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Author Archives: Bronwen Kaspers
Freelancers: Is your career path same, same but different?
A recent study conducted by Assistant Professor Ming D. Leung from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business reveals that freelancers have the best chance of securing more work if they follow an incremental career path rather than take on exactly the … Continue reading
Posted in career change, careers, contract employment, freelance tips
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5 Resolutions That Will Catapult Your Career Into The New Year
The Christmas break is an ideal time to sit back and reflect on the year that was and think about all the things you want to achieve in the next year. How was the past 12 months? Did you achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Australian jobs, career, career change, freelance, freelance career, freelance employment, freelance tips, freelancing, New Year, reduce stress, resume writing, small business tips
Tagged Career, Career break, career change, Employment, New Year, Promotion, Resolution, Stress
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Resume Writing Tip # 3 – Does Your Resume Pass the 10 Second Test?
It’s a well known fact that recruiters and hiring managers spend just 10 seconds (if you’re lucky) briefly scanning each resume to find potential candidates for a position. Not only are they pressed for time, but by about the 20th … Continue reading
Is being the ‘stand out’ candidate more than just good resume writing?
It certainly is. The stand out candidate in any job application isn’t just the person who ticks all the boxes and sounds fabulous on paper. It’s the person who can offer more than the standard candidate. They are the ones … Continue reading
Posted in career, career change, contract employment, freelance tips, job hunting, job interviews, Job Seeking, resume, resume writing, resume writing tips
Tagged Application for employment, Candidate, Cover letter, Employment, job interview, job search, Résumé, Resumes and Portfolios, stand out candidates
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Multiple Job Offers – What Do I Do?
Having more than one job offer may seem like a job seekers dream come true but what if you can’t decide which position to go for? In an ideal world, we look for work when the time is right, our … Continue reading
Posted in Australian jobs, career, career change, careers, Facebook, freelance, freelance career, freelance employment, freelance tips, graduate job search, job hunting, job interviews, Job Seeking, jobs, Linkedin
Tagged Business, Employment, Facebook, job interview, job offer, job search, Self-employment
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The ‘secret sauce’ to making freelancing work for you
If you’re sick of the drone of 9 to 5 and crave flexibility and freedom of choice, then working as a freelancer could be your ticket to your dream job. More and more people are joining the freelance community every … Continue reading
Posted in career, contract employment, digital portfolio, freelance, freelance career, freelance employment, freelance tips, freelancers, freelancing, Trumpet Page, visual resumes
Tagged Business, Business Services, Electronic portfolio, Employment, freelancer, Learning, Marketplaces, Networking, Small business, Target market
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5 Books Every Freelancer Should Own
Getting started in freelancing isn’t always easy so we’ve compiled a list of our Top 5 books to get you inspired, motivated and get your business on its feet. But this list isn’t just for the newbies. We’ll also tell … Continue reading
It’s More ‘Show’ Than Tell: Why Infographic Resumes Are The Future
There’s plenty of advice out there on what you should and shouldn’t write in your resume and what you should and shouldn’t say in a job interview, but what if you’ve done all the right things and you’re still not … Continue reading
Posted in freelance, freelance employment, freelancers, freelancing, infographic resumes, infographics, Job Seeking, jobs, multimedia resumes, resume writing, resume writing tips, visual resumes
Tagged Australian, Employment, Infographic, job interview, job search, multimedia, Résumé, resume writing, Resumes and Portfolios, Trumpet Page
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Are you a super-connector or super-taker? How to be ‘real’ on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the main network that us professional folks use to make contacts with people we think will benefit us. We use LinkedIn to connect with people of influence, we use it to keep up-to-date with what’s happening in our … Continue reading
5 Tips for Quoting Freelance Projects
One of the more challenging aspects of freelancing is working out how much your time is worth and getting paid for the job on time. We’ve all had bad experiences when we’ve under-quoted a project or just didn’t get paid … Continue reading
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