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Career Blog

I am a freelance writer and content creator which means I spend a great deal of my life attached to my laptop. In the past, I have worked on the PR & Comms team for one of the UK's leading job boards and currently write for one of the UK’s biggest CV advice sites.

So, I guess you could say I'm sort of an expert in the field.

But this page is reserved for my own career-based thoughts and ideas and I'll be covering everything from career advice to freelance life, how to stay organised, how to set goals and more!

The challenges of being a freelancer

Over the last seven years, I’ve loved working for myself, taking on exciting new projects and being free to fit my work around my life....

5 ways to find freelance work

Speaking as someone who currently has the availability to take on some new clients, I know how tricky it can be pulling in freelance...

The best things about being a freelancer

Having worked for myself for around seven years now, I cannot imagine working in any other way and if you’re also a freelancer, you might...

8 things I’ve done for my business this month

I think it’s fair to say I have been working my butt off this past month, so I thought I’d share a few exciting things I’ve done for...

Should writers be scared of AI content generators or should we embrace them?

As a content creator, the emergence of AI content generators like ChatGPT can feel genuinely terrifying. For one thing, there’s the...

10 freelance writing New Year's resolutions

Do you believe in setting New Year’s resolutions? As a general rule, I avoid them because I believe that you should never wait to make a...

What is a freelancer?

If you've landed on this article, it’s probably because you’re thinking about becoming a freelancer, but you’re not quite sure what this...

My freelance journey (and how I finally started this blog!)

Six years into my freelance journey, I cannot imagine working any other way. But I also can’t imagine making this career move now. When I...