I am continually working on different projects and find it hard to keep track of the time spent on each of them; there are times when I feel I am neglecting certain projects over others and times when I feel as though I have spent too long on one thing. With development work ongoing for the GeekCaster Store, GeekCaster News Network, Blog updates, writing for a book, screencast production and others I thought it was about time I invest in some time tracking and invoicing software.
After conducting some research I decided upon On The Job from Stuntsoftware. On The Job is an application designed to help you track your time and expenses, and bill your clients by easily and quickly creating professional invoices. The application is straightforward and easy to use letting you focus on what’s important. On The Job provides for the management of client details and the jobs associated with each. From there you can create fully customisable settings for invoice number generation. Clients contain Jobs and Invoices, both of which can be organized into folders. Jobs can contain four basic types of items: Timed, Fixed Cost, Quantity, and Mileage. These items correspond to line items on an invoice.
Timed items track time in timing sessions. A new session is added each time the timer is run. If you need to quickly add or adjust times, you can use Quick Add (for those times a client calls you at one in the morning and the last thing on your mind is starting a timer) and Quick Modify (in case you forgot to stop the timer when you started working on something else). Automatic idle time detection is built in. If you’ve left the timer running and walked away from your computer, On The Job will alert you when you return and give you the option of removing the time from your job. Furthermore you can see the status of your timer at a glance with the handy menu bar status item. Quickly start or stop the timer, or switch to a different task without ever bringing up the main window.
On The Job offers flexible invoice creation including invoices for specific date ranges, covering a single job, or spanning multiple jobs. Several invoice templates are included, but the real power shines through when you use the integrated template editor to create your own templates. Easily match existing stationery by dropping in a PDF background, or lay out graphical elements within the editor. Choose exactly what you would like to appear on the invoice. Include information such as footers, payment terms or tax information. The template editor is flexible enough to create more than just invoices. Quotes or time-sheets are just a few clicks away, since you can arrange tasks by type or date, and hide any columns you don’t want to show up. Invoices can also be custom tailored into any language or wording you like – you’re not stuck with the built-in choices.
I have some freelance work lined up over the coming months and I really don’t think I could effectively manage it all without the help of On The Job, it’s intuitive, powerful and caters for every need of freelance work.
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