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New handbook offers advice on freelance careers

If you feel like you've hit a dead end with your employer and aren't having any luck finding a telecommuting-friendly new job, one of the quickest remedies is to strike out on your own as a freelancer.

In their new book The Work From Home Handbook: Flex Your Time, due out next month, attorneys Diana Fitzpatrick and Stephen Fishman cover becoming a freelance at-home worker.

The lifestyle is not for everyone. Even longtime, successful freelancers can't say for sure how much they'll earn in any given month. Common types of assignments include architectural drafting, bookkeeping, public relations, proofreading, writing and editing, illustrating and researching.

Helpful Web sites are: Elance (http://www.elance.com), SoloGig (http://www.sologig.com),Guru (http://www.guru.com), and HotGigs (http://www.hotgigs.com).

If you feel like you've hit a dead end with your employer and aren't having any luck finding a telecommuting-friendly new job, one of the quickest remedies is to strike out on your own as a freelancer.

Get the full article here.


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