A lot lately I’ve been noticing some increasing problems with the design industry. Mostly I would like to address the issues I’m seeing with clients (or potential clients) not wanting to sign on to projects in the standard/professional way, they are asking for work before pay and only paying if the work is satisfactory out of fear of risk.
Posts Tagged ‘Finding Work’
Something I Want To Address / Client/Professional Issues / My Values
Saturday, August 15th, 2009craigslist - Category for People That Can’t Pay Freelancers
Friday, July 24th, 2009NEW Category: pro-bono / economy computer
It’s a very obvious and huge problem with the computer and creative services categories that people are asking for free, equity or very low-paying work from freelancers.
There isn’t necessarily anything wrong with this, some freelancers are willing to take this kind of work. However, there should be a new category created;
pro-bono / economy computer (or something along those lines)
to separate paying and non-paying gigs. So, basically if someone is asking for free help, a partnership or aren’t willing to pay $20+ an hour they would post in this category instead. Please help out fellow freelancers and hopefully we can make this happen.
Thanks, Bryan
http://www.bryanhadaway.com/
bhadaway@gmail.com
See craigslist forum:
Creating Ongoing Clients
Friday, June 19th, 2009One of My External Writings:
http://www.whichwebdesigncompany.com/us/articles/creating-ongoing-clients
Working with Professionals/Clients
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009One of My External Writings:
http://www.whichwebdesigncompany.com/us/articles/working-with-professionals-clients
How to Apply for Jobs/Projects/Gigs on craigslist and Get Results
Friday, June 12th, 2009One of My External Writings:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4836055_apply-jobsprojectsgigs-craigslist-results.html
