5 Red Flags That a Potential Client Doesn’t Know How to Work With Freelancers
An inexperienced client can be a disaster.
There’s a lot of advice out there for inexperienced freelancers. How much to charge, how to deal with difficult clients, how to manage your work. But the advice often overlooks that a client can also be inexperienced, meaning they’ve never worked with a freelancer before.
A combo of an inexperienced freelancer and an inexperienced client might be fine… or it might be a disaster. An inexperienced client might not have the right expectations for a client-freelancer relationship. And an inexperienced freelancer can quickly lose control of the situation.
If you’re a new freelancer, here are some red flags that a client hasn’t worked with freelancers before. If you decide to take on the client, you’ll probably have to guide the relationship more than other clients. Be prepared to assert your boundaries and the scope of the agreement.
1. Asks for a resume
Some potential clients will have a job posting, just like any other job, and indicate that the role is freelance. If the job posting requires a resume, that’s a huge red flag for me. It often means that the client thinks of the freelancer as a pseudo-employee, rather than an…
