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naturegirl321
Joined: 04 May 2003
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Location: home sweet home
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 Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:06 am Post subject: No respect for freelancers? |
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I-ve been freelancing for the last year and a half, basically because I-m a local hire, I get offered a third of what expats get. And it gets annoying when expats straight out of uni are getting more than me when I-ve got an MA, six years experience and three NJ certs in education, but that-s the way things are.
Problem is now that I-m trying to leave Peru, it seems like employers really don-t care much for freelancers. Which also stinks because I-ve learned A LOT about curriculum development and motivation during this past year and a half.
So I think I need to change my CV, and instead of "freelance" put something else, I just can-t figure out what. Any suggestions? |
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mister tom
Joined: 20 May 2009
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Location: ireland
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:25 am Post subject: |
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with your expertise maybe you should be looking for consultancy work - call yourself a consultant and ask for an appropriate fee - 100euro an hour minimum here in ireland
maybe some of the more experienced members could comment on this
tom |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:31 am Post subject: |
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Hm, I-d love that, here in Peru while I work for top companies and embassies, it seems like the more people many, the stingier they are.
BUT I mean, I wish I could say that I work for X company, instead of just freelancing, but I don-t know how I could do that. Unless I set up a company, anyone else inthe same position_ |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:26 am Post subject: Re: No respect for freelancers? |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
| Problem is now that I-m trying to leave Peru, it seems like employers really don-t care much for freelancers. |
What do you mean? You have to apply for a work visa in another country, don't you? What sort of problems have you experienced when applying for other work?
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| So I think I need to change my CV, and instead of "freelance" put something else, I just can-t figure out what. Any suggestions? |
Consultant? Educator. Teacher. |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Rather than freelance, I'd list teachng English in the top companies and embassies- and one of your students in each to agree to act as a reference.
Cause the thing is, as a "hirer," I don't pay a lot of attention to "private teaching" experience, because it's mostly unverifiable. Which means, for all I know, you may have made it up.
If you list who employed you, and have references to prove it, the trouble goes away in a lot of cases.
Best,
Justin
PS- when you come to Ecuador, we'll take you and the bro out for dinner! |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 04 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| Justin Trullinger wrote: |
Rather than freelance, I'd list teachng English in the top companies and embassies- and one of your students in each to agree to act as a reference.
Cause the thing is, as a "hirer," I don't pay a lot of attention to "private teaching" experience, because it's mostly unverifiable. Which means, for all I know, you may have made it up.
If you list who employed you, and have references to prove it, the trouble goes away in a lot of cases.
Best,
Justin
PS- when you come to Ecuador, we'll take you and the bro out for dinner! |
Do you mean list each individual company or embassy? Or just write like X embassy / Y bank, all together in one?
I actually was refused a reference, and they never gave me a reason, maybe due to security? It was the ambassador/s daughter. They don-t want to be my reference 
So you-re right. I could have made all this up, all this time and no refs. I-ll take your advice.
Hey, thanks for the dinner invite. We should be there in October, I-m hoping to drag my husband with me, will you still be there in Oct? |
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dirimini
Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 74
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: No respect for freelancers? |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
| I-ve been freelancing for the last year and a half, basically because I-m a local hire, I get offered a third of what expats get. And it gets annoying when expats straight out of uni are getting more than me when I-ve got an MA, six years experience and three NJ certs in education, but that-s the way things are. |
Excuse the newbie questions, please - but I'm confused. Are you saying that you get a third of the pay for the same work? That's a massive discrepancy.
You are a US citizen - but considered a local hire? |
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Teacher in Rome
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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