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Adding Achievements to Your Freelance Writer's Resume

By on December 6, 2010. 4 Comments
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If your goal is to stand out from other freelance writers who are applying for the same gig, you need to spend some time thinking about yourself and the skills and abilities that you bring to the table. You will have included this information on your resume, so that a prospective client can find out something about you and the kind of work you have done in the past. To provide the reader with more information about you, include achievements in your resume. What achievements, you may be asking yourself. Think back through the jobs you have had and try [Read more…]

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Reapplying After Being Turned Down for a Gig

By on September 20, 2010. Leave a Comment

If you have applied for a freelance writing job and didn’t get hired, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you should consider that door closed and never contact that prospective client again. There are times when you should consider taking another run at getting hired by a client you would like to work with. You Feel You Can Present Yourself Better There are times when we apply for freelance writing jobs and realize afterward that we could have done a better job at presenting ourselves as a good fit for that client. If you sent off your resume and realized later [Read more…]

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Reapplying After Being Turned Down for a Gig

Sometimes You Can Go Back Again

By on September 20, 2010. 4 Comments
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If you have applied for a freelance writing job and didn’t get hired, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you should consider that door closed and never contact that prospective client again. There are times when you should consider taking another run at getting hired by a client you would like to work with. You Feel You Can Present Yourself Better There are times when we apply for freelance writing jobs and realize afterward that we could have done a better job at presenting ourselves as a good fit for that client. If you sent off your resume and realized later [Read more…]

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How to Translate Previous Work Experience onto a Writer's Resume

By on August 4, 2010. 4 Comments

Our own Susan Gunelius wrote a very thoughtful post entitled, 10 Skills Freelance Writers Must Have if They Want to Succeed. I want to expand on her idea and address the subject of people who have work experience in other areas but who aren’t sure that it can be transferred to freelance writing work. The following list of skills formed part of a recent ad for a freelance writer: Computer use Continuous learning Critical thinking Decision making Document use Finding information Job task planning and organizing Oral communication Problem solving Reading text Significant use of memory Working with others This [Read more…]

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How to Research Freelance Writers for Freelance Writing Jobs

By on February 22, 2010. 2 Comments
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We share lots of tips for freelance writers here at Freelance Writing Jobs but we don’t often delve into the client’s point of view. Since several members of the FWJ community have asked about how clients qualify writers, I felt this worthy of exploration. “But Deb,” you might be saying to yourself, “You’re a mere blogger. How are you qualified to talk about hiring freelance writers? You’re not a client. You work for clients.” Those are very good questions. Blind trust is never a good thing, and we should always ask to see what isn’t obvious. The truth is, I’ve [Read more…]

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How to Show Freelance Writing Jobs on Your Resume

By on February 5, 2010. Leave a Comment

I like to check out the search terms that bring readers to this blog, and I’ve noticed that the question of how to show your freelance writing jobs on a resume comes up often. Showing your freelance work on a resume can be a bit challenging, especially if you are doing ghost writing and don’t want to reveal your clients’ names. Some clients would prefer not to reveal that they hire freelancers to work for them and so you need to find a way to tell a prospective client about your freelance writing experience without revealing too much information. Listing [Read more…]

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Do You List Client Names on Your Freelance Writer Resume?

By on January 21, 2010. 1 Comment

Last week, I wrote about whether freelance writers actually need a resume. Since many of us do use one, I thought it would be worthwhile to consider whether and when to name clients on it. The rule that I have is a very simple one: If the work that I do doesn’t have a byline with my name on it, I don’t name the client on my resume. Some clients are very particular about letting the world at large know that they hire freelance writers to do work for them, and they are entitled to a certain level of privacy. [Read more…]

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Do You Need a Freelance Writer Resume?

By on January 14, 2010. 6 Comments

Looking for freelance writing jobs is an interesting thing. As I’ve said before, when you work as a freelancer, you are your own boss. When you apply for work, you aren’t applying for a job, exactly. The person who hires you to work isn’t your employer; they are a client. You might work with a client on the different projects that you do, but you are your own boss. Some potential clients want to find out about a freelancer’s background and education before they hire them and may ask to see a resume. Although I will provide a potential client [Read more…]

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Your Freelance Resume: Focus on Experience

By on September 28, 2009. 8 Comments

One of our readers has recently started working for a new client and is wondering how soon to list that experience on a freelance writer’s resume. Here’s my take on it: Working as a freelance writer is not the same thing as being an employer. When you are preparing a resume for a job using a chronological format, you list the names of your previous employers and the dates when you worked there. When you are preparing a freelance writer’s resume, keep in mind that you are working for yourself, and the way you tell a prospective client about your [Read more…]

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