Archive for July, 2009

7 Essential Tips for Student freelancers

Graduate jobs are dead. The only recourse as a student, or recent graduate, is to return to your part-time job as a pot-washer, or pack your bags and seek refuge on your mum’s couch.

Ok, so the point has been overstated, but there’s no escaping from the fact that this is a difficult time in the job market for both students and graduates. There are still jobs out there, so don’t pack your bags just yet. The recession simply means that the marketplace has become extremely competitive.

So what can you do to stand out? One option, we think, you should consider is to freelance, whether paid or unpaid.

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Feeling the crunch? Welcome to FreelanceStudents

freelancestudents_newIf you’re a student struggling to secure a full-time job, or an employer seeking talented and enthusiastic temporary staff to help sustain or even expand your business, then this site can help.

Welcome to FreelanceStudents, the new student job board and careers blog. So, you’re probably thinking two things: that there’s already a gazillion student job websites and that blogs are the mind-numbing musings of people who have nothing better to do. We couldn’t agree more. But FreelanceStudents offers something unique, and of real value, especially in these testing times, to both students and employers.

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