Background Checks & Security Clearances
Every so often, I come across a request for a freelancer who can pass a background check or has a security clearance. The background check is more common: especially with clients more used to working with full-time employees, it’s standard practice to ask a freelancer to submit to a background check. There are also situations in which a freelancer might be working in a sensitive situation where a background check isn’t just a matter of a client who just reused HR hiring procedures for full-time employees.
There are also occasions where clients might ask for a freelancer with a security clearance. The cases in which a freelancer actually might need a security clearance tend to be rare — long-term projects for government contractors are just about the only possibility. I have seen some occasions when clients who weren’t particularly familiar with the differences between clearances and background checks asked for a clearance but meant a background check.
Start Out Right: Avoid These 3 New Freelancer Blunders
Starting out as a freelancer can be an exhilarating ride, but those first few miles can be littered with frustrating potholes if you don’t know what to watch out for. If you’re just about to make the plunge into freelancing – or you’re trying to make your existing freelance life run more smoothly – take a moment to read these “rules of the road.” They may save you from the late nights and nail-biting stress that await you just around the curve.
The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time
And How a Little Experiment Turned into a Multi-Million Dollar Enterprise
Sure, pushing papers for the Big Boss mortifies us. But every freelancer knows that calling our own shots isn’t pure bliss either. I don’t know about you, but on at least two occasions, I’ve nervously looked “bankruptcy” in the face and by pure luck or karma, bypassed it by mere centimeters.
In my more cautious years, I’ve learned to develop systems, test them, then expand them. Yes, this even applies to freelancing.
How? Because turning a prospect into a client is a process-based on a system. Identifying deliverables and executing campaigns for a client is a series of tasks based on a system.
Create the right system and you can almost flawlessly guarantee success and satisfaction every time.
It was in the spirit of such experimentation that I stumbled upon the singular system largely responsible for turning my struggling personal consultancy into a multi-million dollar venture that is scheduled to land and manage over 100 projects every month and has won clients like the NFL, BlogTalkRadio, and best selling authors like Christine Comaford-Lynch. Continue Reading
