Advice for freelancers managing contractors
Monica Davidson runs Creative Plus Business, a social enterprise that provides education and support for creative professionals who want to develop their entrepreneurial skills. She is the director and the doyenne. After years as a freelance writer and filmmaker,...
What’s it like to freelance in regional Australia?
Consider this your informal guide to regional freelancing in Australia from someone who is doing it, Ellenor Day. As part of the Reinvent your Working Life Festival, freelancer Ellenor Day from Words Workers to discuss her life as a freelancer living regionally in...
Working on government contracts with Nicole Leedham
The Freelance Jungle ran a free digital festival called “Reinvent your working life” in 2021. It was funded by a generous grant from Facebook Australia and Good2Give. As part of that festival, we had Nicole Leedham, an ex-journalist and government worker who now...
What you need to know if you want to freelance fulltime
Are you looking at freelance fulltime but not sure where your focus should be? There’s a lot of courses and information, websites and wonder to behold. And yes, what a designer needs may be different to a copywriter. However, there are always some common issues that...
7 ways you can benefit from freelance communities
A lot of people ask why we need freelance communities in Australia. It’s become an exceedingly popular way to network, find jobs through peers and also keep our heads on straight. When people are questioning the validity of having a freelance community, it usually...
What makes a skilled freelancer easy to hire?
If someone said the phrase skilled freelancer to you, would you blush and be OK with it? Or would you feel as though you’re out of your depth? Would you imagine someone who can do pretty much everything and anything their vocation requires? Or would it be less simple...
What happened with that Illawarra networking event?
On July 23rd, 2020, a virtual Illawarra networking event called Get your Gong on happened on Crowdcast. This was about looking at the needs of local Wollongong businesses and matching them with suitable Illawarra freelancers. The idea was to act as a matchmaker to the...