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The independent consultant community in Europe
The independent consultant community Europe on VirtualMasst brings together freelancers and consultants who want to show their expertise, explore B2B opportunities and work directly with employers.
Create a professional profile so employers across Europe and beyond where Stripe operates can understand your expertise, experience and availability.
Who the European freelance community is for
VirtualMasst is for independent professionals who operate as businesses and want to make their expertise easier for employers to understand.
Freelancer
Freelancers can create profiles around the specialist work they deliver and choose the opportunities they want to pursue.
Consultant
Consultants can present their advisory, technical or transformation expertise and explore jobs that fit their professional focus.
Build your professional presence
Your profile is the main way employers understand who you are, what you do and whether your experience may fit their needs.
Show your impact
Use concrete examples of problems you helped solve, improvements you supported or outcomes you contributed to.
Be specific about your depth
Explain the level at which you work and the kinds of situations where your expertise is most relevant.
Define your core expertise
Keep your professional positioning clear. A focused profile makes it easier for employers to understand what you specialise in.
Specify your availability
Keep your availability and preferred work setup current so employers can see whether a conversation makes sense.
Take part through relevant opportunities
Public jobs
Published public jobs are visible to registered talents.
- Review jobs that match your expertise
- Check the timing and work setup
- Apply when the opportunity fits
Private invitations
Some employers may invite selected talents to private jobs.
- Review the requirements
- Check the commercial terms
- Accept or decline based on fit
Found through profiles
Employers can explore talent profiles when looking for independent expertise.
- Use a clear professional title
- Keep your experience current
- Include your languages and availability
Move from visibility to a conversation
Check the fit
Read the job carefully and decide whether the expertise, timing, work setup and expected outcome match your experience.
Apply
Apply when the opportunity fits your professional focus and availability.
First contact
The employer decides who to contact. If they start a conversation, discuss the scope, timeline, deliverables, rate and work setup directly.
Agree the working relationship directly
Before work begins, agree the job directly with the employer.
- The deliverables and expected outcome
- Your rate and time commitment
- The timeline
- Acceptance criteria
- How changes affect the scope, timing and rate
- Several projects for a larger job, if the employer chooses to split the work
Charges, verification and payment
VirtualMasst provides the platform through which the working relationship and Stripe payment process are arranged. Current charges are listed on Pricing.
- Connect Stripe and complete the required identity, banking and compliance checks, including Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Talent profiles are reviewed and approved by the VirtualMasst team
- The employer pays upfront through Stripe, using a valid payment method
- Funds are held within the Stripe payment flow until release
- When the agreed work is complete, the employer confirms completion and releases payment
- Where applicable, invoices can be created and sent through VirtualMasst’s PEPPOL network
Make professional networking useful
Freelance networking Europe is most useful when people can quickly understand what you do, where your experience is strongest and what kind of work fits you.
Make your professional value clear
- Use a specific professional title
- Describe your strongest area of expertise
- Show relevant experience
- Keep your languages current
- Keep your availability visible
Build relationships through good work
Professional connections can develop through direct conversations and completed jobs when both sides want to continue working together.
Choose the opportunities that fit
Accepting
Before agreeing to a job, confirm the scope, timeline, deliverables, rate, work setup and acceptance criteria directly with the employer.
Prepare your professional presence
- Complete your professional profile
- Keep your Business number and professional details current
- Complete the required Stripe checks
- Add your working languages
- Keep your availability updated
- Make your specialist expertise easy to understand
You remain independent
Choose your opportunities
You decide which jobs, conversations and professional relationships you want to pursue.
Set your rate
You set your own professional rate and agree it directly with each employer.
Work across markets
You can explore opportunities across Europe and beyond where Stripe operates, depending on your availability and the requirements of each job.
Develop ongoing relationships
A completed job can lead to further work when you and the employer want to continue the relationship.
Create your profile
Join the platform by creating a professional profile that shows your expertise, experience and availability. Then explore relevant B2B opportunities and decide which conversations you want to pursue.