Traditional Job Listings
These are your bread’n'butter job classifieds, sites from around the web…
FSw Job BoardGENERAL WEB, WRITERS , DESIGNERS , PROGRAMMERS ANYWHERE
WebProJobsGENERAL WEB, WRITERS ANYWHERE
FreshWebJobsGENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERSANYWHERE
37Signals GigBoard DESIGNERS, GENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERS, MISCANYWHERE
KropDESIGNERS, GENERAL WEB, GENERAL CREATIVES ANYWHERE
SoloGigALL TYPES ANYWHERE
NoAgenciesPleaseDESIGNERS, GENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERS, WRITERSUK
Programmer meet DesignerDESIGNERS, GENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERS, WRITERSANYWHERE
Blog Posts For SaleWRITERS, BLOGSANYWHERE
Writers Resource WRITERSANYWHERE
AquentMARKETING, DESIGNERS, ADVERTISING, GENERAL CREATIVESMANY COUNTRIES
AuthenticJobsGENERAL WEBANYWHERE
SimplyHiredALL TYPESANYWHERE
WritingCareerWRITERSANYWHERE
DesignCrowdGENERAL WEB, SOME MISCELLANEOUS ANYWHERE
WriterLanceWRITERSANYWHERE
CSSBeauty’s Jobs GENERAL WEBANYWHERE
GuruALL TYPESANYWHERE
AltPickILLUSTRATORSANYWHERE
CoroflotDESIGNERS, GENERAL CREATIVESANYWHERE
FreelanceWritingWRITERSANYWHERE
CraigsListALL TYPESANYWHERE
AboutFreelanceWritingWRITERSANYWHERE
Freelancers Network GENERAL WEB UK
FreelanceBBSALL TYPESREQUIRES REGISTRATION ANYWHERE
All Freelance Work ALL TYPESREQUIRES REGISTRATIONANYWHERE
GoFreelance (Warning: this site appears to require a PAID registration)
SunOasis Freelance Writing WRITERSUSA
With Cake DEVELOPERS, CAKEPHPANYWHERE
FreelanceBBSALL TYPESREQUIRES REGISTRATION ANYWHERE
BurrymanWRITERSANYWHERE
CG News COMPUTER GRAPHICSANYWHERE
Eurofreelancer DESIGN, PROGRAMMINGEUROPE
Geek UpDESIGN, DEVELOPERS, WEBUK
AWNCOMPUTER GRAPHICSANYWHERE
Creative Heads COMPUTER GRAPHICSANYWHERE
Flay COMPUTER GRAPHICSANYWHERE
VFX Talk COMPUTER GRAPHICSANYWHERE
Job Serve AustraliaALL TYPESAUSTRALIA
Job Serve UKALL TYPESUK
Job Serve USA ALL TYPESUSA
Flay DESIGN, PROGRAMMINGANYWHERE
Chin Wag DEVELOPERS, DESIGN, MARKETING, ILLUSTRATIONUK
Job BurnerIT, ENGINEERINGANYWHERE
Employment GuideALL TYPESUSA
All Data Jobs DATAANYWHERE
Filter Talent DESIGN, WEB, MARKETING, ADVERTISINGUSA
Freelance Seattle ALL TYPESSEATTLE
ProzTRANSLATORSANYWHERE
Translators CafeTRANSLATORSANYWHERE
People 4 Business ALL TYPESANYWHERE
People 4 Charity ALL TYPES, CHARITYANYWHERE
Job Aggregators
As you can see there sure are a lot of job listings out there, so here are some sites that aggregate listings from elsewhere to make for handier listings…
JobAggAggregates: AUTHENTIC, 37SIGNALS, CSSBEAUTY, FRESHWEBJOBS
JobPileAggregates: AUTHENTIC, 37SIGNALS, KROP, METAFILTER, FRESHWEBJOBS, SLASHDOT, CSSBEAUTY, COROFLOT, MINISTRY CAMP
JobLighted (with Map!) Aggregates: JOEL ON SOFTWARE, 37SIGNALS, CRUNCHBOARD, SLASHDOT, AUTHENTIC, VENTUREBEAT, TECHGIGGER, METAFILTER, PYTHON, KROP
MostHiredAggregates: AUTHENTIC, 37SIGNALS, KROP, VENTUREBEAT, CRUNCHBOARD, JOEL ON SOFTWARE, GIGAOM
YosumoAggregates: JOEL ON SOFTWARE, 37SIGNALS, CRUNCHBOARD, AUTHENTIC, SLASHDOT, VITAMIN, FRESH WEB JOB GIZMODO, CSS MONSTOR, PLOPT
IndeedJust type in "Freelance"
Job Bidding Sites
These sites work a little differently, here you will bid for a job. WARNING: Be careful that you don’t sell yourself short on these places as they do tend to favour the clients…
GetAFreelancerGENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERS, SEO, DESIGN ANYWHERE
eLanceGENERAL WEB, WRITERS, DESIGNERS, DEVELOPERS, GENERALANYWHERE
iFreelanceGENERAL WEB, ILLUSTRATORS, WRITERS, DESIGNERSANYWHERE
FreelanceWorkGENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERSANYWHERE
RentACoder GENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERSANYWHERE
ScriptLanceGENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERSANYWHERE
GetACoderGENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERSANYWHERE
ProjectSpring GENERAL WEB, DEVELOPERSANYWHERE
AgaveBlueANYWHERE
FreelanceJobSearch GENERAL WEB USA ONLY
ContractedWork ALL TYPESANYWHERE
FreelanceAuctionDEVELOPERSANYWHERE
PowerLanceALL TYPESANYWHERE
Freelancers.netALL TYPESANYWHERE
Project4HireALL TYPESANYWHERE
Mac FreelancerALL TYPES, MACANYWHERE
OnforceCOMPUTER REPAIR, ON SITE, ITANYWHERE
FreelanzaALL TYPESSOUTH AFRICA
International, Non-English Sites
Thankfully not all the world speaks English, if you’re looking for a job elsewhere try one of these…
XPlaceGENERAL WEB, WRITING, MARKETINGISRAEL
Sites with Occasional Freelance Positions
Mostly Full-time/Part-time, but occasionally a freelance position comes up on these:
TechCrunch’s CrunchBoard
GigaOm Jobs
TechGigger
VentureBeat
SlashDot
JoelOnSoftware
Python
MetaFilter
MinistryCamp
CreativeHotList
Find Work Online. List of websites to get your daily dose of WORK! From small projects to large projects.
Freelancer resources. Resources to help you save time while making money from home and office!
Resources to help with the business of freelancing…
HighRise - Track communication and conversations with leads, employees, clients, colleagues, vendors
Campfire - Real-time group chat and file sharing
Central Desktop - Shared workspaces and web conferencing
Relenta - Manage your email, contacts, documents and activities
Google Apps - Communication and collaboration tools from Google
Zoho - Free office tools
Campaign Monitor - Email newsletter software
MailBuild - More newsletter software
Breeze - Email campaign and newsletter software
Business-Paper - Easy business cards
GoToMeeting - Easy online meetings
Wufoo - Make forms to survey your clients
AIGA Spec Letter - Sample letter to communicate with clients who want spec work or free pitching
CPA Directory - Find an accountant (in the US)
SBA - Small Business Administration, help and advice
Paypal - Online payment system
Moneybookers - Online payment system
Escrow - Online payment system that protects the buyer and seller, useful for those bigger jobs with anonymous clients.
Resources for the Design Entrepeneur - Free sample forms and agreements
Work - How-to guides to running a small business
XE - Quick and easy currency converter for all your international transactions…
Trendwatching - Consumer trends and insights resource
FaxZero - US & Canada - Send Faxes for Free
Free and Paid Templates, Stock Photos, Flash files
Templates, Photos, Flash files all to help make you look good
FlashDen - A resource selling stock Flash, audio, video and fonts for as little as 50 cents
Dreamstime - Royalty free stock photography for $1 - $2
Getty Images - When price is no object and quality is essential
Istockphoto - Royalty free stock photography, videos, and illustrations for $1 - $50
Veer - Rights managed and royalty free photography, illutration, type, and motion
Stock.xchng - Completely Free stock photography
Ice Templates - Website templates in Flash and HTML
Template Monster - The biggest website template company on the web!
MyFonts - All the fonts you could ever want and a very handy font identification tool as well.
IconBuffet - Icons, more icons and even more icons
VectorVault - Vector illustration sets
Project Management and Organization: Great tools to manage your project
These resources will help you stay organised and manage those projects and clients
Proposal Kit - Proposal and contract management tools
Ta-Da Lists - a simple (free!) to-do list application that can be shared with the world
Backpack - Service that integrates to-do lists, notes, files, images, and a calendar with reminders that can be sent to your email or cell
Writeboard - Sharable, web-based text documents that save edits, so you can collaborate, roll back and compare
ConceptShare - Share designs and get feedback with visual annotation tools
Wridea - Free tool for writers focusing on idea generation
GoPlan - Note-taking, calendaring, task management, issue tracking, file management and online real-time chat
Toodledo - Another web based to-do list
ActiveCollab - Open source collaboration and project management tool
MonkeyOn - Your to-do list for things that you want other people to do
Remember The Milk - Another To-Do List manager
Invoicing clients? Tools for freelancers and professionals to get the right price!
When you don’t invoice, you don’t get paid, so it literally pays to stay on top of your billing. Here are some tools to help:
Billing Orchard - Electronic billing and invoicing software, starting at $14.95 per month
Billable - Service and invoice tracking
SimplyBill - Easy to use invoicing software
Blinksale - More easy to use invoicing software
Quickbooks - Small business financial software
Side Job Track - Free web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting and project management for the part-time independent contractor
Freshbooks - Tracks time, sends invoices by email or U.S. mail, and generally makes invoicing easier
InvoicePlace - Easy Invoicing and Quotes From Anywhere
LessAccounting - Is your job title Accounting? Probably not. Do less accounting!
MS Office Accounting Express (Free) - Free Microsoft Accounting
Great Online Resources For People Working from home / Freelancers
All the many things we couldn’t fit anywhere else!
Creative Public - Useful site for anyone starting a freelance graphic or web design career. A $49.95 fee buys unlimited access to forms, manuals, pricing guides, contracts etc
You Send It - Send files up to 2GB online
Jewelboxing - superior packaging for short run CDs and DVDs
eFax - Send and receive faxes by email
PowerXChange - Extensions for a variety of creative software, including Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver
Coroflot - A great resources for designers to showcase their portfolios, share work and network
Cloudmark - Block spam on your PC
SpamSieve - Block spam on your Mac
Dropsend - Email up to 1GB of files
Media Fire - Send 100MB files online
Box - Store, share and access files online
Icebrrg - Simple web forms
Formsite - Web forms and surveys in minutes
Lorem Ipsum - Lorem Ipsum generator for dummy copy
Textmate - The essential programmers text editor for Macs
ETextEditor - Like Textmate but for Windows
Kuler - Colour scheme picker
Pixie - A useful little colour picker
ColourSchemer - A bunch of colour tools
Jungle Disk - Online storage for 15 cents a gigabyte
AskCharity - free online contacts for journalists
TechInline - Remote Desktop Software
Protolize - Web Resource Directory
Effective Ways to Market and Advertise your Website online..
A few ways to market and advertise yourself online…
Text Link Ads - Text ads to sell your wares and improve your traffic ranking
Review Me - Get your service or Web site reviewed by bloggers
Adbrite - Text and banner ads on over 20,000 sites
AdEngage - Text and Photext ads (image and text ad combined)
Adwords - Text ads on Google searches
Professional On The Web - Get yourself Listed
Where can I get Online Jobs? Some of The BEST Job Boards.
A whole bunch of places to find jobs, and don’t forget FreelanceSwitch will be adding its very own job board real soon!
37signals Job Board - Mostly full-time design and programming jobs
Authentic Jobs - Full time and freelance job board for standards aware designers and developers
Coroflot Job Board - Designer job board
WebProJobs - Freelance and full-time jobs for designers, developers, copywriters and marketers
Jobpile - Aggregates the best job boards on the web
Krop - Creative and tech jobs
FWjobs - Web jobs board
SlashDot - Jobs for IT professionals
CSS Beauty Job Board - Job board for web designers
MinistryCamp Job Board - Job board for Christian designers and programmers
Guru - Freelancer listing service with job board
Elance - List yourself for freelance jobs