| Faced with a potential recession, more and more | | | | experienced people to take on contract work. |
| people are setting up their own businesses as a way | | | | Some examples of work which can be done on a |
| of trying to insure their future income. | | | | freelance basis are accounting, bookkeeping and |
| If you are concerned about losing your job in the near | | | | computer programming, but any task which isn't |
| future, you might be thinking about setting up a home | | | | needed 365 days a year by an employer could |
| based business in order to survive the recession. Initially | | | | potentially be carried out on a freelance contract. In |
| this could be an extra source of income and then | | | | fact, when companies are downsizing, they often |
| could eventually grow into something which could | | | | make some jobs redundant and then take on the |
| replace your full time job. | | | | people who were previously employed as freelancers. |
| There are also a surprising number of ways in which | | | | Going freelance allows you to work for different |
| you can earn money these days, as the internet has | | | | employers, either doing the work at home or on site. |
| opened up many new opportunities. | | | | This creates a lot more flexibility and variety for you |
| The first place to start when trying to come up with | | | | and if one employer no longer needs your services, |
| ideas is your current job. Are there skills and activities | | | | you have other contracts to fall back on and plenty of |
| that you do on a daily basis which could be translated | | | | other employers on the look out for contract workers. |
| into freelance work? With so many companies | | | | And you have the satisfaction of running your own |
| outsourcing these days, there are many openings for | | | | business. |