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The Benefits of Leasing a Space in a Shared Office
The great thing about being a freelancer or self-employed is that you can have your office wherever you want it to be. You can work from the dining room table, living room, sunny back porch, coffee shop, a picnic table in the park or you can set up a workspace in your garage. The options are virtually limitless when it comes to where you can work. However, this freedom does have its drawbacks and the major drawback is the ability to focus.
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How to Become a Freelancer Writer
Women all over the world often feel as though they are losing themselves in the day to day ritual of living in the working world. We often believe we need to keep up with the men in our lives whilst equally supporting the family and frankly, it’s almost impossible to keep up a home without two incomes these days. However, working women - many of whom are working mothers - are finding ways to stay at home and work at the same time. What if you could be home with your kids all day? Would you be willing to chance it all? Many are taking that chance every day, for the opportunity to work at home as a freelance writer.
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Self-Employment Tips: Ensuring You Get Paid
There are many perks to being self-employed. For example, you can set your own schedule and earning potential based on your motivation and determination. Many women find liberation in working for themselves as entrepreneurs, knowing that their success cannot be limited by the company or bosses whom they work for. Mums love the flexibility involved, as well as the possibility of raising their kids while earning money for their family. Despite all these positive aspects of self-employment, there are a few drawbacks. The biggest disadvantage to working for yourself is being responsible for making sure your clients pay - and pay on time.
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The Disadvantages of Being Self Employed
Now may seem like the perfect time to start their your business. Before you decide to give up your place in the unemployment line though, take a look at some of the downsides of becoming a freelancer or starting your own business. When you become self employed, your taxes become a little bit more interesting than they used to be. If you’re accustomed to working for someone else then you’re used to filling out a simple form (if that) with your employer and the taxes owed are figured out for you. However, when you become self employed or start freelancing, you are now the person who gets to figure out your own tax liabilities.
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How to Become Your Own Boss
There is no better time than now to become self-employed by starting your own business. If you’re looking to fulfil a goal, do something that you will truly enjoy or are simply tired of working for someone else and never getting ahead, then let’s get started on planning the ultimate journey of your life. Some think that you need a lot of money to start-up a business. In some cases, that is true - particularly for those opening retail stores or restaurants. If you have a passion in a particular niche and if you can offer services that will fill a need in a particular market, then you don’t need a lot of money in order to start.
Latest Work & Careers Discussions
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Frustrated with co-worker HR? Am I crazy?
I posted this on the intro page but also thought here would help.
Hi all,
Sorry to come on here and immediatley drop my problems before helping but I just need to get this off my chest and see if I am being crazy.
I am a group lead in a regional sales group. A recent new hire (we will call her Steph)is a lead in a different region. We are seperate but equal (supposedly)
The issue I have is with how Steph dresses. The accepted attire is office casual, and she… -
Fitting in at work
When starting a new job or even a new college course i think it’s normal and natural to feel a little nervous, thoughts come into mind like am I going to make a good impression and will my work be good enough and worries about fitting in can be daunting.
I cant say I have ever had a job before that has sounded as exciting as the one I’m about to start next week; i had always worked retail, cleaning and data entry roles, but despite that the one that really stood out as a job I enjoyed…
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not sure were i stand with job offer
After attending an interview nearly 2 weeks ago now I was offered the job and promised I would be notified in the next few days via the agency about start dates; they then told they had a few internal matters to get sorted before I could start which was not a problem.
This job was arranged thru an agency and i contacted them late last week to find out whats going on, I was informed by the agency that I was not to worry the job was 110% mine and i had received excellent feedback which put my…
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IF you could go back to your teens/20s, what would you do differently?
I didnt know where to put this really. it could have gone in the lifestyle/hobbies section. but if you could go back and do things with your life differently durring your early 20s, what would those things be?
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Transferable skills
I often read about transferable skills and making the most of them on my CV and today in an interview I was put in a position were I had to think fast what i can bring to a technical job from a non technical education background.
I also think this is a good point even if you haven’t worked for a time especially for mums returning to work like skills in time management and even conflict resolution think 2 two years olds in an argument; then there is volunteering which is not to be underestimated eithr.
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