One other thing I would add is Too Much Detail. When I’m skimming through ads, the last thing I want to do is spend 10 minutes reading the entire About section of the company’s website, the life history of the CEO and every single thing I’ll be doing in every minute of my day–I want the basic details of the job to decide if it’s even worth applying. Any ad that starts off with a long, in-depth description of the company or life history of the poster, I skip–I can get that info on my own, if the job is worth my while. I just want the basics: Type of writing, amount of writing, topic(s), pay rate, contact details and a little background on the company/website/publication. I think ad’s should be as short and concise as possible, while conveying the details that writers need to decide if it’s up their alley.

have a good night everyone!

As soon as I asked the pay rate I heard no more, funny that!

For example, I love job ads that offer detailed information about what the prospect wants. Even if they give me a few hoops to jump through, I don’t mind if it seems like they are throwing up those hoops because they know what they are doing. It makes proposal writing easier and clues me in that I’ll be doing business with someone who knows their way around handling a writer.

On the other hand, some equally detailed ads just seem unreasonable. It really is the tone of the ad that differentiates between the two types. It makes me wonder if the job poster really is that demanding or he/she just isn’t a good enough writer to convey what they want.