One thing you probably didn’t have to do when you were salaried is constantly look for work. Neither route can be relied on for steady work but if you a lready have contacts with a lot of companies/agencies then going fully independent may be your best bet. Most freelancers prefer the higher hourly rate of going fully independent but also rely on staffing/recruiting agencies when they don’t have work. Tina Hardison at her desk Independent or staffing agency?Ī big question that lies ahead of you is whether you want to go fully independent and deal with everything yourself or rely on work from staffing/recruiting agencies. Write articles/blog posts like this one or teach classes to get the word out about your abilities. Remember people and their names as networking is not just accumulating contact details, it’s about making sincere connections. Come to design events such as Meet-ups and AIGA events to avoid the loneliness of being at home or doing a lot of short stints in different offices. Tell your friends, especially any small (or large) business owners, about your big leap as you need to get the word out. One of the best portfolios I’ve seen is Peter Nowell’s videos explaining his key projects which took 4 months to create: Always make sure your portfolio is ready to be viewed with only the kind of work in it that you want to get as a freelancer. Ideally you had this prepared in advance. This can be both a stressful and fun undertaking. If it wasn’t nobody would do it.ĭevise a branding system for yourself and your portfolio. Going freelance is also a genuinely exciting phase of your career. So you quit your job or got laid off – now what? Well, it’s not all doom and gloom. If you are the primary breadwinner, with a mortgage and dependents to support be prepared for some sleepless nights. It becomes hard to enjoy time off and the year may have stressful fallow periods of no work followed by overlapping deadlines where you have to turn down work.ĭuring this transition you will become acutely aware of the cost of everything and the need to save for the quiet periods. However you will also feel trapped as doing spec work and account management could have you working 6-7 days a week. You may end up with a much bigger variety of work too. Suddenly you will find that you have the freedom of not being watched 9-5 at a desk, in an office.
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Either way making the switch from the security of a steady job to freelancing is like heroes in movies jumping though windows – you hope you’ll land on something soft…
You may just want to switch industry or specialization. You may be escaping a bad boss, bad work, a bad commute or were laid off. In the movies heroes never look before they leap Making the leap from salaried employment
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