• DocumentCode
    3123748
  • Title

    Working as an Independent Consultant

  • Author

    Buus, Jens

  • Author_Institution
    Gayton Photonics Ltd
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An increasing number of scientists and engineers are now working as freelance consultants, some out of choice, some because of the telecom bust. Based on author own experience, and bearing in mind the wide span of possible types of consulting work, author will discuss the pros and cons, and the do and don´ts of working as an independent consultant
  • Keywords
    human resource management; personnel; professional aspects; engineers; freelance consultants; independent consultant; scientists; Companies; Costs; Law; Legal factors; Photonics; Project management; Proposals; Research and development; Retirement; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Que.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2006.278774
  • Filename
    4054025