Job description Vacancy for: SEO specialist (freelance) Based: Cape Town, South Africa Projects Abroad’s mission is to provide the gold standard of support and safety, so our volunteers and interns can fulfil their potential, discover themselves and create positive change in the world. Projects Abroad is the world’s largest international volunteering and internship provider, recruiting […]
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Though freelancing is a way to do flexible, meaningful work, there are financial and mental barriers to overcome The Freelance Economy (popularly called the Gig Economy) often brings up associations of ridesharing, delivery, and click-work. The labour sharing platforms are portrayed in public debates as an expanding source of “real or potential exploitation, undermining the […]
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TQ Group is a technology-led production and communications agency in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. We are looking for an experienced mid to senior level creative to write and direct digital signage messages, corporate videos and proposals. This is a freelance or contract position on a per brief, per project or contract basis. Job description: This role […]
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The internet has created absolutely loads of opportunities for freelance writers. One of the biggest is the world of affiliate marketing. It can be really lucrative if you have good knowledge of a specialist subject that people build internet businesses around. In this article, we’ll be looking closely at how freelance writers fit in the […]
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Freelancer employment marketplace Cavalry Freelancing has closed an investment round which includes agency entrepreneur Ben Lilley. In 2011 Lilley sold his agency Smart to McCann, becoming it’s new CEO. McCann went on to create one of the most awarded advertising campaigns of all time, Dumb Ways to Die for Metro trains. Lilley stepped down last […]
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hackajob aims to eradicate unconscious bias in recruitment by matching candidates by their skills and not CVs Razvan Creanga, CEO and co-founder Tech recruitment platform hackajob is launching a freelance contract service to hire talent. With the aim to eradicating unconscious bias from the recruitment process, hackajob’s assessment platform uses AI technology to assess candidates […]
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Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s largest freelancing website. Each year $1.7 billion of work happens through Upwork, allowing businesses to get more done and helping professionals break free of traditional time and place boundaries and work anytime, anywhere on projects they love. At Upwork, you’ll help build on this momentum. Together, we’ll create economic and […]
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Starting your own freelance gig is always going to be a bit scary and intimidating. There is always that “what if” that is circling at the back of your mind, and that can often hold you back from taking the plunge. If you’ve decided that you’re ready to take the risk, put in the work, […]
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the largest freelancing website, today released its newest quarterly index of the hottest skills in the U.S. freelance job market. The Upwork Skills Index ranks the site’s 20 fastest-growing skills in a quarterly series. It sheds light on new and emerging skills and provides real-time validation of current trends in the labor market and tech […]
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Technology Can Help Level The Economic Playing Field The gender wage gap for women in the workplace has been widely reported: Women earn on average 80% of what a man earns doing the same job . What’s rarely discussed, however, is the pay gap that exists for women entrepreneurs and freelancers. According to Women in […]
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