From how to find more clients to how to prevent AI from taking your gigs, here are tips from a longtime freelancer on improving your freelance business. There’s always going to be more competition, ...

In an uncertain economy, freelancers are a good choice for small businesses that can’t afford or simply don’t need a permanent staff member. Many types of work, from writing to graphic design to ...

Laura is a professional nitpicker and good-humored troubleshooter with over 14 years of experience in print and digital publishing. She currently oversees CNET Money's housing market coverage. Before ...

"Before I took the leap to become an independent consultant in the summer of 2024, I started by meeting up with others who'd ...

Work has changed dramatically over the past five years. While flexible working was already a growing trend before the pandemic, restrictions on office-based work accelerated the shift. Since then, ...

The freelancer mindset can teach all workers—full time, self-employed, or otherwise—how to create meaning in and at work. When it comes to work, compensation, benefits, and job security are essential ...

Freelancers typically have freedom of choice but with uncertain pay. Most of them do not realize how unstable cash flow can affect their financial health.

Six months ago, I left my full-time corporate job to go freelance. Like many other freelancers, gig workers and contract employees, I was making a bargain with myself: in exchange for leaving the ...

This time last year, I left my secure, stable 9-to-5 and struck out on my own as a freelancer. That April, I prepared my taxes as always, eagerly awaiting my IRS refund to hit my bank account so I ...

Jamie Brindle has been freelancing for 16 years and is on a mission to "demystify" the freelance world. In 2020, amid a shaky job market and widespread rejection of corporate hustle culture, he ...