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Contractor Tips - joradu - 04-16-2010 Essential Tips for Contractors and Consultants
Essential tips for independent contractors and consultants As a consultant, you face the challenges of meeting clients’ needs, soliciting new business, keeping your skill sets current, and many other daily activities. It’s not easy, and some days it probably seems overwhelming. To help you along, we’ve compiled a group of articles written by Meredith Little, a frequent contributor to TechRepublic. She works as a self-employed technical writer, documentation specialist, trainer, and business analyst. We think you’ll agree she’s well qualified to address issues facing IT pros who work independently. If you’re just beginning to explore the notion of becoming an independent contractor, the first article in this series will help you determine whether you have what it takes. Next, Meredith explains what separates consulting and contracting, and offers tips on deciding how to classify yourself. Finally, a threepart series on protecting your own interests in your contracts presents pointers on ensuring that you never get burned again. Code: *************************************** Code: *************************************** |