Comments on: Laid Off Technology Workers Find Work Online http://www.thisismyurl.com/tutorials/marketing/laid-off-technology-workers-find-work-online/ Web Development, Online Marketing & Graphic Design Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alice LaPlante http://www.thisismyurl.com/tutorials/marketing/laid-off-technology-workers-find-work-online/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 Alice LaPlante Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.thisismyurl.com/?p=2411#comment-3549 Hello-- I am writing an article for InformationWeek (a weekly magazine for IT professionals) and I am looking for laid-off IT workers willing to talk about their stories. The article is focused on what such people are doing with their time? Are they jumpstarting new ventures? Contracting? Spending more time with family? Volunteering? Anyone interested in speaking to me can contact me at alice.laplante@gmail.com or at 650-858-0885. Thanks! Alice Hello– I am writing an article for InformationWeek (a weekly magazine for IT professionals) and I am looking for laid-off IT workers willing to talk about their stories. The article is focused on what such people are doing with their time? Are they jumpstarting new ventures? Contracting? Spending more time with family? Volunteering?

Anyone interested in speaking to me can contact me at alice.laplante@gmail.com or at 650-858-0885.

Thanks!

Alice

]]> By: Mitch http://www.thisismyurl.com/tutorials/marketing/laid-off-technology-workers-find-work-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Mitch Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:45:14 +0000 http://www.thisismyurl.com/?p=2411#comment-1436 Christopher, Being an independent contractor is the best the way to go. The economy sucks right now, so you need to think creatively and make things happen. You should come up with a specialty service that you can market to prospective clients. With that said, here is my unapologetic, self-serving, self-promoting plug for my new book "Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant". I have been an independent computer consultant for over seven years. I have made more money and had more time off than I ever could have as an employee of a consulting firm. How did I get started? I was laid off in 2001, when the tech bubble burst. I couldn't find a job so I started doing work as a contractor. I have been a contractor ever since. My book is due out in print on 12/31/08 but you can buy the eBook version now for $19.95. Here is the URL: http://www.cti-seminars.com/seminars.html You can also download a free excerpt on that website. I made a lot of dumb mistakes when I first started contracting. In my book, I discuss the costliest, most common mistakes that I have made and other consultants make all the time. I describe them in painful detail and show you how to avoid them. That chapter alone is worth the price of the book. Questions? Please email me at mnpaioff@aol.com. Mitch Paioff, Author, Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant Christopher,

Being an independent contractor is the best the way to go.

The economy sucks right now, so you need to think creatively and make things happen. You should come up with a specialty service that you can market to prospective clients.

With that said, here is my unapologetic, self-serving, self-promoting plug for my new book “Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant”. I have been an independent computer consultant for over seven years. I have made more money and had more time off than I ever could have as an employee of a consulting firm.

How did I get started? I was laid off in 2001, when the tech bubble burst. I couldn’t find a job so I started doing work as a contractor. I have been a contractor ever since.

My book is due out in print on 12/31/08 but you can buy the eBook version now for $19.95. Here is the URL:

http://www.cti-seminars.com/seminars.html

You can also download a free excerpt on that website.

I made a lot of dumb mistakes when I first started contracting. In my book, I discuss the costliest, most common mistakes that I have made and other consultants make all the time. I describe them in painful detail and show you how to avoid them. That chapter alone is worth the price of the book.

Questions? Please email me at mnpaioff@aol.com.

Mitch Paioff, Author, Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant

]]> By: Mike Collins http://www.thisismyurl.com/tutorials/marketing/laid-off-technology-workers-find-work-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Mike Collins Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:09:14 +0000 http://www.thisismyurl.com/?p=2411#comment-1388 The way the economy has been I think there's going to be a huge influx of people looking to support themselves online, or at least supplement their income. The way the economy has been I think there’s going to be a huge influx of people looking to support themselves online, or at least supplement their income.

]]> By: online payments http://www.thisismyurl.com/tutorials/marketing/laid-off-technology-workers-find-work-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 online payments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:18:30 +0000 http://www.thisismyurl.com/?p=2411#comment-1383 hmm, thats good to know, especially during an economy like the one we are currently facing, thanks. -jack hmm, thats good to know, especially during an economy like the one we are currently facing, thanks.
-jack

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