- by TKM
- July 29th, 2010
- Giveaways
To share in our success of having reached the 1 year milestone, we’ll be giving away copies of the new Banksy film ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ on DVD to 5 lucky students. It’s an awesome film and has received some great reviews.
Competition Details
To be in with a chance of winning simply fill out our quick and easy FreelanceStudents survey. It should take no longer then 5 minutes (unless you’re going for gold) and most questions are tick boxes. There are only 11 questions in total. You can find the survey here. Get involved and good luck!
Small print
Now, there’s one unfortunate caveat. The competition is only open to FreelanceStudents members that are UK residents, due to shipping costs for international rates. Additionally, by entering the competition we reserve the right to publish the name, university, and town of the winners on FreelanceStudents.co.uk. Note we will never publish your full name.
Competition ends at 5pm Friday 15th August 2010.
- by TKM
- July 29th, 2010
- General
As you may have noticed, if you’ve been keeping your eye on FreelanceStudents over the past couple of weeks, it’s our 1 year anniversary. It’s our first birthday! It seems like only yesterday when the idea was dreamt up in a South London flat. It’s been a tough 12 months and to celebrate we underwent a re-design and we’ll also be giving away a few prizes. Here are some highlights from the past year… Read the rest of this entry »
- by TKM
- July 28th, 2010
- General
16th July 2010 was a momentous day… it marked the end of our first year in operation. High 5s all around! We didn’t think we’d make it past two months, but thanks to you guys we’re still here, and looking forward to the year ahead. To celebrate we embarked on a slight re-design and re-programming of the site. Today it gives me great pleasure to show you the final result … Read the rest of this entry »
- by tobiaking
- July 20th, 2010
- How To
Whether you’re a student working in a large corporate firm or an independent start-up with just a few employees, you will encounter some interesting personality types. We reveal 8 ‘wonderful’ different personalities, and advise on how to handle them and stay sane in the office! They are not in any particular order. Read the rest of this entry »
Demand for Social Media skills amongst start-up and small businesses is soaring. We’ve noticed on the FreelanceStudents job board that more and more opportunities are being posted! Yet, it seems that students have not yet woken up to this growing opportunity despite the fact that many are already equipped with these skills. Perhaps because a bit like ‘terrorist’, or ‘love’, ‘Social Media’ is one of those terms which seems to be banded around from hither to thither without anyone being exactly sure where it came from, what it does, or what it really means. We break it down and we strongly advise you to take note. Read the rest of this entry »
- by TKM
- July 5th, 2010
- How To
It’s that time of year when many of you will be embarking upon your first steps in the professional world as a fresh faced intern. You’ve got a new shiny suit from Next, an unnecessary amount of pens in your bag, and you’ve been practicing office-speak. But, have you considered what it will take to ensure that the company come grovelling back to hire you after graduating? No, being nice, arriving on time and being organised are not good enough. These are the basics! Well, fortunately for you, we’ve got inside knowledge on how to be an awesome intern. Read the rest of this entry »
- by jameslachno
- June 29th, 2010
- Resources
Clearly not content with a virtual monopoly over internet search engines (anyone remember Lycos?!), since 2004 those loveable techno-rogues over at Google have been devilishly engineering their full-scale assault on your lives through the increasingly essential Gmail (formerly Googlemail) vehicle. Cheerfully for us laymen, when Google set their mind to something, they usually make it worth our while, and this is no exception. Indeed, the last three places I’ve interned at – one national publication, one established media company and one web-journalism start-up – have asked immediately if I were the proud owner of a Gmail account. I wasn’t? Then sign up, sonny boy, cos you’ll need it. Read the rest of this entry »
- by tobiaking
- June 23rd, 2010
- Lifestyle
The sun has got his hat on hip-hip-hip hooray, the sun has got his hat on and he’s coming out to play…
It’s important to keep a clear distinction between work and play, so check out our top 10 below of things to do in the UK this summer. Read the rest of this entry »
A Guest post by Christian Arno founder of global translation company Lingo24.
It’s a tough market out there – finding work as a student or graduate has never been harder, with less jobs available and more competition for the few vacancies. If you can speak more than one language fluently, though, you’ve got a secret ace hidden up your sleeve, and you may not even know it.
One of the few industries to have experienced growth during the economic crisis was translation and localisation – with the purchasing power of individual local markets diminishing, companies have been forced to look to foreign markets to keep their profits up, and this means getting professional linguists to translate everything from their business proposals and legal contracts to their marketing materials. Read the rest of this entry »
- by TKM
- June 13th, 2010
- Giveaways
Our friends at Palo Alto are offering a free copy of the award-winning ‘Business Plan Pro’ this month. A lucky winner will receive the UK’s most popular business planning software (worth £79.99) which allows you to create an investable business plan with step-by-step instructions. Its in-built financial tools guide you through the process of forecasting sales, expenses and cash flow plus you can use the 500+ included sample plans to inspire you. Putting credible business plans together is a tricky task, so this is a great prize!
Competition Details
The competition is open to members of FreelanceStudents only. In order to be in with a chance of winning the free copy, all you have to do is complete our simple online survey. There’s a total of 9 short questions (most of which are tick boxes) around the FreelanceStudents service and the whole survey will take about 3 minutes. Click here to take part today for your chance to win!
Here comes the caveat. The competition is only open to FreelanceStudents members that are “Employers” and that are UK residents. Additionally, by entering the competition we reserve the right to publish the name, company name, and town of the winner on FreelanceStudents.co.uk. Note we will never publish your full name.
Find out more about Business Plan Pro.
Competition ends at 5pm Friday 16th July 2010. Deadline has been extended.
