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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:22:52 -0500
From: Dave Marks <dave.marks@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [AE] getting laid off
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As someone in the same boat: I was a freelance editor for 21 years, have 
worked as a full time media producer for an organization for almost 8 years,
and now I may be let go next week....
Freelance is not the worst life.  My gold standard was to have an 
"evergreen" client who I could count on for X number of days a year, and 
then
fill in the holes around this calendar.  There are good and bad things 
to this approach.  The good is you build relationships inside the company,
and gain a trust level.  The bad can be is that the evergreen uses up so 
much of your time that you have to pass on other projects, which
could lead to more outside networking.  I definitely had the label of 
"______ company's guy" and it was hard to prove to other networking people
that I had more up my sleeve than what I did for X Company.

Network like a mad man. It pays off. Take the stupid jobs, it can always 
lead to something better.

Now that I've given myself this little pep talk, I'll retreat to the 
phone to wait for THE CALL.

Best of luck,
Dave Marks