New to freelance. Are the holidays a quiet time for freelance? Or is there an up tick for covering all the people that are out the weeks leading up to Xmas and new year? And how dead is January?

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In the current economy, every time is the quiet time for freelance.

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And full time.

It can go both ways. Agencies trying to keep their heads down and some trying to augment staff who are OOO. There is usually a drop off in the new year as budgets are aligned on, projects wait to be kicked off.

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Layoffs come in January and February.

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Things tend to pick up effectively mid to late March. With interviewing revving up in Feb. unless you’re already assigned to something delivering in Jan, Jan tends to be quiet.

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I was busy during last year holiday’s season because works needed to get done but the FT ppl were mostly off - even had a few weekend bookings

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