49. Career planning for freelancers (with Laurie Macpherson)

Planning the next step in your career can be tricky when you aren't following a conventional path. When you work for yourself, you have to plan our own careers – there's no management programme or promotion pathway. In this episode, career wing woman Laurie Macpherson shares her advice for freelancers who are pondering the next step. We cover:

how to ease the transition into self-employment so you can hit the ground runningwhat to do if family and friends don't get ithow to manage growing pains as your freelance business starts to take shapehow to tell if freelancing isn't for you and make the switch (back) to employed life

Say hi to Laurie:

Instagram: @_laurie_macphersonLinkedIn: LaurieMacFacebook: Laurie Macpherson Career Wing Woman

Say hi to Louise:

Louise Shanahan is a freelance health and medical copywriter and a big fan of finding your freelance niche. She's on a mission to help others build a freelance business that feels easy and works for them – in weekly snack-sized bites.

LinkedIn: Louise Shanahan
Twitter: @LouiseShanahan_
Website: thecopyprescription.com

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