Good morning FWJ Friends! It’s Tuesday and we’ve got jobs for you this morning. There are some internships, blogging gigs, and stuff for content writers. I’ve got a couple of translating jobs, too. I hope you find something you are interested in on today’s list and please do let us know if you get hired for one of the jobs posted here. We love success stories!
Leads…
- New Linux User Co-Blogger @ b5 Media
- Shows Blogger @ VH1.com
- Movie and Consumer HD Junkie/Blogger @ b5Media
- Stories for Illustrations – Prose or Poetry – Wanted
- Need Help Editing an Ebook
- College Football Writers @ RealFootball365.com ($16 for 350 words)
- Freelance Writer for Romance Site ($15/hour for 3 hours per week)
- Editor/Writer/Researcher/Jack-of-all-Trades Needed for Web Project – Full Time for Summer – On Site – Montreal
- English to French Translator Needed ($0.10 per word)
- Danish Video Game Proofreaders Needed - Montreal
- Poker Writer Needed – Telecommute
- Tech Writer – Survey Software – Ottawa
- Freelance English to French Translators – Canada
- Editorial/Writer/Researcher – Full Time and Contract Work Available
- Internship at Celebrity Entertainment Site
- Project-Based Translators and Voice Talents
- Freelance Writers for Articles – Telecommute
- Writer/Contributor/Editor for Online Industry Magazine – Telecommute
- B@B Copywriter - Freelance to Perm – Buckhead/Atlanta
- Writer Needed for Blog Posts on Mountain Bike Web Site
- African-American Fantasy/Adventure Short Story Writers Wanted
- Contributing Writers for Small Grassroots Magazine – Austin
- Content Writer Needed
- SEO Friendly Article Writer ($25 for 700+ words)
- Blog Ghost Writer Wanted - Denver Area Applicants Preferred
- Real Estate Attorney and Writer Wanted
- Writers/Researchers – Must be Able to Attend Staff Meetings in Los Angeles
- Certified Translators Needed to Translate Web Site – Multiple Languages
- Writers Needed for New South Asian Magazine
- Writer/Producer for Major Broadcasting Network – On Site – New York
- Investment Firm Needs Content Writers ($25 for 500 words; $50 for 1000 words)
- Business Plan Writer – Telecommute
- Professional Blogger Wanted ($15 per post)
- Report Writer - 3-6 Month Contract – Beaverton/Portland ($12 per hour)
- Freelance Copy/Technical Writer for Pharmaceutical Chemistry Development Company
- Freelance Legal Content Writers Needed
- Contributor Wanted for Tacoma Blog
- Technical Writer Needed for Immediate Long Term Contract – Seattle
- Health Care/Patient Safety Writer/Blogger - Telecommute
- Startup Web 2.0 Company Looking for Interns
Good Luck!
Jodee
Hey just so you know, if “Writer/Contributor/Editor for Online Industry Magazine – Telecommute” isn’t a scam, it’s definitely not a job that any of us wants. The guy that contacts you tries to get you to sign a contract to basically write free articles until he decides that the magazine has made enough money to pay you. When he called me, he hadn’t looked at my resume or portfolio, so I don’t think he’s even screening writers. He also can’t answer any basic business questions about his company and told me that I don’t have the right to ask for that information. He told me that I was obviously money hungry and that I wouldn’t see Jesus’s rapture because I was so distrustful. Then he said that women are less trusting then men and I was the only woman he’d called because he thought I’d be different. I kept telling him I wasn’t interested but he wouldn’t get off the phone. I finally had to hang up on him!
Hmm interesting choices, the vh1 gig looks good…but I don’t know if i could blog all day about I love new york or all the other crap vh1 produces ( love their best week ever though)
I am begining to get rather despondent as I was writing for a blog in spanish but it pays only one euro per post and now they dont want me to write for them because it isnt 400 words! It was a bit too demanding for so little money.
Sigh I wish all the blogs i wrote for paid ten dollars per post it makes writing a bit more motivating.
I wonder why writing has become so devalued on the internet…
Hi Jodee,
Great leads. Thank you. I hope you had a great long weekend:)
@Maryam – I think there are many reasons. First, competing for online writing jobs is worldwide, not just regional. You’re competing with people from other areas of the world, India is a biggie, where they are willing to work for a minimal amount. Another issue is that unemployment in many areas of the U.S. are at all-time highs. People are looking for work where they can get it. I have a neighbor who works full time, writes at night and on the weekends to supplement her income.
I also know that area college students all look for writing jobs in the summer and during the school year. Many of the area colleges around me have restrictions on freshmen taking jobs. They don’t want it to conflict with homework and class time. Students are using online writing to earn money without the school knowing. Someone can lock themselves up in their dorm room with a computer and work and the house parent never sees him or her leave, so there is no concern that the student is holding a job.
Another issue is that unemployment in many areas of the U.S. are at all-time highs.
Whoa! Record highs??
Typo perhaps??
Thanks for the links Jodee. I hope everyone enjoyed the three day weekend.
I’ve been scratching my head trying to figure out what prompted to you make that claim, Ann. I couldn’t figure it out, so I’ve done a wee bit of research, and came up with the following error code:
Error 445: Record High Unemployment Not Found
According to the Department of Labor, exactly one state, Michigan, is at or above 7% unemployment (7.1% to be exact).
The record high national average over the last 2 decades was OVER 7.5% back in the early 90′s. (That means several states were well over that number.)
How does that translate to record high unemployment today???
Some links for your amusement…
http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstch.htm
http://www.economagic.com/chartg/fedstl/unrate.gif
I’ve been scratching my head trying to figure out what prompted to you make that claim, Ann. I couldn’t figure it out, so I’ve done a wee bit of research, and came up with the following error code:
Error 445: Record High Unemployment Not Found
According to the Department of Labor, exactly one state, Michigan, is at or above 7% unemployment (7.1% to be exact).
The record high national average over the last 2 decades was OVER 7.5% back in the early 90′s. (That means several states were well over that number.)
How does that translate to record high unemployment today???
(Reply didn’t post, so I removed links that reference my numbers to enable posting. If this same post shows up with links, that’s why.
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@Matt: You’re definitely right, and I knew that even without the numbers. Obviously we’re not approaching the type of unemployment out there in the early 1930s. I would assume Ann meant that as wages remain stagnant for segments of the economy, those people are looking for ways to supplement their income, though I’d like to believe few of them actually are competing with people who’ve been writing for ages.
@Ann: What kind of colleges are those? I would never send my children to such a school. I went to a selective private university as an undergrad and a large public uni in grad school, and I’ve never, ever heard of colleges forbidding undergraduates from working. I know law schools and med schools do it, but freshman year of college is a cakewalk academically.
Brandi, you’re probably right about why she said that.
I thought about it, but decided I wasn’t going to bring up the 1930′s rates, because that was WAY high.
Just the numbers from the 1990′s were enough of a comparison to realize that the only reason people aren’t working right now is because they don’t want to be working.
The job advertised for freelance writers for romance website has been online for 2 weeks now. I have responded to the ad but still have not heard anything and it is still online. This is frustrating.
I am interested in getting into blogging, any advice how I can land a good blogging job?
Matt,
I agree with your general premise. Perhaps what was unsaid is that for COLLEGE STUDENTS, summer employment opportunities are expected to be at historic lows.
Unemployment is bad everywhere. I live in Latin America and people are willing to work for call centres which make them work six days a week for four hundred dollars a month and no vacations. Ever.
Outsourcing is a big issue, but that’s why we can’t discount regular magazine jobs either, they pay bettter and are more willing to pay for quality.
Unemployment is bad everywhere
There are up and coming societies all over the planet that say otherwise. At least 2 or 3 large countries are going through MAJOR economic growth as they mechanize and get involved in modern civilization and technology.
That’s not to say that it’s good everywhere, because it’s not. But to make un-researched and incorrect blanket statements like “unemployment is bad everywhere” does not serve any purpose.
I’d say underemployment is a problem, but unemployment…no. I’m from what is commonly described in the news as an ‘economically depressed area,’ yet places like Wal-Mart cannot find workers.
@ Princess. Funny you should mention that ad. I’d originally been interested but then noticed it listed under several different locations on Craiglist, sometimes mentioning a random industry, other times with no mention. It started to smell of scam.
Under-employment is an issue where I am in Canada, so much that my husband doesn’t work in the province where we live. Our government keeps slapping itself on the back for job creation, but the positions are all part time minimum wage.
For example, I quit a decent paying fulltime job to start a writing career. With the two small contracts I have, I’m making only 200 dollars less a month than I was.
Now, if I could only figure out how to get more contracts. :0)
Hey Colleen,
What part of Canada are you from? I’m in NS, and underemployment is huge. I’ve seen job ads looking for people with degrees and years of experience offering $10/hour.
I left teaching because I hated it, and now I make decent money as a full-time writer. I would consider going back to a regular full-time job, but none of the salaries are high enough around here.
Hey Booboo! PEI here, but I spent my first 7 years in Sydney and I’m a St. FX grad with two post grad diploma’s. I was making 9 bucks an hour in retail. My husband works out in the oilsands of Alberta and it was actually his idea for me to quit and try to make a living at writing. Like I said, I have two gigs but am finding it hard breaking in beyond that. But I’ll keep at it because it’s what I want to do. And since I did a minor in English it’s nice to be using my degree!
Colleen,
I grew up in Sydney Mines!
If you have two gigs, more will definitely follow. The first few are the hardest. Best wishes with your writing.
I know there are restrictions on athletes with scholarships holding jobs during the season/academic year, but I’ve never heard of restrictions on freshmen and jobs. In fact, I’ve heard the opposite — encouraging freshmen to hold a job or join groups so they don’t have too much free time on their hands. The more scheduled a student is, the tendency to do better academically. So this is definitely news to me.
I wouldn’t bet the farm that these are all online writing jobs either . . .
@Matt- Real quick, my dad’s in the ER again, so I wasn’t around all afternoon and now have a ton of work to make up. I admit I did choose the wrong words there, so yes you are correct. I had meant underemployment.
Someone asked about the college that has the no-work for freshman restriction. I was looking through my neighbor’s college guides that the high school gave him and saw that restriction. I looked at schools in California, Vermont and Mass. so it has to have been one of those. When I’ve found which it was, I’ll share.
Very good jobs, Jodee, much better than old bossy, cranky, overweight Deb.
Deb is busy placing these days text ads on our words, always trying to make a buck. I’ll bet she is the type who searches between sofa cushions for loose change… at other people’s houses.
well maybe i am generalizing my bad
@ Chris – It took me a while to get into blogging. People who know me know that I applied to A LOT of blogging jobs before I landed some good ones (the word “good” might be relative here). I do enjoy the blogging jobs I have, though, so it worked out well in the end. If you don’t have a personal blog, you may want to start doing that so you have something to show to prospective employers.
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