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Tijana points out that there are many places where freelancers can find clients. The WordPress community itself has a place where companies and individual website owners post their job openings — Jobs.WordPress.net .
As a pragmatic person, Tijana recommends: "Save special lead some money before going full-time freelance. Alternatively, try freelancing a few hours a week to see if you like it. While some people really like taking risks, think twice before making any irreversible decisions."
She offers the following checklist:
use a freelance platform
triple check your resume
present yourself professionally
fill your portfolio with presentable examples
use video materials
“With video footage, your clients will see you not as a list of skills and previous experience, but as a real person with those skills and experience and providing them with a specific service.”
She adds: "When choosing your first employer, have a detailed strategy. Choose your first employer wisely, very wisely. I cannot overstate how important this is."
When Tijana was choosing her first freelance assignment, she considered the following aspects:
How did other freelancers who had worked for the employer rate the employer before?
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