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Looks like you’re based on London, so first thing is to change resume to CV when speaking to UK based people. Calling it a resume will out then off for timezone

Looks like you’re based on London, so first thing is to change resume to CV when speaking to UK based people. Calling it a resume will out then off for timezone, tax and cost issues. Also, you’re in London so start meeting people - go to tech meet-ups, go to marketing meet-ups and tell people you’re a freelance developer. Networking is the way to success in the freelance world. Also reach out to old employers and clients and ask if they have work. (The reason I say marketing meet-ups is that many marketing agencies need dev work doing but don’t want devs on staff - I get freelance work for this) Also speak to other agencies as offer yourself as overflow resource.

sph 4y ago
> Also, you’re in London so start meeting people - go to tech meet-ups, go to marketing meet-ups and tell people you’re a freelance developer. That's a good long term plan, and one I really do not enjoy, but that's a shortcoming of mine I am aware of. The question is "where can I find job now?", not "how can I avoid this situation again?", though yours is very good advice. (Also thanks for the CV/resume tip. But if one is confused by me using an American English synonym for CV and doesn't notice the header of my PDF says "London, UK", I wouldn't be optimistic about their hiring process.)
- simonbarker87 4y ago
  Many recruiters/hirers would simply not click the link when seeing resume imho. The aim is to reduce the reasons for them to not click through. Oh and bold all the technology keywords on your CV. Make them pop off the page a little so if someone if just keyword scanning it’s really easy for them to pattern recognise you as a suitable candidate. Best of luck!
runako 4y ago
> Also, you’re in London so start meeting people - go to tech meet-ups, go to marketing meet-ups and tell people you’re a freelance developer. Seeing the disparity in pay between UK dev roles and US dev roles, I would assume one would do the opposite and lean into presenting yourself as someone who can work on projects for US companies. Curious why you would recommend positioning for UK work.
- simonbarker87 4y ago
  I just assumed that OP was looking for UK based work. If looking to work with a US company then keep it as resume.

sph 4y ago

> Also, you’re in London so start meeting people - go to tech meet-ups, go to marketing meet-ups and tell people you’re a freelance developer. That's a good long term plan, and one I really do not enjoy, but that's a shortcoming of mine I am aware of. The question is "where can I find job now?", not "how can I avoid this situation again?", though yours is very good advice. (Also thanks for the CV/resume tip. But if one is confused by me using an American English synonym for CV and doesn't notice the header of my PDF says "London, UK", I wouldn't be optimistic about their hiring process.)

simonbarker87 4y ago
Many recruiters/hirers would simply not click the link when seeing resume imho. The aim is to reduce the reasons for them to not click through. Oh and bold all the technology keywords on your CV. Make them pop off the page a little so if someone if just keyword scanning it’s really easy for them to pattern recognise you as a suitable candidate. Best of luck!

runako 4y ago

> Also, you’re in London so start meeting people - go to tech meet-ups, go to marketing meet-ups and tell people you’re a freelance developer. Seeing the disparity in pay between UK dev roles and US dev roles, I would assume one would do the opposite and lean into presenting yourself as someone who can work on projects for US companies. Curious why you would recommend positioning for UK work.

simonbarker87 4y ago
I just assumed that OP was looking for UK based work. If looking to work with a US company then keep it as resume.