Brie Weiler Reynolds: Contracting and Freelancing Expert
Brie Weiler Reynolds is the Senior Career Specialist and Career Coach at FlexJobs, the award-winning site for telecommuting and flexible jobs, listing thousands of pre-screened, legitimate, and professional-level work-from-home, flexible schedule, part-time, and freelance jobs.
Brie's goal is to provide practical information and resources to help people overcome their roadblocks and discover career happiness.
In 2004, Brie began working as a career advisor and since 2010, she's specialized in supporting people who seek flexible work options, including working parents, people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, students, entrepreneurs, digital nomads, caregivers, people close to or in retirement, military spouses, and anyone who wants better work-life balance. Through hundreds of articles, dozens of webinars, two LinkedIn Learning online courses, and media outlets like Fast Company, Forbes, and NBC News, she provides advice, tips, analysis, and best practices related to the flexible job market.
Her interest in flexible work options comes from her own experience: Since she began working remotely in 2009, Brie’s moved to four different states, started and grown a family, gone from part-time to full-time, and back to part-time to work in a way that fits her life. Because of work flexibility, she’s stayed with one company and grown her career in meaningful ways, which would have been nearly impossible without flexible work options.
Now, as the Senior Career Specialist at FlexJobs, Brie coaches professionals who need that same flexibility by connecting them with tools and advice for finding flexible work options, evolving their careers, and finding the right fit between the professional and personal aspects of their lives.
Brie has 15 years of experience in career advising and job search assistance with a Master's of Science in Human Resources Management, Brie is also Certified Advanced Resume Writer and is a member of the National Career Development Association.
Find Brie on LinkedIn and FlexJobs Blog, and follow @briewreynolds on Twitter.
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New Articles:
- How to Job Search Effectively for Remote Jobs
With COVID19 disrupting job markets around the world, many typical in-office jobs are being done remotely, at least temporarily, and many more professionals are seeking remote jobs. If you have decided to shift your job search to find a remote job during this time, keep these things, below, in mind. They will help you be a successful remote job seeker.
- Remote Jobs in Retirement: What You Need to Know
When it comes to working in retirement, flexibility is the name of the game. According to a paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research (link at the bottom of this article), the number one perk older workers want is flexibility. Over thirty percent of people would keep working past age 70 if they had flexible work options. Without those options? Only 17% say they’d keep working.
Guide to Freelance and Independent Contractor Jobs:
- Top Work From Home / Remote Jobs
As you might have noticed among your own friends and acquaintances, the number of people working from home has grown quite a lot in recent years. In this overview, you'll learn about who's working remotely, the most common types of remote jobs, and the top companies that hire remote workers. We'll end by discussing how you can work from home, too.
- How to Work from Home Effectively
When people find out that I work from home, a typical response is something like, "I wish I could do that!" Working from home is a highly desirable way to work, but doing so effectively takes some planning and thoughtfulness.
- Is Freelance Consultant Your Next Career?
Consulting is one of those career field buzzwords that is a bit vague and undefined. It sounds as though almost anyone can start a career as a consultant, but what does that mean, exactly? And how do people typically get started as freelance consultants?
More About Freelancing, Contracting, and Temping
- Increase Your Income with a Second Job as a Freelancer
If you've been toying with the idea of finding a second job to supplement your income, you're not alone. In 2015, 3.9 million workers in the U.S. with full-time jobs had a second, part-time job, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Why Smart Professionals Are Considering Freelancing
Freelancing is a growing trend—there's no denying it. About one third of all U.S. workers are freelancers right now, and that number is predicted to grow to more than 40 percent of all workers by 2020.
How to Be a Contractor
- Getting Started in Freelancing/Contracting
If you're considering freelance work, you're not alone. It's estimated that nearly 54 million professionals in the U.S. are freelancers, according to FreelancersUnion.org. And that work can take many forms -- from being a full-time freelancer to working side gigs and occasional projects.
- Top 10 Freelance/Contractor Fields and Jobs
Freelancing is one of those career moves we often hear about people making, but many of us aren't quite sure what it means or whether freelancing is a good option for us, too. In this article, we tackle one aspect of the freelance world -- which career fields are the most compatible with freelance work -- by examining the top career fields for freelance jobs.
- How to Find High-Quality Freelance Jobs
Whether you're a seasoned freelancer or just starting out with contract work, the freelance job market can be a challenge to navigate. One major reason is that there isn't an easy-to-recognize definition of freelancing or freelance jobs.
- Freelance/Contractor Fields and Industries
Freelancing is one of those career moves we often hear about people making, but many of us aren't quite sure what it means or whether freelancing is a good option for us, too. In this article, we tackle one aspect of the freelance world -- which career fields are the most compatible with freelance work -- by examining the top career fields for freelance jobs.
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Brie Weiler Reynolds is the Senior Career Specialist and Career Coach at FlexJobs.com. FlexJobs is the award-winning site for telecommuting and flexible jobs, listing thousands of pre-screened, legitimate, and professional-level work-from-home, flexible schedule, part-time, and freelance jobs. Brie and her colleagues provide career coaching and resume reviews through the FlexJobs Career Coaching program. Find Brie on LinkedIn and follow @briewreynolds on Twitter.
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