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DVD Giveaway: Win Banksy’s ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ Film

TKM — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:56:06 +0000

To share in our success of having reached the 1 year milestone, we’ll be giving away copies of the new Banksy film ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ on DVD to 5 lucky students. It’s an awesome film and has received some great reviews. Competition Details To be in with a chance of winning simply fill out our [...]

FreelanceStudents 1st Birthday

TKM — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:14:36 +0000

As you may have noticed, if you’ve been keeping your eye on FreelanceStudents over the past couple of weeks, it’s our 1 year anniversary. It’s our first birthday! It seems like only yesterday when the idea was dreamt up in a South London flat. It’s been a tough 12 months and to celebrate we underwent [...]

New Year, New Design and New Features – It’s FreelanceStudents v2

TKM — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:45:44 +0000

16th July 2010 was a momentous day… it marked the end of our first year in operation. High 5s all around! We didn’t think we’d make it past two months, but thanks to you guys we’re still here, and looking forward to the year ahead. To celebrate we embarked on a slight re-design and re-programming [...]

8 Office Personality Types and How to Handle them

tobiaking — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:58:41 +0000

Whether you’re a student working in a large corporate firm or an independent start-up with just a few employees, you will encounter some interesting personality types. We reveal 8 ‘wonderful’ different personalities, and advise on how to handle them and stay sane in the office! They are not in any particular order. The Newbie These come in [...]

The Rise of the Social Media Intern

jameslachno — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:44:38 +0000

Demand for Social Media skills amongst start-up and small businesses is soaring. We’ve noticed on the FreelanceStudents job board that more and more opportunities are being posted! Yet, it seems that students have not yet woken up to this growing opportunity despite the fact that many are already equipped with these skills. Perhaps because a [...]

How to be an Awesome Intern: 5 Tips

TKM — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:39:59 +0000

It’s that time of year when many of you will be embarking upon your first steps in the professional world as a fresh faced intern. You’ve got a new shiny suit from Next, an unnecessary amount of pens in your bag, and you’ve been practicing office-speak. But, have you considered what it will take to [...]

5 Good Reasons to Switch from Hotmail to Gmail

jameslachno — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:56:16 +0000

Clearly not content with a virtual monopoly over internet search engines (anyone remember Lycos?!), since 2004 those loveable techno-rogues over at Google have been devilishly engineering their full-scale assault on your lives through the increasingly essential Gmail (formerly Googlemail) vehicle. Cheerfully for us laymen, when Google set their mind to something, they usually make it [...]

Top 10 Things to Do in the UK this Summer

tobiaking — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:16:06 +0000

The sun has got his hat on hip-hip-hip hooray, the sun has got his hat on and he’s coming out to play… It’s important to keep a clear distinction between work and play, so check out our top 10 below of things to do in the UK this summer. 1) O2 Wireless Festival O2 Wireless Festival with Pink, [...]

How a Second Language Could Be Your Ace in a Stunted Job Market

Christian Arno — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:22:53 +0000

A Guest post by Christian Arno founder of global translation company Lingo24. It’s a tough market out there – finding work as a student or graduate has never been harder, with less jobs available and more competition for the few vacancies. If you can speak more than one language fluently, though, you’ve got a secret ace [...]

Employer Giveaway: Win Business Plan Pro software

TKM — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:08:08 +0000

Our friends at Palo Alto are offering a free copy of the award-winning ‘Business Plan Pro’ this month. A lucky winner will receive the UK’s most popular business planning software (worth £79.99) which allows you to create an investable business plan with step-by-step instructions. Its in-built financial tools guide you through the process of forecasting [...]