Freelance Radio, Episode 40: Non-Compete Agreements
The latest episode of Freelance Radio, the official FreelanceSwitch podcast, is now available! This episode, the panel (John Brougher, Dickie Adams, Kristen Fischer and Von Glitschka) talks about non-compete agreements. Subscriptions to the podcast are available via iTunes and an archive of all podcasts will appear in the podcast section. We hope you enjoy it! Subscribe to Freelance Radio on iTunes

When You Need to Subcontract
Subcontracting can be useful for a freelancer: maybe a client wants a complete website and expects you to handle everything from design to content. If you’re primarily a web designer, you can subcontract the parts of the project dealing with content to a writer. You can wind up with some extra income from the project if you do it right. But how do you know just what is necessary to subcontract? Where do you find a subcontractor? How do you pay him? Finding a Subcontra

Finding Jobs vs. Finding a Job
Earlier this year Dale Dauten’s “Corporate Curmudgeon” column noted that “We have entered the Post-Employee Economy. There still will be organizations, and there still will be work to be done, but it’s time to understand that the concept of ‘employee,’ as we know it, is obsolete.” He recently revisited this topic, and noted that the U.S. economy continues to progress toward his Post-Employee paradigm. Companies aren’t hiring, they’re downsizing. And they’re

What Teaching Taught Me About Freelancing
This semester, I had the wonderful opportunity to go back and teach a studio photography class at my Alma Mater, The University of Kansas. Before the start of this semester I never would have thought I would enjoy teaching as much as I have, and never would I have thought that I was going to learn as much from the students as they were learning from me. Teaching is a wonderful way to give back to students who are interested in learning about the

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