relations material for a bank or hedge fund? The reason I ask is we have done this search for a few clients this year and found that many of the individuals that have progressed into these type of role from lets say marketing actually lack the required creative content creation skills. This was a surprise and we were surprised at the distinct lack of interest from the journalist community – which is where we went next. I would interest in peoples thoughts? On a side not – is it because its an office job with long hours that is putting people off or is it because essentially it is working for “banksters” ? These goods are all great money…………… Would a free lance writer be interested in working as an internal writer of content, speeches and investor relations material for a bank or hedge fund? The reason I ask is we have done this search for a few clients this year and found that many of the individuals that have progressed into these type of role from lets say marketing actually lack the required creative content creation skills. This was a surprise and we were surprised at the distinct lack of interest from the journalist community – which is where we went next. I would interest in peoples thoughts?

On a side not – is it because its an office job with long hours that is putting people off or is it because essentially it is working for “banksters” ? These goods are all great money……………

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2006/11/20/freelance-writing-job-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-43910 Lillie Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:21:21 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=65#comment-43910 Jane, I had not heard of that site. Jane,

I had not heard of that site.

]]> By: Jane http://lillieammann.com/2006/11/20/freelance-writing-job-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-43901 Jane Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:56:50 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=65#comment-43901 You could also checkout the website http://www.freelanceradar.com/ .It displays thousands of freelance job (including freelance writing jobs) from popular freelance websites. You could also checkout the website http://www.freelanceradar.com/ .It displays thousands of freelance job (including freelance writing jobs) from popular freelance websites.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2006/11/20/freelance-writing-job-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-34738 Lillie Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:33:37 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=65#comment-34738 C, We could be neighbors. :-) I live in the area of North Star Mall, north of Loop 410. C,

We could be neighbors. :-) I live in the area of North Star Mall, north of Loop 410.

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