Alexandra Levits Water Cooler Wisdom Yes, You Should Show Freelance Work on Your Resume!

Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom Yes, You Should Show Freelance Work on Your Resume! By 2030, nearly 50 percent of the American workforce will consist of contract employees. In other words, freelancers. Indeed, we’ve come a long way since a freelancer was a writer who wrote and edited corporate publications. Today, freelancers encompass nearly every role in every industry. Given this trend of legitimacy and the modern pace of career change, why would it be weird for a freelancer to pursue a full-time, more traditional opportunity? I don’t have the answer, but I do have a suggestion for how you can make your recent roster of freelance jobs make you appear less like an aimless job jumper and more like a serious-minded careerist. Create your company. When putting together your resume, come up with a name for your own company the way other self-employed individuals do. Mine, for instance, is Inspiration at Work, and I am the president and CEO. List your company as you would any other, and include quantifiable results from your key projects. These can be organized chronologically or by skillâ€"just be consistent. For the full post, check out the FlexJobs blog.