Company recruiter recruiting freelance copywriters ?!?!

Random corporate head hunters have contacted me a few times through LinkedIn and my website. I've told them I'm not available for full-time on-site work unless it's a contractual basis. In other words, I'm not looking to be their W2 employee. If they're outsourcing, I'm happy to work with them.

Thanks. I feel the same way -- nope to becoming an on-site employee. However if they are looking for someone to collaborate with, give them a bit of direction and outsource some --or all-- of the workload to I'm all for it.

However, I'm a 'paint by numbers' type of guy. I have systems in place for pretty much everything I do. From the first hello to the last sign off of deliverables. Everything is organized in every area of consulting and copywriting that I handle.

This dealing with a detached individual in a company though is new territory for me. I'm not a 'winging it' type of guy. Never have been. Never will be. Probably will screw it up. Oh well. Guess I'll know better the second time around how to handle these types of inquiries :p

And yeah, you are pretty insightful. Is a lead referred by one of my Linkedin contacts.

Here goes gaining a new experience.

Thanks.

videolover7, thanks for the idea. Might be doable. I've published so much info over the years that this may be a case of being too close to the forest to see the trees. Never considered being a coach to copywriters. Only to potential small biz owners I want to eventually take on as clients. thx for the idea. Will give it some thought.

angiecolee, feel free to ignore this question if it steps too much into confidential area of your practice...

Along the lines of working on-site on a contractual basis do you quote and bill the same as any other client project or charge a premium for on-site, or cut your rate due to long-term engagement?

Since I hate winging things I figured I'd ask before putting my foot in my mouth.

To be honest, I know they want an hourly consultant on short leash but not a regular employee. Just someone to freelance to as needed--but on-site at employee rate. So my intention is to treat this as any other client request for consulting and quote a premium since an on-site long term engagement will take me away from other projects I might otherwise be able to work on concurrently. Plus is an 80 mile a day drive. More than two hours on the road each day wasted - that's if the roads are accident-free. Otherwise 3+ unproductive hours stuck on the road.

Ugh. I'd have to work extra long hours into the evenings to get other projects handled to make up for the lost time.

The more I talk this out loud the less interesting this particular inquiry sounds. But if they're willing to drop their focus on hourly 'employee' and accept my fee I'm sure I can find it within myself to make the sacrifice

thanks.

If they need me that badly, they pay per project or can put me on retainer. If I need to be on site (most times I don't need to be), I'm on the clock from the moment I leave my house.