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results for local job searches on any search engine, but who are these people
and what are they doing?
What is an Independent Professional?
An independent professional is an individual conducting business on their own.
These individuals can be anyone using a useful skill for practical purposes to
make a living out of it. Independent professionals usually are in charge of one
task at a time.
This kind of professional is self-employed in the sense that they do their business
by themselves. They don’t only have to complete jobs, they also have to manage
the financial and public relations aspects of their activities.
They have to handle contact with clients and follow up support, they have to set
a guarantee for their services and they also have to oversee their own work and
measure their results. Their clients become their employers and they become
the face of the company.
Independent professionals can also be referred to as freelancers, depending on
the kind of services that they offer. In past decades, only individuals that were
hired to work on short-term projects involving journalism, research and
photography were considered freelancers.
Today, a freelancer can be anybody working for hire on their own, someone that
is not employed with a large company or directly employed by a regular
business, which means that freelancer and independent professional have
become interchangeable terms.
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