Welcome to BigGameJobHunting.com

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Welcome to BigGameJobHunting.com!
Whether you’re hunting for that one, big game, trophy job or hunting to consistently bag those juicy jobs that keep plenty of food on the table, BigGameJobHunting.com is your hub for links, reviews, tips, and tricks for traditional, freelance, and residual income job hunters. 
Beyond the metaphor: 
For the purposes of the hunt, jobs fall under the traditional, freelance, or residual income category. 
Traditional
The traditional job category is pretty self-explanatory.  A traditional job is usually geographically centered employment that follows a traditional business model.  Traditional jobs generally: 
  • function on a standard work week (40+ hours a week on a standard shift, usually 5 days a week)
  • follow a simple hierarchy from employee to employer/direct supervisor
  • pay on a hourly or salaried basis, on a specific pay schedule
  • offer a range of benefits such as vacation/sick time, paid holidays, health insurance, life insurance, and 401k plans.
Freelance
Freelance jobs are based on a contract or agreement between the freelancer and the customer.
If we really want to go back to the original meaning of freelance, we’d see a knight/jouster who was free from fealty to any sovereign.  As a “free lance,” he was free to fight-for-hire as needed. 
Modern application of the analogy isn’t really that different.  A traditional employee metaphorically swears fealty to a sovereign by agreeing to work under the employer’s roof and rules.  In return, the employee receives benefits.  A modern freelancer, has no long-term commitments to or benefits with an employer.  The freelancer is free to address customer needs for specific projects, generally with the following expectations:
  • If a freelancer has any or few long-term commitments, they will be with a customer rather than an employer. 
  • In return for the freelancer’s work (established in a written agreement signed by both the freelancer and the customer), the customer provides payment.  That’s it.
  • It’s a very loose, temporary, and simple agreement on a specific service(s) in exchange for payment. 
  • Freelancer and customer then part ways until another project need arises.
Residual Income
Residual income and/or Affiliate income is a very different job category.  Though many freelancers use residual income and affiliate programs for supplemental income between projects, it is a category of its own.  The writer/worker/creator submits or posts articles/pieces to online content sites, blogs, and niche web sites with no concrete or immediate expectation of monetary return. 
  • Once the project is complete and submitted, compensation comes from readers/viewers who click on your content and affiliate ads. 
  • Depending on the number of impressions, the popularity of the piece, and the financial return from affiliate advertising programs, residual income from a submitted article may start small, then grow. 
  • Accumulated income on each piece (if well researched for keyword search and SEO) can grow and continue to pay out to the author/creator in small portions over many years.  It’s not a concrete, set, or expected number for compensation. 
  • The quality of the article, optimized features, self-promotion efforts through social networking, social bookmarking, forum participation, backlinks, etc. can help increase financial gain. 
Of course, there are exceptions to the categories.  (Just go with it.  The Categories are generally defined here.  Don't let questionable terminology confuse the issue.)    
  • Some long-term freelance jobs could actually fall under the traditional category, especially those that function through a third-party agency and/or provide benefits. 
  • Many self-employed workers also classify residual income projects under the freelance umbrella.
  • Many job and project posts also use (or misuse) terminology such as “freelance,” “work-from-home,” and “telecommute.” Often, the chosen terminology is chosen based on the preferences and expectations of the employer or industry. 

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