Freelancers are the easy targets to cyber-criminals says Cisco. Their report warns them about work-from-home projects.
Cisco’s 2010 Annual Security Report has been released recently. This report warns that cyber criminals are targeting the unemployed with fraudulent schemes disguised as freelance jobs. It also says that these criminals have stolen financial account information and to convert them as cash they use unemployed people as ‘money mules’.
Freelancer.com has announced that they have took over EU Freelance and got worldwide platform for Freelancer.com.
EU Freelancer is a euro oriented freelancer market place that serves European Union with 1,25,000 users. It is a independent marketplace and it is getting closed on February 25, 2011. Now Freelancer.com has announced that they had migrated the user base of EU Freelance to Freelancer.com and the users can transact in euros.
According to a new report, freelancers are found to be work happier than their permanently employed counterparts.
A recruitment firm called people4business has recently conducted a survey about freelancers and permanently employed people. This survey says that 20 percent of freelancers are “blissfully happy”. It also reveals that 86 percent of workers who switched to freelancing feel that their overall mood and business outlook have improved.
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In my last post I briefly explained about bidding for a freelance project. This post may be considered as continuation of the previous post. Let us discuss more about bidding.
While bidding consider all your expenses. It includes rent for your office, insurance, travel and stationery material. So it is important to fix reasonable hourly rate. You have to be realistic in your approach when costing up jobs. Consider your productivity and find out how much you can achieve in set amount of time.
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How much to charge for a freelance project is every beginners doubt. Yes, it is good to avoid overcharging and undercharging. The brief advice given below can help you in bidding correctly.
Agencies may demand higher, that doesn’t mean that you can also expect a same salary for your work. Most of the employers searching for freelancers to get their work done cheaply. So you should be ready to offer your work for a lesser money. You can claim a bit higher and be flexible to bargain. But don’t undervalue yourself and go for an unacceptable lower price.
Are you a PHP professional? Looking for exclusive PHP projects? There is a free online community to help you.
Visit http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/php-freelancing/ for hundreds of PHP projects. You can join in this forum for free. The employers too can post jobs here at free of cost. This forum gives certain guidelines for the users.