Comments on: [SpecialtyBuzz] Real Estate Writer Dan Rafter http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/07/02/specialtybuzz-real-estate-writer-dan-rafter/ Jennifer Escalona tells it like it is Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:03:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jenn Escalona http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/07/02/specialtybuzz-real-estate-writer-dan-rafter/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Jenn Escalona Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:42:33 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=596#comment-267 I thought so, too! I think it also offers a larger lesson about the state of freelancing in general. I was talking with a recruiter at a networking event once and he asked how my business was. I told him how brilliant things were going and he said that he had expected the total opposite. His words were something to the effect of "Wow, I thought that if full-timers were having a hard time finding jobs in this climate then freelancers must really be suffering." Then, of course, I had to go into my theories on how sometimes we benefit from layoffs in creative departments and other times we pick up contract jobs that don't really warrant hiring a full-timer. I think I converted him. And mind you, this guy was a recruiter. It's his bread and butter to understand the way the job market works. I think Dan just schooled us like I schooled that recruiter -- sure things are looking down, but jobs are out there even in the hardest hit industries. I thought so, too! I think it also offers a larger lesson about the state of freelancing in general. I was talking with a recruiter at a networking event once and he asked how my business was. I told him how brilliant things were going and he said that he had expected the total opposite. His words were something to the effect of “Wow, I thought that if full-timers were having a hard time finding jobs in this climate then freelancers must really be suffering.”

Then, of course, I had to go into my theories on how sometimes we benefit from layoffs in creative departments and other times we pick up contract jobs that don’t really warrant hiring a full-timer. I think I converted him. And mind you, this guy was a recruiter. It’s his bread and butter to understand the way the job market works. I think Dan just schooled us like I schooled that recruiter — sure things are looking down, but jobs are out there even in the hardest hit industries.

]]> By: Catherine Tully http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/07/02/specialtybuzz-real-estate-writer-dan-rafter/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Catherine Tully Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:37:15 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=596#comment-266 This was very interesting! This was very interesting!

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