I was let go from my job last week because “theres not enough work” is what I was told. So now I am trying to find some freelance stuff until I can land another job.
Any ideas on where I can look to get some small work? I have tried most of the freelance sites (oDesk, Freelancer, Guru) but being a new member on them I am not getting any results? I can do web design, video editing, 3D graphics and pretty much anything web related. I also have a pretty decent LinkedIn account with my experience on it thinking I might be able to land a few small jobs from there, but I am just getting new connections.
What are some other ways I can try to find some small freelance work? I live in a small town and going to local businesses wouldnt do much good since most of them are mom and pop stores and they dont do the online marketing thing.
Sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation. I’ve been there.
The best advice I can give is to get in touch with a career counselor and have him/her help you reformat your resume, then post it on CareerBuilder.com, Monster.com, dice.com, et al.
I had my resume online for months with no nibbles. A career counselor helped me reformat my resume, and within weeks I was suddenly inundated with offers.
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There are so many jobs in this field it is difficult to imagine you’re having a hard time given the experience you claim. Try creating a profile and resume on popular sourcing sites like dice, careerbuilder, linkedin, and monster. Recruiters are constantly crawling those boards. I’m not sure if you will get any freelance offers but surely a contract to hire or direct hire opportunity if you have the experience. I recently relocated and didn’t have to much trouble finding a new job using that approach. The day after I updated my resume on all those sourcing sites I was constantly getting calls from recruiters for legit positions. I’ve only been off work for a month and will be starting next week after accepting an offer two weeks ago for full time. I tend to think web development is well in demand but I guess it depends exactly the type of job you’re looking for and experience demonstrates.
The problem with those sites is that they are crawling with bottom dwellers. You are unlikely to beat out the indian working for $5 an hour. Would you even want to work for that “type” of client. I sure wouldn’t and won’t. At least not with the experience I have. Your better off improving your resume perhaps getting a website up and considering contract and full time work.
I have a good linkedin and monster resume/profile up. I have been applying to everything I can, for some reason I am not getting any calls. I will be putting my resume on dice and careerbuilder tmrw and hopefully that will bring something in.
Believe me I am trying harder. I have a family that depends on me and that is my motivation.
People are always quick to judge saying that people without work are not trying hard enough, well I have been online everyday 10-12hrs a day submitting for jobs, applying on gigs, and even submitting aps to work over the road. I cannot make anyone call or hire me. The best I can do is submit to these jobs and give a follow up email or phone call to reconnect with them to show eagerness. If it was easy then there wouldnt be so many people unemployed.
