Bookmarks
The Ladders
Job Seeker:
The Ladders provides job listings for dozens of sectors, including finance, software engineering, digital marketing, human resources, data science, and industrial engineering for major firms such as Morgan Stanley, Google, and Cigna. Upon signing up for The Ladders, you’ll be prompted to list the job titles you’re most interested in.
Behance
Job Seeker:
When you fill in your Behance profile with great examples of your work, your work is put in front of an audience of like-minded creatives. And if your work earns the coveted spot of featured project, you'll get even more positive exposure. Who knows who might see it and might want to hire you. Behance also functions as a social media network to connect with other designers.
PubLoft
Job Seeker:
PubLoft is a great place to find solid (well-paid) freelance jobs for reliable clients without actually ever needing to interact with the clients yourself. Their promise is to help freelancers never have to find, sell, or manage another customer again. With rates starting at $150 per post, you can work on your craft and PubLoft will handle the client management side of things. And on top of that, they’ll also help you become a better writer along the way.
Freelance Writing Gigs
Job Seeker:
The name isn’t winning any creative awards, but it gets the point across. This site is basically a well-curated job board that’s updated Monday to Friday with the hottest new clients willing to pay you actual money to write things. Sounds too good to be true, right?
Media Bistro
Job Seeker:
Media Bistro has a nice little variety of categories, which includes writing and editing. Their curated list features everything from book editing to PR content, so you’re sure to find a few things that fit your niche.
Blogging Pro
Job Seeker:
Despite the name, you can find everything from tasks like helping people start blogging to editing to general copywriting jobs here—they aggregate all the best writing jobs they can find to make them easy to find and search through on their site.
Production Hub
Job Seeker:
Site that focuses only on media production, it does cost a little to get on – basic plans are only about $5 a month, though, so don’t let that deter you too much.
Upwork
Job Seeker:
Upwork offers tools to kickstart your freelance journey – collaborative space, built-in invoice maker, and transparent recruitment process. You might also be able to work for many famous clients such as Microsoft, Airbnb, Dropbox, etc.
PeoplePerHour
Job Seeker:
This freelance website has over 1.5 million freelancers that used their service. Every worker will have a rating, which is a great promotion. People Per Hour is free for freelancers, but the competition can be very challenging. You should always improve and set a reasonable fee so you’ll be more likely to get hired.
Art Wanted
Job Seeker:
You got art? They want art! If you’re more of a graphic designer or digital illustrator (or even if you’re pretty skilled already on the side), you can put up your masterpieces on Art Wanted. People can browse them by keywords, and there’s always the potential for connecting with clients!
Stage 32
Job Seeker:
This is the type of site where job board meets networking, which can be great for a career like video editing or even podcast editing, where word of mouth will get you pretty far (but there are jobs posted to sort through when no one is talking about you yet)
Guru
Job Seeker:
After you sign up, you will be a part of 3 million freelancers across the globe in search of various jobs, such as web development, writing, architecture, and so on.
LinkUp
Job Seeker:
LinkUp adds up-to-date job listings in dozens of fields including education, finance, healthcare, law, marketing, and tech. The site is free to use, and job seekers can browse through all opportunities without signing up for an account.