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How do I start my Freelancer career?
The biggest misconception most have is that you can just decide you want to freelance and then do it successfully. That's most often not the case. Unless the skills you provide are something tangible ...
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Hiring freelancers who are a couple?
I hate to say it but I don't think you should hire her at all.
If you hire her it seems you have only 2 options:
Talk to her about her husband and your concerns. By the sounds of it the husband ...
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Cover Letter even without experience on a particular language
Cover letter for freelancing?? Never heard of such a thing.
You need marketing materials - a sales pitch, a brochure, a web site, a flier, an email campaign - but it's nowhere near the same as ...
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Starting as a freelancer, can I hide my previous workplace?
Freelancing isn't about "resumes" it's about practical work history.. if you have work history, you don't really need any resume.
I, personally, haven't needed a "resume" in over a decade... Just a ...
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Hiring freelancers who are a couple?
DO NOT HIRE THEM
This looks like business and personal got mixed.
The husband lied, he's out.
The wife leaked information to her husband, she's out.
They are out because the core foundation of ...
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Hiring freelancers who are a couple?
Pass on them.
Realize any bond the wife has will be much stronger for her husband than any client, including you. If he's involved now in an undesired fashion, he will be later as well. Even after ...
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Cover Letter even without experience on a particular language
"Junior developer with 2 years experience in C++. Actively improving my PHP skills. Highly motivated to tackle Web projects."
Cite one or more achievements you are proud of.
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What badges should I include on my website, if any?
None
No one cares about Stack badges except stack users. If your clients have never heard of Stack Exchange, as with most people, then the badges only serve to confuse and distract. They offer no ...
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How to refuse providing CV/resume?
Turn the problem around and ask: What would my potential clients want to see to be able to evaluate if this person has the experience and is this person easy to work with?
I fully understand your ...
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Upwork - including a link to online resume in the cover letter
You aren't allowed to include links to external sites that include a way to contact you in your profile; Elance also wouldn't let you include such links in your cover letter/proposal, but I can't find ...
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File format for CVs for software freelance jobs
The Portable Document Format is actually the best format to submit any documentation. It guarantees the document will be received with the exact formatting. Word documents will render diferently ...
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How can I list project in my Github profile, while only doing work for clients?
Short version
LinkedIn: position yourself where the client is (or you can invite to) and qualify for their needs. Describe who you are in regard to expertise and problems you solve. Provide detailed ...
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Hiring freelancers who are a couple?
I dont think this couple comes as "package deal".
Further you are free to choose wife over husband
I dont think you need to look at relationship aspect of this at all. But you could drop a brief hint ...
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Can ghostwriting be listed on the resume?
I believe the most straightforward approach would be to follow-up with the various groups you worked with and get explicit permission to reference the articles in your job hunting efforts. While you'...
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How to succeed as a freelance writer?
Years ago I tried to be a writer. I got freelancing tasks to rewrite some texts. In the end, it turned out to be a lot of work for the minimum rate.
After I was asked to make a master paper for some ...
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What badges should I include on my website, if any?
I think the badges you should include are the ones that are most relative to you. if your an android developer and I was potential client looking for an android development I am more likely to select ...
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Should I list every short-term contract on my CV/LinkedIn?
Well, Yes and No. Will listing those project make you look unserious? Then not.
If those project were regular ones you've got and finalized, then why not.
The bottom line is that "the more the ...
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File format for CVs for software freelance jobs
The ideal answer is PDF, however in my experience most agents want you to send a word file anyway.
What I do is I create my CV in Word and then save it out in both formats. I send Word files to ...
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How do I start my Freelancer career?
I would like to complement others' answers by adding the following:
Establish and maintain contacts in the developer community. Get involved in open source, attend meetups and conferences, and stay ...
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How do I start my Freelancer career?
There's no freelancer market here in Brazil
Yeah, it is one of the biggest advantsges of freelancers' job - you can register on some websites for freelancers and get customers from all over the world....
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