I think a FREE service provided by Sidejobtrack.com is a great tool for all kinds of freelancers who run one or a few projects simultaneously. What does it do?

Advantages for independent home workers are:

1. FREE
2. Tracks your projects: what to do, when, for who
3. Managers your projects: reporting, invoicing

To better understand the benefits you can take a tour

Summary:
The fact that the service is free and supports about 10,000 accounts means there is something in it. But every independent worker and freelancer have his own needs. Start with a tour, sign for a free account and make a decision if the service is likely to help with your freelance projects.

[tags]freelance job, self-employment, sidejobtrack, job, work from home, home jobs[/tags]

Tired of staying at home and fighting hard to make a few dollars? Probably you should join crowds of job seekers and get a good job that will bring you at least $100,000 or better more. Paul posts you a simple step by step guide that will inevitably secure you a high paying job. I agree that the steps will be useful for your job search, but I am very doubtful they work for the majority of individuals if they hope to get a high paying job relying on the listed techniques. So, Paul’s steps:

Step 1: Choose the right profession

When do you make the choice of profession? When you are 18-20. Or do you change your profession and learn new skills every year? If you are 30 or 40 you are not likely to get a new profession of a lawyer or similar.

Step 2: Get an education and qualifications in your chosen profession

See my comments to Step 1.

Step 3: Choose the right geographic location

Does not work for most people.

Step 4: Polish up your resume

A good and simple step that every person can implement. If only this could result in a $100,000/ year job.

Step 5: Improve your job interviewing technique

This is also achievable.

Step 6: Get an entry-level position in your new profession

I do not think that anyone will hire a new graduate for a chief position. You have no choice but to accept an entry level position.

Step 7: Change jobs and employer

Jobs are not that abundant. People drop jobs only if they are HIGHLY unsatisfied with their current occupation. There are no many people who take the risk to quit the job they like hoping to find a new one with a higher pay.

Step 8: Change jobs and employer again, and again

See my comments to Step 7.

Summary:
I am sorry, my friend, but the recipe of ‘how to get rich’ that Paul posted on his website does not work for 99% persons.

[tags]employment, high paying jobs, freelance, work at home, become rich[/tags]

Next job site on our list of the ultimate resources for freelancers, part-time and work from home job seekers is CreativeHotlist.com. The web site focus is on: Job Searches, Portfolios and Recruiting for Graphic and Web Designers, Writers, Photographers and Illustrators.

The website is free, you just need to create an account. Job search is by:

Location
Category
Experience

In fact, the job site functions like most of other similar services: you can post your resume, you can track certain vacancies with your Hot List, search marketplace, etc.

Now let’s see how the company positions itself:

Creative Hotlist is a customizable online application for connecting talent, companies and services.Much more than a job site for the creative community, Creative Hotlist has a sophisticated search engine and enables users to find individuals, companies and resources for any aspect of the creative marketplace including job openings, creative services, artists, designers, programmers, printers,service bureaus, schools and clubs.

Creative Hotlist provides unique features for both individuals and firms. Individuals can post resumes, job-wanted listings and online portfolios. Companies and Organizations can post information about capabilities and services and from the same account, post job openings and, through the acceptance of resumes online, manage a hiring search.

What ultimately makes our site so unique are the advanced search capabilities and the ability to save searches in a personalized virtual filing system. Users can search for individuals and firms by keyword, location or level of experience.

Search results can be further filtered by keyword, location or experience and sorted alphabetically, by the posted date orgeographic location. Sorted results can be saved, filed and accessed anytime.

It is hard to say where they get their job postings from: it would be an advantage if they were unique and not re-printed from craigslist.org and similar job boards. The website is US focused.

My search for freelance web developer position returned 231 matches. Not bad. But when I started to browse them I discovered that most are outdated and submitted months ago.

Summary:
CreativeHotlist.com is a service operating on a creative job marketplace. They do not specialize in freelance, work from home and similar sectors. But they are free and their job database includes enough freelance and other positions to visit the website now and then.

RECOMMENDED: For more freelance and work from home jobs browse these two sites: Freelance Work Exchange and eLance (aff).

[tags]freelance, work at home, home job, craigslist, job site, career, employment[/tags]