Stop volunteering, don’t do an internship. Get work and get paid. Free is an enticing word. If someone is giving away free coffee, or donuts, or in Finland’s case buckets, people will lineup around the block to get in on that bonanza. The same can’t be said for your work. The reason no one is lining up for your work,…
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A year ago we published our new Freelance Guide for Immigrants. We wanted the guide to be as useful as possible, so we decided to turn to Gregory Pellechi, a light entrepeneur with personal experience of it all. Greg started working as a freelancer in Finland when he first moved here from the United States a few years ago. By…
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Freelancing can feel like non-stop work, and to some degree it is. That’s why it’s important to not just take breaks, but take weekends and even vacations. Running your own business or working freelance means there’s no one looking out for your health, other than you. If you burn out or get ill it means no work is getting done.…
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