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Do These 3 Things Right To Work For Free

Name: Do These 3 Things Right To Work For Free
Uploaded: 2024-11-07T15:00:48+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short video, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, explains why many people who offer to work for free fail to gain meaningful opportunities. She identifies…

7 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this short video, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, explains why many people who offer to work for free fail to gain meaningful opportunities. She identifies three common mistakes: (1) targeting large or well‑established companies that don’t need unpaid labor instead of local small‑business owners; (2) making low‑value offers such as fetching coffee or sweeping floors, which are easy to replace and create hidden costs for the employer; and (3) expecting a single free task to lead directly to a paid job. Liu advises instead to propose a high‑value, skill‑based offer and to deliver substantial, repeatable work (e.g., editing many videos) to stand out and earn a future position.

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I probably get about 50 DMs a day of people saying, hey, can I work for you for free? They're making 3 big mistakes. Number 1, people are trying to work for free for somebody who's too far ahead. Try and work for free for somebody who's a small business owner locally to you, not somebody who doesn't need free labor. The second thing, the offer has to be good. Getting coffee for someone or like, I'll sweep your floors, is actually not very hard labor to find. And oftentimes your implied ask, the hidden cost of what I have to now do because I'm— I feel bad about not paying you. I'd rather just pay you and not have to do anything. And then finally, All of these people are doing it in order to— if I give you coffee, if I sweep your floors, if I edit this video, will you give me a job on your team? No. Edit the video, edit 10 videos, edit 100 videos, and then if they're exceptional, you will stand out.