Sunday, October 24, 2010

What are the best freelance sites and is this a realistic way to earn a living

What are the best freelance sites and is this a realistic way to earn a living?
I am struggling to find work on a full time basis and have started looking at other avenues for potential earning. Could anyone point out the best websites for general short term jobs. If anyone uses these websites to earn a living could they indicate how successful they are in earning a living and how they go about paying (UK) taxes etc?
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how about regeristing with an agency. Angency work can cover all sorts and they find you temp jobs and keep you on the records. Freelance work is for more specialist areas, so for instance you could be a freelance photographer or lighting designer. If you went with an agency they would employ you and thereofre they would sort out all your taxes. however if you were a freelancer you would have to do all you own tax returns and declare yourself as self employed. A quick search on google found this http://www.jobs1.co.uk/ maybe you want to have a further search
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Hey read up on this blog which should help you find ideal career prospects http://www.squidoo.com/finding-your-perfect-job
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Hi , One my partner is in UK. He too struggle with similar situation some 3 years back. Now he got settled himself as a freelancer. So entering into freelance network is quite easy but getting jobs and working needs some hard work and patience. My view on freelancing site. http://www.guru.com - big site - suitable for big players. http://www.greatlance.com - avg one You can get all small type of projects and big too. Its good to start career. This is the 2 sites i use for my business. But make sure you pay some hard work on this area. Its sure you will get some good results. Tax issue: Now days : Freelancer are forced to pay tax. But as for as i know we have not paid any tax as of now. Since at initial stage we don't have enough money to cross the tax paying border. Its always good to meet auditor to get enough info

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