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Who is Nexus Publishing? Originally from a small town called Darlaston – about ten miles north of Birmingham – I moved to West Sussex about ten years ago to help develop one of the first online retailers. Having recently moved to Shropshire I am now enjoying the working from home life in a semi rural location. I have been a freelance writer and journalist for about fifteen years. Eight of them were spent doing various other jobs such as bookshop assistant, print finisher and returns clerk for a large library supplier, with the writing taking up evenings and any of my spare time. As you can see, much of my life so far has been spent working with books and publishing of one kind or another. My time as an employee came to a conclusion some six years ago with redundancy, so I took the opportunity – and the money – to see if I could survive as a full-time freelance writer. That was five years ago. There have been some lean times – just ask my wife, Joanne. But after tasting the freelance life, there’s no going back.

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Would you go back to work?

Monday, June 30th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

I came across a very interesting feature on the Freelance UK website this week. It looked at an issue I have often thought about myself. In what circumstances would I contemplate going back to being an employee?

It an interesting idea that has come up regularly in homeworker circles. Are you now employable after so many years working for yourself? How would you stack up against other applicants for a vacancy?

Freelance UK’s research is astonishing in that it states that even with a 100% pay rise on current earnings half of those surveyed would still not give up their self employment and return to a 9-5 job.
A spokesperson for Workology that commissioned the research said: “One of the most common concerns before switching to a flexible working life is being able to secure enough regular work to match the income of full-time employment. However, potential freelancers should harbour no such worries: 62% of freelancers earn a comparable or higher income than when they worked full-time.”

So, if you’re having a really bad day, don’t worry. This is just a blip and will be more than compensated for with future work you will secure. As for your decision to turn your back on the rat race, you may be working harder, but you’re working for your benefit. With latest estimates by the Professional Contractors Group stating that 40% o the UK workforce will be freelance by 2010, you’re a pioneer that others are sure to follow.

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