Start Your Career With Freelance Engineering Jobs

Make the right business connections in the world’s fastest-growing freelance marketplace.

If you’ve left an engineering job at a big company and you’re looking to build a career as a freelancer, you’ll soon be checking out the many, many websites that advertise freelance engineering jobs. Finding the right job means sifting through the ads to find the ones that really have legitimate engineering jobs and which ones are scams to be avoided. If you intend to telecommute, for example, make sure the ad you’re answering is really for a telecommuting job. Sometimes employers will check a box for “telecommuting is OK,” and leave it active, even if the job requires you to work in the office. Also, listen to your instincts about a freelance engineering job. If an ad gives you a strange feeling, don’t apply. If an advertising employer asks you to do something that sounds fishy, don’t respond. Your intuition can be your greatest tool in your search for freelance engineering jobs, if you listen to it. Think about the traditional classified job ads you’ve seen and compare online ads to those.

You can also request an investigation into any company by doing an Internet search for the company’s name or website address plus the terms, “scam,” “fraud,” and “ripoff.” You can also check the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Online or RipoffReport.com. Scammers find new ways to rip people off every day, though, so just because you don’t find anything, that doesn’t mean they’re legitimate.

Once you’re ready to apply for freelance engineering jobs, put on your best professional attitude and follow the application process to the letter. There are countless people looking for work – and, believe it or not, some of them are chemical engineers, civil engineers and college-educated mechanical engineers – who can’t figure out how to properly fill out a job application. So just showing that you know how to follow instructions will put you well ahead of the game!

Here’s another tip if you’re seeking a freelance career – don’t have a silly e-mail address. Being “bunyjoe7766″ or “gogofan” may be cool in chat rooms, as a professional your e-mail address is your identity. So go to Hotmail or Gmail or another free e-mail site and get yourself a handle that befits a professional freelance engineer.

There are lots of freelance engineering jobs available – stick around Equan and read further, and you’ll find plenty of tips on getting a great start on the new freelance career!

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